PROJECT LOVESTRUCK:
(Runs until Fall 2015)
Although this charity project officially ran until Fall 2015, the donations have not stopped. Another bag of hats, lovingly made by YOU were submitted to HCKids for donation. THANK YOU KNITTERS! Your determination to use your art art work to make a difference in this world has a tremendous ripple effect of positivity! As long as you knit, we at HC Kids, will continue to drop them off donations for you. So keep 'em coming!
Yup, it's inevitable. Brand new babies and.... love at first sight! Join us as we keep their brand new kissable heads toasty warm with PROJECT LOVESTRUCK. All hats will be donated to the maternity ward at St. Paul's hospital, located in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Although this charity project officially ran until Fall 2015, the donations have not stopped. Another bag of hats, lovingly made by YOU were submitted to HCKids for donation. THANK YOU KNITTERS! Your determination to use your art art work to make a difference in this world has a tremendous ripple effect of positivity! As long as you knit, we at HC Kids, will continue to drop them off donations for you. So keep 'em coming!
Yup, it's inevitable. Brand new babies and.... love at first sight! Join us as we keep their brand new kissable heads toasty warm with PROJECT LOVESTRUCK. All hats will be donated to the maternity ward at St. Paul's hospital, located in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada.
These gorgeous shabby chic newborn knitted hats are a breeze to make.
You can help in a number of different ways. Three sets of artisans are required. Choose the way you like best. There's something for everyone.....
Group 1: KNITTERS: Making hats with pattern provided below.
Group 2: CROCHETERS: Making 2" red hearts. Leave cast on and cast off tails long as we tie (not sew) the hearts onto hats to give parents the option to remove them in case it bothers baby.
Group 3: HABERDAHSERS: Adding embellishments to hats to give it that extra special touch (layered circles and hearts). Fun way to get high school volunteer hours for a fun and worthy cause!
How to knit PROJECT LOVESTRUCK newborn hats:
Super fast and super comfy!
Knitted in the round.
Materials Needed:
Chunky yarn (samples above made with Muench Goa yarn but you can use any chunky yarn you like in any fibre!)
Four x 6.5mm double pointed needles
CAST ON: 36 stitches. Put 12 stitches on each needle, using three in total. Use the spare 4th needle to start knitting as follows:
RIB: *knit 2, purl 1* joining in round. Continue for 1-1/2" from cast on edge
BODY: knit until hat measures 4" from cast on edge
TOP SHAPING:
Decrease for next 5 rounds as follows:
Round 1: *K4, K2tog* repeat
Round 2: *K3, K2tog* repeat
Round 3: *K2, K2tog* repeat
Round 4: *K1, K2tog* repeat
Round 5: *K2tog, K2tog* repeat
FINISHING: Cut tail and thread through last 6 stitches.
Weave in ends.
Hats can now be sent to collection centres:
1. Mail or drop off to: HC Kids Headquarters: 9030 Mona Ave, Burnaby, BC, V3N 5A7
2. Any Steadfast Counselling Centres:
North Vancouver Waterfront Business Centre: #220 – 145 Chadwick Court, North Vancouver, BC
New Westminster #424 - 604 Columbia Street
Yaletown Glow Wellness Center: #410 - 1008 Homer St, Vancouver, BC
3. Tommy Douglas Library on corner of Kingsway and Edmonds in Burnaby
4. The Knit & Stitch Shoppe in Dundarave in West Vancouver: 2460 Marine Dr, West Vancouver
Your hat will now be 'haberdasherized' with crocheted hearts and fabric layers by volunteer embellishers! Do you know a crocheter? We need tons of 2" red hearts!
Be sure to remember to take a photo of you (or your knitting group) and your Project Lovestruck Hats! Email to [email protected] so we can add you to our Superhero list. Make sure to add your name(s), age(s), city & country you live in, and the name of your school or organization if you created these as a group.
Thank you for your kind hearts & hands!
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT YOUR VERY OWN PROJECT LOVESTRUCK ACTIVITY SHEET!
Click on link below:
You can help in a number of different ways. Three sets of artisans are required. Choose the way you like best. There's something for everyone.....
