tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61996347701995197452024-03-19T03:57:42.707-04:00310 HatsMaking 310 hats to warm the students of the Choctaw Nation Head Start Program by Autumn 2010... and again in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014!
THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR OF HATS!310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-74043971612417734962014-05-04T15:39:00.002-04:002014-05-04T16:04:41.157-04:00Hat Making for the 2014-2015 School Year is in FULL SWING!E2 has perhaps made 50 hats already. (Making hats is far, Far, FAR easier than blogging about hats!) No photos of them yet except for a few. Here is a peek at some of the hats for the 14-15 school year.<br />
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This is our FIFTH YEAR of making the 310 Hats. Imagine that. When we first started, back at Christmas time of 2009, we weren't sure it would be physically possible to manage to create so many hats by Fall 2010. But as a team, with the help of many friends (and strangers!), we did it. Then we did it again in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. We plan to accomplish the same goal for Fall 2014.<br />
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<br />310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-25593336294423829752013-11-24T19:29:00.002-05:002013-11-24T19:29:23.539-05:00I owe, I owe, I know, I know - but first a TREAT!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a picture from <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.545454025268555px;">Wright City Oklahoma Choctaw Nation Headstart. The children are wearing their brand new hats. These were the first hats distributed for the 13-14 school year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I owe you more Meet-the-knitter bios. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also owe the back story of how this whole effort started. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I love to knit hats! I think about each one of you as I knit the hats to send. I wonder what you look like, where you live, what you are learning and what color hat you might like the best. Here in Iowa we get plenty of cold and snow so I know how important it is to have a warm hat. It makes me feel good to know that you will have warm ears this winter. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Enjoy your hats!</span></blockquote>
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-6284155326328118992013-11-04T15:45:00.002-05:002013-11-04T15:45:35.858-05:00The Hats for 2013-2014 have arrived safely!!From Zene Dill of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma:<br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thank you so much E2. Words can’t express the heartfelt gifts from you, E1, P from MA, D from IA, and D from CA. Today at our Management team meeting. All Head Start Centers were given the hats for the children and I read to them the notes that were sent with the hats. We have 13 Choctaw Nation Head Starts in the 10 ½ counties of Oklahoma. Our program services 310 families. I know the children will be very happy and excited with their knitted hats. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">E2, I gave the Head Start staff the addresses and the e-mails of everyone that sent hats. I would very much so, like to get some more information from you about the hat project, and possible a picture of you and the others to show the kids. Could I get your phone number or would you call me at 1-800-...-.... or 580-...-... ext. 2555</span></div>
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Aside: D from RI, and L from MA also knitted some of the hats I sent this year.<br />
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Oh, I hope I haven't forgotten any one who contributed!!!!<br />
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-57331036203090336812013-10-23T15:52:00.000-04:002013-10-23T15:52:06.101-04:00Boxed and sent fifty more hats last FridayOn Friday, 10/18, I boxed up and sent fifty more hats!<br />
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Here's the album with photos.<br />
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Here's the slideshow:<br />
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You know ---- knitting or crocheting the hats is easier than photographing and blogging them. I keep counting the hats in that album... over, and over, and over again. I get a different number every time. I'm <b><i><u>SURE </u></i></b>I mailed fifty. But I'm not sure I photographed and uploaded fifty.<br />
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We have met our goal for the 13-14 year:<br />
E1 and her friend P from MA - 135<br />
E2 - 100<br />
D in Iowa and D in California - 80<br />
That's 315!<br />
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HOORAY!<br />
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Any new hats now can go towards the 14-15 school year.<br />
I know I'm already working on the stash for 14-15. And this time I'm darning the ends as I make the hats. Leaving a hundred hats to darn is a drag.<br />
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Thanks to EVERYONE who's pitched in, no matter what way: cheer leading, yarn donation, knitting, whatever. It's ALL good.<br />
