My husband is having a mandibulectomy one of these days if they quit moving him around on their schedule. (Right now he is scheduled for Sep. 1). Well, anyway, it will involve at least a week in the hospital which is an hour away so I will probably be an overnight visitor staying with him. I was thinking of things to take with me to do other than read books on my Kindle. I have one small box of yarn for making washcloths and dishcloths and I have a box of yarn that's been around since I used to make things like hats, scarves and sweaters for the grandkids and shawls for me (shoulders get cold in winter).
Ok, so anyway, I decided to take a look in the box of yarn thinking of making hats and eeeek! a mouse jumped out and traumatized me. Maybe I should store the yarn in plastic bin or use the yarn? Oh, yes, that's what I can do while with hubby in hospital!
I happened to come upon a Ravelry group called "For the Children of Pine Ridge and Rosebud" (actually they have projects for the elders too) and saw that one of their projects was making 300 hats for Christmas for the children at Rosebud School. So, I'm in! A use for the yarn before a mouse shreds it for a nest or something!
I decided to see if I remembered how to crochet so pulled out one of my books on hats, found my bag of hooks and pulled out some yarn and, yes, I do remember how to crochet! Now I will put yarn with patterns so I can work on hats in the hospital.
The hat above was one of my granddaughters' favorites when they were pre-teens.
This wild and crazy one should have a pom pom but I didn't have enough yarn for that so maybe down the road after I finish a few hats I will buy some yarn for pom poms and add before I send them off for Christmas.