Group 1: KNITTERS: Making hats with pattern provided below.
Group 2: CROCHETERS: Making 2" red hearts. Leave cast on and cast off tails long as we tie (not sew) the hearts onto hats to give parents the option to remove them in case it bothers baby.
Group 3: HABERDAHSERS: Adding embellishments to hats to give it that extra special touch (layered circles and hearts). Fun way to get high school volunteer hours for a fun and worthy cause!
How to knit PROJECT LOVESTRUCK newborn hats:
Super fast and super comfy!
Knitted in the round.
Materials Needed:
Chunky yarn (samples above made with Muench Goa yarn but you can use any chunky yarn you like in any fibre!)
Four x 6.5mm double pointed needles
CAST ON: 36 stitches. Put 12 stitches on each needle, using three in total. Use the spare 4th needle to start knitting as follows:
RIB: *knit 2, purl 1* joining in round. Continue for 1-1/2" from cast on edge
BODY: knit until hat measures 4" from cast on edge
TOP SHAPING:
Decrease for next 5 rounds as follows:
Round 1: *K4, K2tog* repeat
Round 2: *K3, K2tog* repeat
Round 3: *K2, K2tog* repeat
Round 4: *K1, K2tog* repeat
Round 5: *K2tog, K2tog* repeat
FINISHING: Cut tail and thread through last 6 stitches.
Weave in ends.
Hats can now be sent to collection centres:
1. Mail or drop off to: HC Kids Headquarters: 9030 Mona Ave, Burnaby, BC, V3N 5A7
2. Any Steadfast Counselling Centres:
North Vancouver Waterfront Business Centre: #220 – 145 Chadwick Court, North Vancouver, BC
New Westminster #424 - 604 Columbia Street
Yaletown Glow Wellness Center: #410 - 1008 Homer St, Vancouver, BC
3. Tommy Douglas Library on corner of Kingsway and Edmonds in Burnaby
4. The Knit & Stitch Shoppe in Dundarave in West Vancouver: 2460 Marine Dr, West Vancouver
Your hat will now be 'haberdasherized' with crocheted hearts and fabric layers by volunteer embellishers! Do you know a crocheter? We need tons of 2" red hearts!
Be sure to remember to take a photo of you (or your knitting group) and your Project Lovestruck Hats! Email to [email protected] so we can add you to our Superhero list. Make sure to add your name(s), age(s), city & country you live in, and the name of your school or organization if you created these as a group.
Thank you for your kind hearts & hands!
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT YOUR VERY OWN PROJECT LOVESTRUCK ACTIVITY SHEET!
Click on link below:
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PROJECT ITTY BITTY!
UPDATE: January 28, 2017
Although this charity project officially ran until Spring 2015, the donations have not stopped! Bags of Itty Bitty Blankets, lovingly made by charity knitters, were submitted to HCKids for donation. THANK YOU KNITTERS! As long as you knit, we at HC Kids, will continue to drop them off for you. So keep 'em coming!
Today, my little daughter Ciara, and her friends will accompany me to drop off the blankets are Royal Columbian Hospital. I think this will be so fun for these 7 year olds and very educational. I am hoping they will be allowed to take a peek at the tiny little precious babies who are fighting their way to health and vitality. These little blankets, made by YOU, will help to keep the babies warm as they gain strength and vitality. Another 136 blankets are on their way! :) THANK YOU KNITTERS!
Here's a photo of the lovely blankets under my Christmas tree in early January, 2017.
UPDATE: January 28, 2017
Although this charity project officially ran until Spring 2015, the donations have not stopped! Bags of Itty Bitty Blankets, lovingly made by charity knitters, were submitted to HCKids for donation. THANK YOU KNITTERS! As long as you knit, we at HC Kids, will continue to drop them off for you. So keep 'em coming!
Today, my little daughter Ciara, and her friends will accompany me to drop off the blankets are Royal Columbian Hospital. I think this will be so fun for these 7 year olds and very educational. I am hoping they will be allowed to take a peek at the tiny little precious babies who are fighting their way to health and vitality. These little blankets, made by YOU, will help to keep the babies warm as they gain strength and vitality. Another 136 blankets are on their way! :) THANK YOU KNITTERS!
