Thursday, June 7, 2018
The Plan for the Rest of 2018
Instead of new posts each time I make and add more hats, I will just add them to the post for each campaign/organization. That means you will need to scroll down to see where I've added hats. So it may look as if there are no changes unless you look further down. I'm not working very much on the red hats for the Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign right now as the deadline isn't until January. I'm also listing the number of hats I've completed in some sidebar posts.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Plans for Rest of 2018
I am knitting little hats in the next six months for various hospitals and organizations.
I'm working on preemie hats for the NICU Doernbecher Hospital in Portland, Oregon. My youngest son, now in his 30s and healthy, had open heart surgery here as an infant and I am forever grateful for the care he received. He wasn't premature, he was full term and weighed over 10 pounds (!) but because of his heart condition he was put in the NICU and I saw all the little, tiny babies when we visited him. This is something that broke my heart and which I'll never forget.
I'm also working on newborn hats for Sacred Heart Riverbend in Eugene, Oregon. This is the hospital where all four of my sons were born.
An organization I support is Click for Babies campaign, organized by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. The campaign strives to raise awareness for the Period of PURPLE Crying and to prevent the shaking and abuse of infants.They collect hand-made hats for newborn babies which need to be at least 50% purple and are distributed in hospitals in November and December. The deadline is at the end of September. I will be contributing to the Oregon chapter.
And lastly, I'll be knitting all-red hats for Oregon's Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign sponsored by the American Heart Association I'll be sending them in early January, 2019 for distribution to babies born in hospitals in February.
I will put up a post for each of the four groups I'm knitting for and add photos as I finish hats.
I hope you enjoy them and perhaps you'll join me in knitting little hats for preemies and newborn babies.
I'm working on preemie hats for the NICU Doernbecher Hospital in Portland, Oregon. My youngest son, now in his 30s and healthy, had open heart surgery here as an infant and I am forever grateful for the care he received. He wasn't premature, he was full term and weighed over 10 pounds (!) but because of his heart condition he was put in the NICU and I saw all the little, tiny babies when we visited him. This is something that broke my heart and which I'll never forget.
I'm also working on newborn hats for Sacred Heart Riverbend in Eugene, Oregon. This is the hospital where all four of my sons were born.
An organization I support is Click for Babies campaign, organized by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. The campaign strives to raise awareness for the Period of PURPLE Crying and to prevent the shaking and abuse of infants.They collect hand-made hats for newborn babies which need to be at least 50% purple and are distributed in hospitals in November and December. The deadline is at the end of September. I will be contributing to the Oregon chapter.
And lastly, I'll be knitting all-red hats for Oregon's Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign sponsored by the American Heart Association I'll be sending them in early January, 2019 for distribution to babies born in hospitals in February.
I will put up a post for each of the four groups I'm knitting for and add photos as I finish hats.
I hope you enjoy them and perhaps you'll join me in knitting little hats for preemies and newborn babies.
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