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Current Guild Charity Knitting Projects: Knitting for Centegra Hospital. Requested needs are:
Chemo Hats for cancer patients Sites for patterns: Knitty's Cancer knitting charity edition The Thinking Knitter's Chemo Do-Rag
Newborn hats for nursery, regular and premie sizes (our pattern below) other patterns to try: Mock Cable Baby Hat by Bonnie Brann (link sent by Bonnie D) Petal Baby Hat, by Bonnie Brann (link sent by Bonnie D) Easy Newborn Hat, by Barbara Frederick Rolled Brim Baby Hat, by Laurie Kynaston Helix Hat, by Joan Hamer (striped, circular, unique colors-in-the-round, hat)
Baby Blankets Pattern to try: Easy Baby Blanket
Small Shawls for elderly patients, to easily wrap around their shoulders for warmth.
For many other free patterns, visit:
From INKnitters magazine For complete Charity Pattern booklets to download with many patterns to knit for charity, including baby hats and gowns, mittens, slippers, cast toe warmers, and other designs go to: INKnitters
NOTE: If any members need yarn for knitting charity projects, Peggy S has a box of donated yarn for use. Ask Peggy, or other board members, for info at the regular meeting on the 2nd Tuesdays of the month at the church. Please bring your completed items to a guild meeting for collection throughout the year! Peggy S will be collecting donations to send on to the hospital.
Our Guild's Patterns to share Newborn Nursery Hats We are currently working on baby hats for the newborn nurseries at Centegra Hospitals. Any baby sized hats from preemie to full term are welcome. Here is a generic pattern for making caps, but any pattern may be used. To make larger sized hats, use sport, DK, or worsted yarn, and larger needles, from size 5-8 or so. Preemie Cap Small amount of quality washable acrylic baby yarn, and size 4 needles Cast on 72 sts. Work 2" of K2, P2 ribbing, then work 2 1/2" of stockinette stitch, (or stitch of your choice). Then begin decreases: Row 1: K4, k2tog, across row Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl Row 3: K3, k2tog, across row Row 5: K2, k2tog, across row Row 7: k2tog across row Cut yarn (long enough to sew back seam) and run through stitches on needle, pull them up tight, then sew seam. If you wish to knit circularly to avoid the seam, do rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 as knit rows (for stockinette stitch).
by Dawn Adcock
Supplies
One skein Chinchilla yarn
(by
Berroco, color shown is #5870
Fantasia Mix) Gauge: about 3 sts = 1”
Instructions Brim: On circular needles: Cast on 60 sts, leaving tail long enough to sew up cuff seam later. Knit (back and forth, not in the round yet) 6 rows, (for 3 garter ridges). Body: Switch to knitting in the round by joining the work, and work stockinette stitch (knit every round when knitting in the round) until piece measures 7 ” total from the cast on edge. (approx 20 rounds after the garter edge). Shape top: (switch to double point needles when work becomes too small for circular needle) *K4, K2tog*, rep around (decreasing 10 sts, 50 total remain) Knit one round plain *K3, K2tog*, rep around (40 sts remain) Knit one round plain *K2, K2tog*, rep around (30 sts remain) Knit one round plain *K1, K2tog*, rep around (20 sts remain) Knit one round plain *K2tog*, rep around (10 sts remain) *K2tog*, rep around (5 sts remain) Cut yarn, leaving tail long enough to go through final 5 sts, and secure sts, and weave in tail. Use cast on tail to sew up the short seam of the garter edge cuff, then turn cuff up for bottom edge.
© 2003 by Dawn Adcock. You may copy and share this pattern for personal, non-commercial use, as long as this copyright notice remains intact. Please do not post to the internet, include on a website, or republish without prior permission. E-mail: dawn@3gcs.com
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