Here's a photo of the lovely blankets under my Christmas tree in early January, 2017.
OFFICIAL RUN DATE OF PROJECT ITTY BITTY: January 1st - March 31st 2015:
April 23, 2015:
Project Itty Bitty is officially....COMPLETED! I am so happy with the outcome. What an achievement!
A BIG THANK-YOU to everyone who contributed, big or small, to make Project Itty Bitty such a huge success!!!! What a display of success when people come together for a mutual cause and cooperate, create and contribute! That's synergy for you!
Our INITIAL goal was only 50 blankets, as this was HCKids' very first Superhero Mission. But, we quickly realized that we had to up it to 100. In the end we far exceeded our goal, collecting 165 Itty BItty Blankies! Wow! Pretty good for a first mission, don't you think?
Blankets came from all over the Lower Mainland (Vancouver & surrounding areas, for those of you not familiar with this part of the world). However, a very special package arrived in the mail addressed to HC Kids Headquarters and in it were a bunch of gorgeous knitted blankets from a lovely lady, Irene Uyeda, all the way from Kamloops, BC!
Thank you to all the children who learned how to knit just for this special cause. Thank you to all the children who already knew how to knit and decided to use their talents, creativity and time to make blankets. Thank you to all the students who took part in their school's knitting clubs and electives.
Thank you to all the wonderful grown-ups who taught children how to knit, created knitting groups and clubs and facilitated communal knitting time, encouraged an inspired other grown-ups to knit and get involved, and who knitted blankets themselves.
Thank you to all the wonderful companies and corporations and public organizations who so graciously offered their site as collection depots. (Ingrid from the Knit & Stitch Shoppe in West Vancouver; Helen from Black Sheep Yarns in Port Moody (www.blacksheepyarns.ca); Laura Bradley from Steadfast Counselling Centres (www.steadfastcounselling.com) and the Tommy Douglas Library and their wonderful wonderful Knit2Gether Group). Thank you to Ms Merrill Kost from the Urban Academy School in New Westminster, for creating a knitting club and inspiring children to knit; and to Mr Jacob Rodgers from John Knox Christian School in Burnaby, for allowing me to teach a mini-elective: Knitting for Charity, at his school.
Thank you to Nicole Haschke from her web-based newsletter: Knitting Nuggets (www.knittingforcharity.org) and broadcasted our project; to Jennifer Moreau from the BurnabyNow and the New Westminster Record for her support and coverage during the campaign and on the actual day of the blanket drop-off! Thank you to Larry Wright for his amazing photos and enthusiasm for the newspapers. Here are the links to our newspaper coverage: Burnaby NOW article #1. Burnaby NOW article #2. New Westminister Record.
And of course, thank you to Shannon Clarke from the Royal Columbian Hospital for allowing the school children from John Knox and myself to come on down and drop off the collection of blankets and actually see the wondeful, tiny, amazing babies who would receive one of these blankets! You just made the circle COMPLETE!
Thank you to all the preemie babies....may you grow, prosper and smile!
Please click on 'Gallery' to see photo highlights and onto our 'Blog' to be see newspaper and web articles.
Gratefully,
Aruna Neela
***********************************************************************************************************
OUR FIRST SUPERHERO MISSION:
Top Secret Super Spy Wooly Agent, Mr Knottingham, has been doing a lot of investigating lately. He visited a hospital a in New Westminster, British Columbia in Canada and found out that babies that are born too early need very special care to help keep them alive. Right away, he knew that HC Kids can help come to the rescue!
These tiny tots need little blankets to keep them warm.
We can help!
MISSION:
To knit Itty Bitty Baby Blankies for premature babies.
FACT:
These babies are soooo tiny that the blankets needed for this project are the size of a sheet of paper!
In fact, the tiniest baby the hospital ever had was the length of a PENCIL and weighed the same as a block of BUTTER (1 pound)!
GOAL:
50 blankets...75?
No..let's aim for 100!
by March 31, 2015
CAN WE DO IT?!
RECIPIENTS:
Blankets will be sent to the Neo Natal ICU department at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA.