<br />310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-40410412144331977972013-10-16T10:51:00.000-04:002013-10-16T10:51:06.299-04:00Have you thought about how many hats there are?310 hats x four years in a row now equals one thousand two hundred forty hats. Wow, that's a lot of warm little heads!!!!<br />
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<br />310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-90238701176511743532013-10-14T14:18:00.003-04:002013-10-16T09:48:10.332-04:00Slideshow of 50 hats E2 boxed up todayHere are pictures of the fifty hats I boxed up today. I'll mail them tomorrow.<br />
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Please ignore any extra "stuff" on the table (magazines, notes, the box the hats are going in, the price sticker from the Styrofoam head...).<br />
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Some of the pictures are duplicates, and a number could use some notes. Perhaps I'll touch it all up later. No promises.<br />
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If you're on a mobile device that won't support the slide-show, you can see <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/2corinthians12v9/E2HatsBoxed14Oct2013?authuser=0&feat=directlink">the whole album</a> and click the photos at your leisure.<br />
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Update - 10/16 - Fifty hats mailed on Tuesday, 10/15. I've put comments on every photo in the album. The PO said that photographing and blogging the hats would be sufficient proof as to the value of the contents of the box should the box get lost or destroyed. That's not happened yet, but I'd be devastated if it were to happen. The box is insured. One can only get the value of the yarn back via insurance, in a worst case scenario. But that would be better than nothing. The labor time can never be insured. </div>
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-13837525970936520262013-10-14T13:48:00.000-04:002013-10-14T13:48:00.429-04:00For the 13-14 school year, I believe we have made goal!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greetings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D in Iowa has already mailed 40 hats and is working on a few more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D in California has made 40 and will mail them shortly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E1 has made 100 hats. E1 will also have some made by her friend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E2 has 100-something hats, including some made by her friends D in RI and L in MA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As long as the "-something" in '100-something' and the count by E1's friend add up to more than 30, we have the 310 goal met!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have some hats to mail, here's the address:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b><i>Attn: <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Zene</span> <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Dill</span></i></b></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b><i>Durant, OK 74702</i></b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you send some hats, please leave a blog comment telling me how many you sent. Also, please send me pictures!!! I think most of the readership knows how to reach me by email. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My deepest gratitude to D in Iowa and D in California and D in RI and L in MA and and E1's friend who lovingly, generously, selflessly pitch in to warm little heads in Oklahoma! Without your loving efforts, this year's goal would be far, <b>Far</b>, <b><i>FAR </i></b>harder to meet! </span></div>
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<br />310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-73453651057211837262013-07-08T07:45:00.001-04:002013-07-08T16:15:36.214-04:002013 Hat Roll Call!E1 will soon be a grandma so her knitting needles have been occupied with knitting baby items in addition to hats. I need to get her to count her hats. (I feel deep empathy for Y who is expecting in THIS heat and humidity. Ugh. The sacrifices we make for our children!!!)<br />
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I have about fifty that need ends darned in.<br />
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We are far from 310 at this moment.<br />
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Any readers have some finished hats to share?<br />
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Remember, if you are making hats for this effort, please send them directly to the destination. As much as I'd love to see and touch every one, sending them to me first just slows down the process and increases the cost of the project. So, if you want me to see the hats you've made, please send me digi pics. That will have to satisfy my desire to see all 310 hats.<br />
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Send any completed hats for this project, with a note that they are for the Fall 2013 distribution, to:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Choctaw Nation Head Start</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Early Childhood Administration Building</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> 3710 Choctaw Rd.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> PO Box 1210</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Durant, OK 74702</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Attention: Brenda Ivie</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><u>THANK YOU!!!</u></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-87805927706007983042012-10-19T21:42:00.001-04:002012-10-19T21:42:57.052-04:00Hats from D, Yarn from Karey, and some birthdaysMy precious friend, D in California, sent fifty (50!) hats a few weeks ago. She was delighted to receive her Thank You note. Some day she'll send me pictures for the blog.... nudge, nudge, hint, hint...<br />
