On Safari: animal hats for child cancer patients---March 2014

[Amy]

In honor of National Crochet Month 2014, Crochetville is sponsoring a hat drive for Halos of Hope.

Halos of Hope website

 

Halos of Hope Facebook page

 

Crochetville has received a lot of support from the crochet community over the years. We believe strongly in the importance of giving back. In 2013, Crochetville became a corporate sponsor of a wonderful organization called Halos of Hope.

 

Halos of Hope is a 501©3 not-for-profit organization founded by Pam Haschke, herself a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer. Halos of Hope’s mission to provide volunteer-crafted hats to cancer centers across the country.

 

Donate Some Hats: ON SAFARI

 

We are encouraging all blog tour participants and visitors to spend some time this month making hats for Halos of Hope.

 

You may send your hats to Crochetville’s main office, otherwise known as Amy’s home. She will count all the hats and deliver them directly to Pam and Halos of Hope at Stitches South in Atlanta on Friday, April 11.

 

The Stitches South hat collection drive will focus on animal-themed hats that will be given to Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta.

 

Pattern Ideas

 

Here are some links to free animal hat patterns you may want to use:

 

Bear (or devil) hat

Bunny hat

Cow hat

Fox hat

Giraffe hat

Kitty, frog, and unicorn hats

Lamb hat

Owl hat

Panda bear hat

Pig hat

Sock monkey hat

Stegosaurus hat

Stinky fish hat

 

Mailing Address:

Crochetville LLC

ATTN: Amy Shelton

103 Scarlet Oak Circle

Harvest, AL 35749

 

Helpful Links

 

Cap Guidelines and Size Information

 

Donation Tags: attach a donated by label

 

Make a Monetary Donation

 

Halos will be providing us with a special link through which you’ll be able to make a donation directly to their organization, and that will also keep track of all donations made through our blog tour.

 

 

[Amy]

Here are my first two hats for Halos of Hope:
 

KC Kitty Cat Hat (free pattern):

 

 

Halloween Cat Hat (free pattern, I changed colors):

 

[ansept]

I'll  be sending hats to you this week.

[Amy]

Here are pictures of all the hats we've received so far, 44 in total. Thank you, ansept, for supporting this hat drive! Your hats are shown below!

 

From Evelyn F in Pennsylvania:

 

  

 

From Meridith in North Dakota:

 

 

From Anne G in North Carolina:

 

     

 

From Lisa R in New York:

 

 

From Cindy H in Florida:

 

          

 

From me:

 

  

[yarnscrapper]

They are all so CUTE!!!!

[ansept]

How did we do on the final hat count ?