HC KIDs REACHING OUT:
Don't just stop with yourself! Let's spread the word!
Encourage your friends, teachers and family members to make one too.
They are FUN & EASY to make!
If you don't know how to knit. Ask someone to help you learn.
If you are still not able to knit or you still need to practise, then ask a grown-up if s/he would like to make one together!
Co-operation is soooo amazing! You can choose the colour yarn and the grown-up can knit it.
MISSION DEADLINE:
All blankets should be mailed or dropped off by March 31th, 2015 to the HC headquarters.
Address:
HC Kids Headquarters
9030 Mona Ave
Burnaby, BC
V3N 5A7
CANADA
OTHER DONATION DROP-OFF SITES:
John Knox School, Burnaby, BC
Urban Academy School, New Westminster, BC
Black Sheep Yarns: 88 Grant Street, Port Moody, BC
Any of the Steadfast Counselling Centres:
three locations
North VancouverWaterfront Business Centre
#220 – 145 Chadwick Court
New Westminster#424 - 604 Columbia Street
Yaletown Glow Wellness Center
#410 - 1008 Homer St
The Knit & Stitch Shoppe: 2460 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC in Dundaraves
.Donations will be delivered in April.
WHAT TO DO:
1. Download your FREE Itty Bitty Baby Blankie knitting pattern (several styles to choose from)
(click on link below)
2. Knit your baby blanket or if you don't know how to knit, ask a friend or grown-up to knit one and help choose the style and colours. As these babies have specific requirements, be sure to check the pattern for recommended yarn fibre.
3. Attach HCKids tag to back of blanket.
(Instructions on blanket pattern)
4. Take a photo of you (or your knitting group) and your blankets! Email to [email protected] so we can add you to our Superhero list. Make sure to add your name(s), age(s), city & country you live in, and the name of your school or organization if you created these as a group. If your parent or other grown-up helped you be sure to include their names too, as we want to acknowledge all our superheros!
5. Pack and mail your blankets to HC Headquarters.
You do not have to wash your blankets as the hospital will wash and sterilize them before using on babies.
5. Keep checking HC Kids website for photos and updates on this superhero mission!
6. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, ONE LITTLE STITCH AT A TIME!
April 23, 2015:
Project Itty Bitty is officially....COMPLETED! I am so happy with the outcome. What an achievement!
A BIG THANK-YOU to everyone who contributed, big or small, to make Project Itty Bitty such a huge success!!!! What a display of success when people come together for a mutual cause and cooperate, create and contribute! That's synergy for you!
Our INITIAL goal was only 50 blankets, as this was HCKids' very first Superhero Mission. But, we quickly realized that we had to up it to 100. In the end we far exceeded our goal, collecting 165 Itty BItty Blankies! Wow! Pretty good for a first mission, don't you think?
Blankets came from all over the Lower Mainland (Vancouver & surrounding areas, for those of you not familiar with this part of the world). However, a very special package arrived in the mail addressed to HC Kids Headquarters and in it were a bunch of gorgeous knitted blankets from a lovely lady, Irene Uyeda, all the way from Kamloops, BC!
Thank you to all the children who learned how to knit just for this special cause. Thank you to all the children who already knew how to knit and decided to use their talents, creativity and time to make blankets. Thank you to all the students who took part in their school's knitting clubs and electives.
Thank you to all the wonderful grown-ups who taught children how to knit, created knitting groups and clubs and facilitated communal knitting time, encouraged an inspired other grown-ups to knit and get involved, and who knitted blankets themselves.
Thank you to all the wonderful companies and corporations and public organizations who so graciously offered their site as collection depots. (Ingrid from the Knit & Stitch Shoppe in West Vancouver; Helen from Black Sheep Yarns in Port Moody (www.blacksheepyarns.ca); Laura Bradley from Steadfast Counselling Centres (www.steadfastcounselling.com) and the Tommy Douglas Library and their wonderful wonderful Knit2Gether Group). Thank you to Ms Merrill Kost from the Urban Academy School in New Westminster, for creating a knitting club and inspiring children to knit; and to Mr Jacob Rodgers from John Knox Christian School in Burnaby, for allowing me to teach a mini-elective: Knitting for Charity, at his school.
