I found out at church yesterday that another friend of mine has cancer, stage four lymphoma. She’s about my age, and has three very young children. She starts chemo today. She asked me to knit her a hat.

Her prognosis is pretty good. She said that lymphoma is a highly treatable cancer, but she’s scheduled for six months of chemo, every other Monday, and she doesn’t yet know how well her body will handle it. She looked very thin and frail to me yesterday.

It’s so sad.

So I need to knit a pretty and soft hat, and I’m not quite sure what to do. We’re coming into summer, so something lightweight seems smart, but I’ve heard that cancer patients can feel cold, even in a warm room. Maybe an Esther Williams would be appropriate?