Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Knots of Love continues to supply chemo caps to those in need — and now NICU blankets, too I take my hair for granted, really. It’s always there. I get it cut, I dye it crazy colors, I style it. When I wear a hat, it’s to add a layer of…
Thanks to an enterprising 17-year-old Girl Scout, Hudson Valley New Yorkers can help keep cancer patients warm Let me introduce you to a 17-year-old Girl Scout with a charity knitting project called Stitches of Hope that I think you’ll love to hear about. This project will be of special interest to those of you living…
Since 2012, Knitting Rays of Hope has been creating and donating handmade hats both for cancer patients and for premature infants. As of this writing they have contributed well over 3,000 hats to NICUs and cancer centers to warm the heads of those suffering illness.
I’ve been a huge fan of Delaware Head Huggers for years. This is primarily because Robin Agar, its leader, is a talented knitting designer who often posts free chemo cap patterns on her blog, Knitting for Schnapps. I frequently link these in the Knitting Nuggets Newsletter because they’re so cute.
Head Huggers is a terrific organization that has been in operation since 2001. I was astonished to find that while it has been featured in the Knitting Nuggets Newsletter, it has never been featured here on this website. That changes now!
Join Knitting Rays of Hope, and you can enter into battle against cancer as well as protect preemies through knitted hats Knitting Rays of Hope is a knitting charity that began in California in 2012. The idea sprung from a woman named Pali when accompanying her sister-in-law to a chemotherapy treatment. There she realized that…