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At the end of September I had the privilege of attending the <a href="http://fringetatters.ca/" target="_blank">Fringe </a>Element Tatters <a href="http://fringetatters.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/2012-tat-day-registration.pdf" target="_blank">Fall Into Tatting Weekend</a> in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. One of my room-mates was <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ojFV3qYj0pFl4Wk9VaaydqMboWpsSO8zeEvimmCJla6c5LdyJIqAGFzZVb4kFnj_F29hYAwxxE6ZBg76OzTnp1v0IzSOQVovR74Lu20ncdIAqqQxy-Xrhvd79ziE1pjbeNj992pHXVo/s220/karey.jpg" target="_blank">Karey Solomon</a> of Graceful Arts Fiber Studio in Hector, NY. She picked me up at the Buffalo airport and drove me to Cambridge. We had a GREAT weekend: tatting and chatting, learning and tatting, shopping and taking chances on raffles or auctions, and tatting and chatting. It was so wonderful. If only special weekends could last longer. Sigh.<br />
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Karey sent me some BEAUTIFUL hand-spun yarn for the 310 Hats project. My daughter, F., has won a set of <a href="http://knitterspride.com/" target="_blank">Knitter's Pride</a> Symfonie <a href="http://knitterspride.com/Shapewise-Details.asp?shapename=Crochet%20Sets&mcid=1" target="_blank">crochet hooks</a> from the September <a href="http://knitterspride.com/showyourpride/" target="_blank">Share Your Pride video contest</a>. We look forward to their arrival so that she can make a hat for the project with the beautiful hand-spun hand-dyed yarn from Karey.<br />
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You can visit <a href="http://gracefulartsfiberstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Karey's blog</a> or <a href="http://www.gracefulartsfiberstudio.com/" target="_blank">her store</a>. I will post pictures as the hats are made with the very special yarn!<br />
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Birthdays -<br />
Happy Birthday to the father of E1 and E2. He's rooting for the 310 Hats project from Heaven. On the day he turned 80, about FIVE babies were born on the <a href="http://www.nmsl.org/" target="_blank">NMSL </a>sewing list. (I think it was five. I know it was at least a handful!) So, Happy Birthday to Dad and a whole bunch of delightful NMSL babies!!!<br />
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- E2310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-63530312995326139172012-09-14T10:19:00.006-04:002012-09-14T10:26:13.435-04:00A RAINBOW of hats unpacked!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">From: Brenda Ivie </span><br />
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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!</div>
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This is our 3<sup>rd</sup> 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.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Soon to be sent by D - 50</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Delivered - 18 + 32 = 50</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shipped by E1 - 102</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On my needles/hooks or in my small stack, to be sent soon - 8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">GOAL FOR 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR TO BE MET VERY SOON!</span></div>
310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-54704850765315625532012-09-10T17:11:00.001-04:002012-09-10T17:11:24.968-04:00Thirty-two more hats received!<br />
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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God Bless you and all that are precious to you.</div>
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<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Dragon; font-size: 16pt;"> Choctaw Nation Head Start</span></div>
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-22000650340543276792012-09-06T10:04:00.001-04:002012-09-06T10:04:57.820-04:00Count updateFor the 2012-2013 year, this is our count update:<br />
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<li>E1 - 100 hats complete or nearly complete</li>
<li>P - 100 hats complete or nearly complete</li>
<li>DB in I - 18 hats mailed</li>
<li>D in CA - 50 hats by end of September</li>
<li>E2 - 32 hats mailed</li>
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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.</div>
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-167444908633225842012-09-04T09:02:00.003-04:002012-09-04T17:37:05.869-04:0032 hats to be mailed todayPhotos 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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UPDATE - After work I mailed the hats. They are on their way in this bulging box:<br />
