donations!

I've been working on some items for donation to the Greater Saint Louis Knitters Guild.

Item the first is a chemo cap for a male chemo patient. I've posted about one of these before, but on reflection, the previous one was too large. I mean, it fits me nicely, but I have a large head, and chemocaps should be knit on the small side because the wearer doesn't have hair.

Curiously, on the previous one I got flashes of the white. This one, the yarn decided to stripe, as you can see in these pictures. Funny how variegated yarn does different things depending on the size you're knitting. Sometimes it's desirable, sometimes not. In this case, I wouldn't have minded either way.
Item the second is the surprise baby jacket. The main body of knitting is complete, and can be seen in these pictures. Funny looking thing, isn't it?
However, once you fold it in just the right way, you get a baby jacket. Here are the front and back views. All that's needed for seaming is along the two arms.
I decided that a nice way to seam it, and also provide trim would be to attach i-cord all the way around the outside in a contrasting colour, which is what I did. All I need to do now is attach some kind of fastener. I'm currently leaning to an i-cord lace to match the trim. For those interested in such things, the pattern is available from School House Press.
Incidentally, Candy, in email, directed me to Alison's Scarf pattern which describes the i-cord cast on I was looking for.