Adventures in Nursing Part 2-AKA Scrub Hat

I have no idea how I get myself into these adventures but I do. I mean I am not a nurse, I do not play one one TV so why am I having nursing adventures? Actually I do know how this one happened. People have started to ask if I can make specific items they are looking for. Pretty much my answer is always if I can find a pattern or make a pattern then yes I can make it. Well someone asked if I could make an OR cap for her. She works at Children's Hospital and basically they can have any pattern they want. When she asked if I could make one I had no idea what she was talking about so she drew me a picture. OK yeah that helped but I was able to come up with a workable pattern and the ties are adjustable so that will make life easier for her. Now I since the hubby is delivering it I ope it is what she wanted if not no big deal because I know it looks a lot like what they call a Chemo cap so I am sure I will be able to use it at a show. Anyway this is what I came up with.

It actually looked pretty cool to me but what do I know! All I know is they are OR caps or hats, scrub hats or chemo caps depending on where you look for them but they are all about the same thing. So this adventure was actually not to bad to do. It took a bit of time but that is only because it was the first one. I was able to make it this morning before Hubby left for work. WOOHOOO that was exciting for me.

Now keep in mind while I was doing this I had a thought that had nothing to do with the task at hand. I tend to do that. My mind wanders A LOT! My boss had given me a package of sugar cookie mix that someone gave her. It was sitting on the table so I had to move it to make the hat. So I moved it to the kitchen so I could make it. But I didn't want to make cut outs and little balls were so boring so I had an idea. Once they are cool and I taste them if it worked I will make it a bonus recipe on the recipe of the week next week so stay tuned.

So now that I have gotten totally off track. I am pretty happy with the way this hat turned out and I can't wait to see if we have an adventures in nursing part 3!

Adventures in Nursing-AKA Stethoscope Covers

Well my friend Mo asked if I could make Stethoscope covers. Usually if I can find a pattern or make a pattern I can make it. If I have clue what you are talking about. Since I am not a nurse and don't play one on TV I was pretty clueless so I asked the next logical question. "what you talkin' 'bout Mo?" So being the ever helpful person that she is she offered to send me one of hers. Now Mo lives in Florida. I live in the frozen north. A very long trek for a lonely Stethoscope cover. So Stethy (as I have nicknamed it, we have become very close you know) arrived on Thursday. Today we spent some quality time together. Stethy now will be going back to sunny Florida with friends. Fall Stehty came to visit. Stethy came forth and multiplied. See what happens when you leave a Stethoscope Cover alone on a long trip! You just can't trust them. We went from Fall Stethy to Fall, Shamrock and Easter Stethy! Things went pretty smoothly until I started to sew. Wouldn't you know I sewed the seam inside out TWICE! Obviously this was going to be a good day in sewing land. I already need a drink! After that little problem got fixed all was fine until the dreaded elastic incident of 2009. The opening is not very big at the one end and needs elastic. Well there is really no easy way to do it and I tried every way I know and then some. I even pulled out the knitting needles and crochet hooks. Well the only thing that worked was Mr. safety pin came to play and we had an old fashioned threading party. So finally after an hour of nothing but elastic. we were done. And they are not to bad.










Now if when they arrive back in sunny Florida there are more than 3...............I do not want to know about it!

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