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Charity Knitting

Greetings Everybody!
 
I hope this finds all of you well.
A friend of a friend of mine, who is a midwife in Portland, is going to Haiti in May to help Haitian women in childbirth. I suggested we make newborn hats for her to take there. She thought it was a good idea.
 
You can read more about Aerlyn and what supplies she will be needing on her blog
 
So..
T-SPOT will be collecting newborn and preemie hats - handmade or not. Deadline is March 31st, 2010. Please check the guidelines and suggestions below. I think that by giving the new moms something not only practical, but cute and personal for their baby, we shall help them feel better during this hard time. I hope I am right.
 
Guidelines:

-          Fingering, sport or DK weight. Sock yarn leftovers work well

-          Cotton or mostly cotton, machine washable fiber

-          Unisex

-          Newborn size, some preemie sizes would be good too.

-          Deadline is March 15th

 If you feel like writing a short wish in French, you can pin it to the hat.
 
These are free knit patterns that would work:
 

These are links to Ravelry, a Knit and crochet community online. If you are not on Ravelry yet, I can help you find these patterns if you stop by T-SPOT.  If you have your favorite pattern, feel free to use that.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-newborn-hat-in0inly

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/newborn-hat-and-sock-set

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magic-stripes-ribbed-newborn-hat

And below are the free crochet patterns:  

As of 12/14/09 I am working on major renovation for this page. T-SPOT will become a drop-off site for: 
- Preemie and chemo hats
- Squares for afghans for Afghans
- Helmet liners for troops
- Scarves for foster kids
Stay tuned for more info.

During one Knit Night at Vino in 2008, Olga and her friends came up with the idea of making some kids' hats to donate to charity.  To make it even more fun, they made a contest out of this idea!

T-SPOT's Kid Hat Contest rules were:

- Please make a simple beanie style hat to fit a kid. Here are the standard sizes for your reference:

Extra Small
17"  head circumference 
Small
18"
Medium
19"
Large
20"

- You can knit it , crochet, felt it after knitting or sew it together out of felt.

- Use any yarn, no purchase necessary to enter the contest.

- Embellish as much as you want. Let's make them fun and cheerful! 

- All entries were displayed at T-SPOT, and everyone voted for their favorite hat.

Many wonderful knitters of all skill levels entered  the contest: Valerie Meckey, Karen Hirte,  Mary Gehling, Shelley parker, Christie Irvine, Sharon Spencer, Sage Walden, Lynn Palmer, Marilynn Blacketer, Cynthia Le Brun, Star Frost and Terri Desaro.

The winner of a $25 gift certificate to T-SPOT Yarn, Teas and Chocolates was Marilynn Blacketer , with Mary Gehling taking the second place and a $10 gift certificate.

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