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Some of the hats in the box you've already seen. Here's a slideshow of <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/2corinthians12v9/September42012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCO2FkK_l7f3JswE&feat=directlink" target="_blank">some more</a>:<br />
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Ask questions if you want more details about any cap. I'll do my best to answer.310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-33497625859608057002012-09-02T14:03:00.000-04:002012-09-04T17:27:50.825-04:00Hats to be mailed as soon as I have a chance.Last night I darned in a bunch of yarn ends, <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/2corinthians12v9/September22012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLOwmI_do9KtngE&feat=directlink" target="_blank">took photos</a>, 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.<br />
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You can see the hats in this slideshow:<br />
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I have another stack of hats I have to finish darning, photographing, and readying for mailing.<br />
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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.<br />
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18 (sent from DB) + 100 (by E1) + 100 (by P) + 11 (shown above) + ??? (in stack to be finished) = ????<br />
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Maybe we need 50 or 60 more???? Not sure. I guess I should count how many I have in the stack to be finished.<br />
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Presently working on another pink Sheep-ish crocheted cap. This one is being made with a <a href="http://knitterspride.com/images/productImage/Silver-Crochet-Hook-with%20soft-grip-main-page-large.jpg" target="_blank">Knitter's Pride aluminum crochet hook, size J</a>. I wanted to compare a <a href="http://clover-usa.com/product/10321/1049%252FJ/_/Amour_Crochet_Hook_J_(6.0mm)" target="_blank">J Clover Amour hook</a> 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.310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-75518446086561443442012-08-28T09:34:00.001-04:002012-09-02T13:09:22.214-04:00First hats for 2012-2013 have arrived at Choctaw Nation!Here's the message E1 has received about the<a href="http://310-hats.blogspot.com/2012/08/hats-from-denise.html" target="_blank"> 18 hats</a> shown you in a recent <a href="http://310-hats.blogspot.com/2012/08/hats-from-denise.html" target="_blank">blog post</a>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> We received our first shipment of hats today from <a href="http://310-hats.blogspot.com/2012/08/hats-from-denise.html" target="_blank">Ms D------ B-------, who is from A-----, -----------. She sent 18 very cute hats</a>. I am writing her a thank you letter today.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> Thank you so much for putting our program on your list of, I am sure, many, many, things to do. We will have photos later after the hats have been distributed, as colder weather begins. It is so gratifying to see how much they love those hats and wear them every chance they get, even if it is not so cold.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> You should see the excitement in my office when we receive a package of hats! They all want to see each one, and oooh and ahhh over them. All but one of our office staff are either moms or grandmas, so little children have a special place in their hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> We look forward to seeing more cute hats and I will let you know how many have been received in each one.</span><br />
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When my hands are doing OK, I can knit a hat in just a few hours' time, and even make a hat in a day. I made a hat yesterday, and made another one today. (I'm VERY thankful that my hands are doing OK!)<br />
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It's possible to knit a hat in a few hours. The trick is to FIND the few hours. And, once found, make sure you have ALL the tools you'll need for the task.<br />
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<li>Needles shown - <a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-needles-knitters-pride-cubics/knitters-pride-cubics-special-interchangeable-needle-set/" target="_blank">Knitter's Pride, Cubics "Special Interchangable"</a>, #10, 16", purchased at <a href="http://www.yarn.com/" target="_blank">Webs</a></li>
<li>Yarn shown, <a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-crochet-yarns-ella-rae/" target="_blank">Ella Rae</a> Wool... purchase date unknown, purchase location unknown</li>
<li>Styrofoam head from <a href="http://www.savers.com/" target="_blank">Savers</a>.</li>
<li>Hat pattern is classic <a href="http://knit-a-cap.org/instructions.htm" target="_blank">Knit-A-Cap</a> pattern with seed stitch as the first 15 rounds for the fold-up brim.</li>
<li>Restaurant shown: <a href="http://www.redrobin.com/locations" target="_blank">Red Robin</a> ("Yummmmm!")</li>
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310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-1510618778395332712012-08-25T08:47:00.002-04:002012-08-25T08:51:24.347-04:00newest hat, finished 8/24/12I don't know what number hat this is, but it is the one I finished last night using Knitter's Pride #10 16" Cubics needles. That's the needle you see dangling from the hat.<br />
