How to Crochet Edge Border of Fleece Blanket - Easy TUTORIAL

one way to edge a blanket with a single crochet border

available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QgGCi1J3o

pic of one of Holy Needle's blankets... fleece edge crocheted.


#crochetedge  #crochet

Fleece, Fleece, and More Fleece... Black Friday Deals Make it Possible to Give More

Shopping online and in the stores on Black Friday.  That's what Holy Needles does annually.  We wait for the reduced prices on Black Friday, to make best use of the monies we are given, from our generous donors.  The prices are the best possible, about 25% of the retail price!

This large volume of fleece will create hundreds of blankets, bringing smiles to many children and their families in the Tucson, AZ region.  

Elaine shopped for Holy Needles on Black Friday... several carts overflowed with yards and yards of cut fleece!! 

Holy Needles Teen Chemo Blanket Recipient Goes to Prom

  

May 05, 2013 12:00 am  •  Kimberly Matas Arizona Daily Star

At this time last year, Destiny Hessel had just finished what she hoped would be her last round of chemotherapy for bone cancer.

She had wanted to attend the annual Dream Night Prom for children with cancer, "but she was feeling rough," her mother, Sandy Hessel, said.

One year later, with her cancer in remission, Destiny, 14, is going to the prom - and this year, in addition to attending, she helped to plan it.

"When I went to the first meeting, we were trying to figure out a theme for the prom, and I gave the idea for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Destiny said. "In previous years they had secret agents and Alice in Wonderland, so I was trying to think of some stuff you could do for it - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory decorations and stuff."

Saturday afternoon, Destiny went to a salon to have her hair done. Then she donned a gauzy, floor-length, navy blue gown and headed for the Amethyst Room at the Pima Community College Downtown Campus for the prom, put on by the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona.

This is the eighth year the Candlelighters have organized the event for teens diagnosed with cancer. It is especially meaningful to teens and their families because a cancer diagnosis can cause challenges that make a normal social life difficult. Treatments can cause hair loss, weight changes and other physical challenges. Long hospital stays can disrupt usual social activities, and important milestones are often missed.

Last year was tough for Destiny and her family, but this year they were ready for some fun. They made the prom a family affair - Sandy and Brian Hessel volunteered at the event while their daughter dined and danced.

The first Dream Night Prom, in 2006, was the creation of teenager Carina Groves, who envisioned the event as a high school senior project. The 50 teens who attended found the prom to be both fun and healing, and encouraged the Candlelighters to make it an annual event.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona is a nonprofit, family-run support network that supports, serves and advocates for children with cancer, their families, longtime survivors, bereaved families, and the professionals who care for them. Candlelighters programs are always free to the families it serves, which now numbers 350.

The group gets its name from the Chinese proverb, "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." Candlelighters was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1970, and the Tucson chapter started in 1985.

Cancer remains the No. 1 disease killer of America's children. More than 12,400 kids in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year, including about 60 in Southern Arizona.

"When I went to the first meeting, we were trying to figure out a theme for the prom, and I gave the idea for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Destiny Hessel, 14, cancer in remission - going to her prom

For more information about Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern AZ, visit www.candlelightersaz.org.

Contact reporter Kimberly Matas at kmatas@azstarnet.com or 573-4191.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/teens-with-cancer-get-their-own-special-tucson-prom/article_305f833e-0094-5fed-b988-f3e54cf30840.html#.UYrE-nweAyg.facebook

Northwest Medical Center 550-Item September 20, 2011 Delivery

550 items delivered to the Women's Center at Northwest Medical Center, Tucson.  That's 196 blankets, 225 beanies, and 129 booties!!  Such a wonderful delivery of Holy Needles' creations!

beautiful quilts!

Kim, Terry, and Elaine enjoy participating in the delivery!

The nurses at Northwest enjoy accepting the newborn items. 

They love handing out the items to the newborn's families!

Kim holds up a gorgeous quilt, created by a member of Holy Needles!

That's Elaine hiding behind those blankets!

beautiful booties!

 many comfy blankets... created by making a crochet edge around a yard of fleece

that has been trimmed and holes created every 3/8" of so.

Donna, Kim, Terry, and Elaine enjoy making the deliveries.

Summer 2011, Happening Around the Meetings

Around the meetings... summer of 2011.

Becky, Linda, and Pat are busy, busy!

Terry is about to label her created items.  She makes SEVERAL newborn items monthly!

Ruth is about to cut some fleece for baby blankets.

Terry and Karen sort through and label some finished products.

Yes, Becky, I'm taking your picture!  :)

Ruth has completed a pile of newborn blankets. 

so busy!

Sorting through many baby items.

Pat and Ruth in action.

Pam is a pro at cutting fleece and putting holes into the edges. We all appreciate all the work Pam does to make the fleece blankets available to be edged with crochet!

Karen is learning to crochet, thanks to her prolific friend Terry!

 Kim is renewing her crochet skills.

prayer shawl books 'won' on facebook from Leisure Arts!  available to members to borrow.

beautiful work!

new member Kim gets right into crocheting!



Creating a Crocheted Border on Fleece

Start by inserting hook into fleece, a few inches to the side of a corner.  Grab yarn with your hook, and pull through, leaving a 6" tail. Make a single crochet. Chain 1, then insert hook into next hole, continuing to make a single crochet stitch.

Repeat all around fleece single crochet, chain 1.  In the corners, create 3 single crochet stitches (NO chain inbetween).  When you finish, you will use a tapestry needle to weave in your ends, back and forth nicely.  The original tail will initially finish the V stitch visualized on the back of the fleece, then you can weave.  NEVER use knots... ALWAYS leave tails & WEAVE!

Again... NEVER use knots... ALWAYS leave tails and WEAVE!

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