Baby hats for Kaiser Hospital

On 11/26/13 we delivered 65 baby hats to the Kaiser Maternity Ward and the nurses were thrilled to receive them.  It was a fun delivery for us partly because both Barbara and Peggy knew two new Moms who had just delivered their babies and were in the recovery section of the maternity ward.  Barbara gave her Mom friend a baby hat and spoke with her for a few minutes and Peggy gave the nurse a hat to bring to the Mom she knew. We celebrated our donation by eating lunch at the Cheesecake Factory afterwards.
 

Jean, our Vacaville Karing Knitter, has generously knitted hats for us over the past three years.  Here she is displaying some of the six Christmas hats that were delivered to Kaiser Walnut Creek.

Thank you Jean!

thank you Samantha

So nice of one of our crafters to donate 4 crocheted baby hats and 2 blankets to Kaiser Hospital Walnut Creek.

Thank you Samantha.

Hat Delivery to Kaiser

 

TODAY was the BEST hat delivery I think we've had so far.  We arrived at the Maternity Ward at the exact right time as most of the nurses were at the front desk and all we're so excited to look through the bag of 43 hats we gave them.  One of the nurses said that her patient just had twins, a boy and a girl and immediately selected two matching hats, and two of the other nurses picked hats for their patients.  Anne asked if the Moms appreciated the hats and there was a resounding YES from all of the nurses.  We are apparently the only group that donates hats so the nurses are thrilled when we arrive.

On a recent tour of the UK, our fearless leader Peggy had lots of fun visiting various yarn shops. Here she shares her wonderful finds.

Cambridge, England

 



Waterford, Ireland
 







Dublin, Ireland



  



 

thank you Durango Yarn

During a long train/bus tour or Colorado (a beautiful state) I was working on scarves for Christmas at St Anthony's and ran out of yarn - heaven forbid. When our train arrived in Durango a wonderful site appeared - Durango Yarn.  It is a wonderful shop with a great variety of yarns at reasonable prices. 

 So if you are ever in Durango look for the shop.  It really is a - not to miss shop.
Jan B

Spotlight on Maria

One of our knitting contributors is Maria. She has made 14 scarves, 82 baby beanies and  23 chemo hats since she started contributing to the Karing Knitters. Maria knits all her scarves and hats on a loom. Her color combinations and attention to detail are very welcoming!

Thanks Maria!

Smallest Knitter

 

On 8/6, we had Blake, our newest and youngest knitter,  join us for our knitting session.  He loved checking out the nice soft yarn and sitting on Harriet's comfy lap. Blake is the grandson of proud grandma Barbara (left).