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You know, the cable on those needles is *<b>so</b>* flexible, that I can do Magic Loop to finish the hat even though the entire needle is only 16" long. I don't know if you can see it by zooming in on the image, but those are the Cubics needles. The square shape offers several advantages that just truly WORK for me. I love them.<br />
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The yarn is Ella Rae Classic Print 100% wool from I-don't-know-when. Jimmy Neutron is on the TV in the background. :-) (I was watching TV with the youngers (T & F). Well, truth be told, they watched it. I darned in ends. F clicked the photo for me.) The hat is a Classic Knit-a-Cap pattern.<br />
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I have to count my hats, darn in any remaining ends, and mail them off to the Head Start soon. It's almost time for this year's school session to start. Soon the weather will be turning cool enough for hats.<br />
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Once we have 310 hats for the 12-13 school year, we'll start on 310 hats for the 13-14 school year!<br />
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Won't have much knitting time today. We're getting some new furniture delivered. Very exciting. We're re-arranging things a wee bit since one has headed off to college.<br />
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- E2310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-12999601115407617172012-08-24T19:42:00.001-04:002012-08-24T19:50:01.886-04:00Knitter's Pride needles and hooksI feel like keeping it a secret until at least September, because I hope to enter the contest in August and don't want any competitors.... :-)<br />
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But Knitter's Pride --- who makes amazing needles# and crochet hooks% --- is having a contest from now until 10/31. You need to make a 1- to 3-minute video showcasing your love of Knitter's Pride products. It can be needles, hooks, whatever.<br />
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Mine's in progress. I'm no video expert! (You already know I'm absolutely no blog expert!) I'm working on the video. I hope and expect to post it by 8/31.<br />
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If you want to join the Knitter's Pride contest (in September or October, please - laugh!), all the information you need is here: <a href="http://www.knitterspride.com/showyourpride/">http://www.knitterspride.com/showyourpride/</a><br />
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If you're not on FaceBook, and don't plan to be*, let me know and I'll tell you how to enter without FaceBook.<br />
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# My favorite needles are the Cubics. Gosh, I love the Cubics. I could knit all day with them without pain.<br />
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% My favorite crochet hooks are the aluminum ones with the big, soft, ergonomic handles. I really like those. The Dreamz hooks are very good, too, and come in bigger sizes than the aluminum hooks. If you like to thread crochet with the itty-bitty hooks, #14s and the like, they have those thread crochet hooks with the same big, soft, ergonomic handles.<br />
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* Yes, we are an increasingly rare breed every day. I know. Yes, I know that a whole bunch of people want me to join FaceBook. But I can't. I just can't. Sorry.<br />
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The delightful textured purple hat in the front right corner is her own pattern, the Amaliya hat. This pattern is available on Ravelry with matching capelet and fingerless gloves. Please see: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amaliya-hat">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amaliya-hat</a><br />
<br />310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-9383004722108290012012-07-25T10:41:00.003-04:002012-07-25T13:47:51.740-04:003 Little Boys have found a new family. Now they need to come home!Can you spare a mere $10 to help the Archer family bring home their three newly adopted sons?<br />
They only need less than $5,000 to be fully funded, to pay all the expenses to bring these three little boys (2 x age 7 and one age 9) from Eastern Europe to their new home at the Archer house in Minnesota.<br />
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Read about the Archer family and their journey here: <a href="http://theroaddownhome.blogspot.com/2012/07/please-welcome.html">http://theroaddownhome.blogspot.com/2012/07/please-welcome.html</a><br />
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If you help the Archers with money or spreading the word, you can be entered into a drawing for a new iPad 3 give-away. You can see all the details at the link below.<br />
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A tax-deductible donation of $10 or more enters you into the drawing. See: <a href="http://www.babynumber10.blogspot.com/2012/07/three-for-three-giveaway.html">http://www.babynumber10.blogspot.com/2012/07/three-for-three-giveaway.html</a><br />
