This year I am going to spend 2 weeks at my parents house with the family over Christmas break. My sister that lives in the same area in Idaho just started working in the NICU (neo-natal intesive care unit, for the little tiny babes) at the local hospital. I was thinking that it would be fun to have some hats/blankies for the unit to give the babes. They live in Idaho where it’s freezing most of the year & could always use donated cute items for the little guys/girls that have quite long stays in their little isolets.
If anyone is interested in donating knit/crochet hats or blankies please bring them to knitting on Thursdays or let me know & I will come & pick them up. Below are some links to great, simple patterns used for donation items.
Thanks!!!
Preemie Infant knit hat that can be converted to crochet
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/prehat.html
Preemie knit hat pattern
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/my_pages/babywear/hkp/015.shtml
Preemie knit blanket with hood pattern
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/my_pages/babywear/hkp/021.shtml
An entire website devoted to charity knit & crochet patterns
http://p2designs.com/Links-CharityPatterns.htm
Those links should be enough to get you started!
Remeber these babes are tiny! Their heads can be as small as 10 inches around so the projects are super fast & take scrap yarn! Please take the time this year to do something cute & fun to cheer up a family that’s having a difficult time!