Thank you to Nicole Haschke from her web-based newsletter: Knitting Nuggets (www.knittingforcharity.org) and broadcasted our project; to Jennifer Moreau from the BurnabyNow and the New Westminster Record for her support and coverage during the campaign and on the actual day of the blanket drop-off! Thank you to Larry Wright for his amazing photos and enthusiasm for the newspapers. Here are the links to our newspaper coverage: Burnaby NOW article #1. Burnaby NOW article #2. New Westminister Record.
And of course, thank you to Shannon Clarke from the Royal Columbian Hospital for allowing the school children from John Knox and myself to come on down and drop off the collection of blankets and actually see the wondeful, tiny, amazing babies who would receive one of these blankets! You just made the circle COMPLETE!
Thank you to all the preemie babies....may you grow, prosper and smile!
Please click on 'Gallery' to see photo highlights and onto our 'Blog' to be see newspaper and web articles.
Gratefully,
Aruna Neela
***********************************************************************************************************
OUR FIRST SUPERHERO MISSION:
Top Secret Super Spy Wooly Agent, Mr Knottingham, has been doing a lot of investigating lately. He visited a hospital a in New Westminster, British Columbia in Canada and found out that babies that are born too early need very special care to help keep them alive. Right away, he knew that HC Kids can help come to the rescue!
These tiny tots need little blankets to keep them warm.
We can help!
MISSION:
To knit Itty Bitty Baby Blankies for premature babies.
FACT:
These babies are soooo tiny that the blankets needed for this project are the size of a sheet of paper!
In fact, the tiniest baby the hospital ever had was the length of a PENCIL and weighed the same as a block of BUTTER (1 pound)!
GOAL:
50 blankets...75?
No..let's aim for 100!
by March 31, 2015
CAN WE DO IT?!
RECIPIENTS:
Blankets will be sent to the Neo Natal ICU department at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA.
HC KIDs REACHING OUT:
Don't just stop with yourself! Let's spread the word!
Encourage your friends, teachers and family members to make one too.
They are FUN & EASY to make!
If you don't know how to knit. Ask someone to help you learn.
If you are still not able to knit or you still need to practise, then ask a grown-up if s/he would like to make one together!
Co-operation is soooo amazing! You can choose the colour yarn and the grown-up can knit it.
MISSION DEADLINE:
All blankets should be mailed or dropped off by March 31th, 2015 to the HC headquarters.
Address:
HC Kids Headquarters
9030 Mona Ave
Burnaby, BC
V3N 5A7
CANADA
OTHER DONATION DROP-OFF SITES:
John Knox School, Burnaby, BC
Urban Academy School, New Westminster, BC
Black Sheep Yarns: 88 Grant Street, Port Moody, BC
Any of the Steadfast Counselling Centres:
three locations
North VancouverWaterfront Business Centre
#220 – 145 Chadwick Court
New Westminster#424 - 604 Columbia Street
Yaletown Glow Wellness Center
#410 - 1008 Homer St
The Knit & Stitch Shoppe: 2460 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC in Dundaraves
.Donations will be delivered in April.
WHAT TO DO:
1. Download your FREE Itty Bitty Baby Blankie knitting pattern (several styles to choose from)
(click on link below)
2. Knit your baby blanket or if you don't know how to knit, ask a friend or grown-up to knit one and help choose the style and colours. As these babies have specific requirements, be sure to check the pattern for recommended yarn fibre.
3. Attach HCKids tag to back of blanket.
(Instructions on blanket pattern)
4. Take a photo of you (or your knitting group) and your blankets! Email to [email protected] so we can add you to our Superhero list. Make sure to add your name(s), age(s), city & country you live in, and the name of your school or organization if you created these as a group. If your parent or other grown-up helped you be sure to include their names too, as we want to acknowledge all our superheros!
5. Pack and mail your blankets to HC Headquarters.
You do not have to wash your blankets as the hospital will wash and sterilize them before using on babies.
5. Keep checking HC Kids website for photos and updates on this superhero mission!
6. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, ONE LITTLE STITCH AT A TIME!
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