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I realize that this has nothing to do with the 310 Hats project. But through E3 I've become aware of the Archer's journey and infinitely loving hearts. E3 has done everything she can to help the Archers including knitting amazing pairs of cashmere socks to be sold on eBay, and donating some of her precious beautiful yarn stash and dyeing kits for sale on eBay. </div>310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-81330843750996072852012-07-06T08:56:00.001-04:002012-07-06T08:56:10.404-04:00An amazing collection of free hat patternsI confess: I've become a <a href="http://garnstudio.com/">GarnStudio</a>, <a href="http://garnstudio.com/">Drops Design</a> and <a href="http://garnstudio.com/lang/us/yarnoverview.php">DropsYarn</a> junkie. It's all E3's fault. She pointed me to <a href="http://garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=4780&lang=us">a mitten pattern</a>. I fell in love*. Consequently, I've been hanging out in the Drops pattern collection and archive ever since.<br />
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<a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/search.php?action=search&mc=2&c=&y=&tw=&a=&f=&w=hat&tot=&searchyg=0&yg=&sort=kt">Here</a>, friends, is enough hat inspiration to keep you, your needles, and your hooks busy for a year. <a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/search.php?action=search&mc=2&c=&y=&tw=&a=&f=&w=hat&tot=&searchyg=0&yg=&sort=kt">Just click.</a> The link is set for the American and English versions of the patterns, but feel free to switch to a different language and different version of instructions. Nearly every pattern they offer is offered in many different languages. The link is also sorted by yarn gauge. Feel free to sort on a different attribute.<br />
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*I still haven't mastered the tension on multi-yarn knitting. I haven't finished that first pair of mittens. But I've made many other of their patterns!310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-70899226329637230932012-07-05T20:47:00.001-04:002012-07-05T20:58:53.669-04:00The 2012 310 Hats Project is "ON"!<br />
Dear Friends of the 310 Hats Project:<br />
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The project continues, even if E2 is The World's Worst Blogger (bar none). I've lost count of how many blogs I've started and abandoned. It's a pity that the 310 Hats project is one of them. But that's a story for another day.<br />
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Suffice to say, the 2012 310 Hats Project is still on.<br />
E1 has already created about 60 hats.<br />
E1's friend has pledged 50.<br />
D in California has made a few score.<br />
E2, the dud, has only made a handful. (I have an excuse! Really I do!)<br />
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If you are interested in participating in the 310 Hats project for this year, please feel free to join us! Please let me know your interest, and I will send you the destination postal address. Let me know how many hats you'll be sending so that I can help keep a tally of how close we are to the September 2012 goal of 310 Hats.<br />
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What are the hat criteria? This project is flexible. Wool is fine. Acrylic is fine. Sewn poly fleece is fine. Anything that will keep a child's head warm is fine. All that we ask is that it fit the head of a Kindergarten-aged child. Any elementary aged child will do as a test model if you don't happen to have a K-aged child nearby. Really, an adult small is suitable for a K-child's head. Kindergarten-aged kids have nearly fully grown heads.<br />
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Thank you for any help you can offer!<br />
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Now, if I can remember how to post photos after neglecting this blog for longer than a year, I'll put up two wonderful pictures from the 2011 hat distribution.<br />
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As the letter E1 received said, so I say to you who help: <a href="http://choctawschool.com/media/25104/ome%20and%20yakoke.pdf">Yakoke</a>!310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-56921566460121190382011-06-14T08:55:00.000-04:002011-06-14T08:55:12.135-04:00Some hats from Denise in IowaDenise in Iowa sends pictures of four delightful hats she has knit for the project!<br />
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THANK YOU, Denise!!!!310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199634770199519745.post-87150211652788848442011-06-07T19:33:00.000-04:002011-06-07T19:33:32.747-04:00Birthday hat Behold "The Birthday Hat"!<br />
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Yesterday was E3's birthday. I am pretty sure she turned 21. :-)<br />
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While the hat isn't for her (it's for 310 Hats), I prayed for her intentions as I crocheted it. Prayer is a very powerful birthday gift and she was grateful. :-)<br />
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The knitting ladies of the "Toastmasters in Motion" club may join me in the Hats project. We'll see! Hey, ladies, if you are reading this, the bottom of this blog screen gives you an easy crochet pattern. <a href="http://www.knit-a-cap.org/instructions.htm">An easy knitting pattern is available from the Knit A Cap organization.</a>310 Hatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13877190373045762352noreply@blogger.com0