A RAINBOW of hats unpacked!

From: Brenda Ivie 
To: E1
Cc: 
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:29:17 +0000
Subject: Hats!

Dear Ms E1,

    This is just a note to let you know that we received your shipment of hats.  It was like unpacking a rainbow, they are beautiful!  We appreciate you so much and all that you’ve done over the years to assure that our students have warm hats during cold weather.   You are a true Head Start treasure!

    This is our 3^rd shipment this year, and including the 15 hats that we had extra last year, we now have 167.  Ms E2 shared that some of her friends are going to be sending some more, as well.

     God Bless you!

Sincerely,

Brenda Ivie, Family Services Coordinator

Choctaw Nation Head Start

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Left-over from last year - 15
Sent by DB in AI - 18
Sent by E2 - 32
Sent by E1 - 102
Total 167
Soon to be sent by D - 50
Soon to be sent by P - 100

Very soon there will be 317 hats there!

Previous count update:

Delivered - 18 + 32 = 50

Shipped by E1 - 102

Soon to be shipped by D in CA - 50

Soon to be shipped by P in MA - 100

On my needles/hooks or in my small stack, to be sent soon - 8

GOAL FOR 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR TO BE MET VERY SOON!

Thirty-two more hats received!

Dear Ms E(2)*,

     We received your shipment of winter caps last Friday.  The children will be so thrilled to get them.  Fortunately, the weather has begun to cool off a bit for us, but it will still be about 2 months before it will be cool enough for them to need their caps.  We will be distributing them soon.

       Thank you so much for your generosity and skill.  We will be taking photos of the children and their hats when they are delivered and will be sure to send you one.

        God Bless you and all that are precious to you.

                                Sincerely,

                                Brenda Ivie, Family Services Coordinator

                Choctaw Nation Head Start

* (Of course she wrote my real name instead of calling me E2.)

Delivered - 18 + 32 = 50

Shipped by E1 - 102

Soon to be shipped by D in CA - 50

Soon to be shipped by P in MA - 100

On my needles/hooks or in my small stack, to be sent soon - 8

GOAL FOR 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR TO BE MET VERY SOON!

Count update

For the 2012-2013 year, this is our count update:

• E1 - 100 hats complete or nearly complete
• P - 100 hats complete or nearly complete
• DB in I - 18 hats mailed
• D in CA - 50 hats by end of September
• E2 - 32 hats mailed

That's 300

• E2 to make 10 more by end of September.

One on my needles in deep forest green.... Lustrous Lamb yarn from Joann Fabrics. Very pretty acrylic/wool blend. I also found about 5 hats that I'd forgotten about before mailing my box. So, I may only need to make 3 or 4 more hats by the end of September for us to reach our 310 goal before the weather turns cold in Durant, OK.

- E2

32 hats to be mailed today

Photos to come. Thirty-two hats "just" fits into a large, long, flat rate box. The sides of the box are a little bulging. I hope the PO will accept it, versus making me split the contents and then mailing in two boxes.

Here's the status: E1 - 100 hats, her friend P  - 100 hats, my friend D - 43 hats, I am mailing 32 hats, my friend DB already mailed 18 hats. This totals to 293 hats, I believe. I have promised 17 more hats within the next few weeks. That should meet the 2012 goal of 310 hats.

E2 - 9/4/2012


UPDATE - After work I mailed the hats. They are on their way in this bulging box:

Some of the hats in the box you've already seen. Here's a slideshow of some more:


Click the link above if you want to read the captions on pictures in the slideshow.
Ask questions if you want more details about any cap. I'll do my best to answer.

Hats to be mailed as soon as I have a chance.

Last night I darned in a bunch of yarn ends, took photos, and readied some hats for mailing. There are both knit and crocheted caps. I crocheted with three different hooks, knit two hats with smaller needles (the Felicity hats), and knit the rest of the caps on #10 needles.

You can see the hats in this slideshow:


If you want to read the captions of each photo, click on the album link above.

I have another stack of hats I have to finish darning, photographing, and readying for mailing.

E1 had 91 hats completed as of four days ago, and hopes to have 100 done by the end of her vacation. Her friend, P, hopes to have 100 done within a few weeks.

18 (sent from DB) + 100 (by E1) + 100 (by P) + 11 (shown above) + ??? (in stack to be finished) = ????

Maybe we need 50 or 60 more???? Not sure. I guess I should count how many I have in the stack to be finished.

Presently working on another pink Sheep-ish crocheted cap. This one is being made with a Knitter's Pride aluminum crochet hook, size J. I wanted to compare a J Clover Amour hook with a Knitter's Pride hook as soon as possible so that the conditions of use were as similar as possible. That is, my hands are either inflamed or not, weather is about the same, yarn is the same, etc. The Amour hook is very similar to the Knitter's Pride hook in style and weight. So far I'm preferring the Knitter's Pride hook as the handle doesn't seem to make my hand as sweaty as the Amour hook does.