Needlework Monday - Finished Preemie Hats for ‘Project NICU Warmth’!!!

Happy #NeedleWorkMonday Everyone!!! Today is the day we get to share the Preemie hats we made for our Community Project #1 ’Project NICU Warmth’!

As you all know this project was very dear to me as I have experienced having a family member in the care of the NICU as we wait, hope and pray for a miracle. I was really blown away by your generous and willing hearts to jump right in and get going on this project. There were even a couple of people, @lturner and @mamabear72 that recently just joined our group and jumped right in to participate 2 weeks after the first initial project announcement. This says a great deal about the type of people we have in this community! Thank you for your loving hearts❣️

I really enjoyed making these little hats and I’m glad to say I accomplished my goal and made 10! 😃 I loved seeing what size they turned out to be as I finished them. I used several hook sizes in order to get a variety of sizes using this Pattern. I used hook sizes D, E, F, G and H. It really was a good feeling knowing I will be helping these little fighting babies to stay warm while in the NICU~

I was disappointed that I couldn’t add any appliqué flowers to some of the girly colors. I have a huge bag of appliqués, buttons, beads, ribbon etc. that I cannot find at the moment. I have invested a lot of time and monies in collecting these things to keep on hand. I am praying hard I find it. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to make any little flowers myself to put on so they will remain as they are. Hopefully the next time I donate items I will be able to spruce them up a bit.

Here are a few more pics of the finished hats...

Here are some general guidelines for preparing your hats after completion:

• Please wash soiled items with unscented detergent before sending.
• Do not use fabric softener.
• Don’t forget to weave in your ends on knit/crochet items!
• For a sewn item, double check for pins and clip all loose threads.
• Package each hat/bootie set for the NICU in a separate ziploc bag.

Thank you again to all that were able to participate. We will be coming up with more project ideas in the future that everyone will be able to participate in no matter what your skills are. If you haven’t seen my recent post about our Community Project #2 ‘Project Warm A Soul’, you can click on the link to find out more about it!

All photos are my own and were taken with our Cannon EOS Rebel T6

Have a Wonderful Day Friends!