Find our Beanie Pattern at AllFREECrochet.com

Be sure to find our baby beanie crochet pattern at All FREE Crochet, http://www.allfreecrochet.com/Baby-Hats/Itty-Bitty-Baby-Beanie/ct/1

 

 

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Holy Needles' Crochet Booties in the Round - Revisited

These booties are crocheted in the round, are very easy to make, and require no sewing of seams! Enjoy creating these beautiful booties for a newborn, or adapt for larger sizes.

Materials:  G, H, or I hook, & soft worsted yarn, such as simply soft.

The length of a newborn’s foot is 3 – 3.5 inches. Everyone’s tension is different, and hook size and yarn type all make a difference.  When in doubt, rip it out! 

Bootie:

R1: ch 2; 15 dc in 2^nd chain from hook. (15)

R2-4: ch 2, 1 dc into each st. Join with sl st into 1st dc. (15)

R5: ch 2, dc into next 12 st, leaving last 3 sts undone. Ch 2, turn. (12)

R6: dc into each st. ch 2, turn. (12)

R7: dc in each st. (12)


With right sides together, sl st back seam. Pull long loop along seam (or you can sl st 1/2 way up the back to decrease loop length, and decrease tension). Remove hook and turn bootie right side out.

Cuff: Insert hook into top of bootie just to left of back seam.

R1: pull loop through, and ch 2. Work 16 dc evenly around top edge. Join with sl st into 1st dc. (16)

R2: ch 2, dc (or ch 1, sc or hdc) in each st around. (16)

Optional:

Edging: ch 1 and sc in each st. Join with sl st. (or use any stitches you desire!) Fasten off and securely weave in ends. Do NOT knot your work… weave back and forth inconspicuously instead.

Lacing: ch 70 to make ‘shoelace’ to weave in and out of the first cuff row created.

© Copyright 2012, Donna Bishop. All Rights Reserved. Created for Holy Needles, Tucson AZ

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Quarterly Distribution of 1294 Items!

Holy Needles has now distributed 8744 items to people in need, since its inception in March 2009. 

Today, 3/21, we distributed 1294 items to local hospitals (our largest delivery ever!).

To the U of A Medical Center nursery, we delievered 150 newborn beanies. Crisis Pregnancy Center received 238 items, consisting of 30 beanies, 30 blankets, and 178 sets of booties!

Northwest Medical Center is received a total of 826 items... 299 blankets, 424 beanies, and 103 booties.

We also delivered a special project of 80 blankets to the U of A Medical Center, for children who are receiving chemo treatments.

 THANK YOU to all who have made this possible!

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HOLY NEEDLES Meets at Casas in NW Tucson!

Holy Needles...
…for YOU, to help others!


Our current Mission…
to prayerfully, generously create blankets, beanies,
and booties for needy children in our community,
and to meet other needs as resources allow.

Let the little children come to me… Matt 19:14

Holy Needles meets the 3rd Monday of each month, 1- 4pm                                                         and the Last Saturday of each month, 9am-Noon
in the Ocotillo bldg @ Casas 10801 N La Cholla Blvd, Tucson AZ 85742
and the Prayer Shawl group meets the third Thursday,  1-3pm, in Cholla room 101

Please come join us, to share your time, your talent, and yourself as we reach out to those who desperately need what we can create and give.

Come with your needles &/or hooks…to crochet, knit, sew, quilt, or with your scissors, to cut or knot a yard of fleece! Bring your talent, bring your knowledge… don’t know how? We’ll teach you! Come relax and create.

Can’t join us? Create items from home and we’ll get them donated for you!

Donations of fleece, flannel, quilt batting, and soft yarn are welcome.

Cash donations are welcome… make your check out to “Casas Church - Holy Needles” with account 1-000-2759 on the memo line (tax deductible 501c3)

Further information is available via email holyneedles@gmail.com

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Hat (beanie) Toppers, Decor, Extras

Twirlies (curly-q) topper

Chain 10-15 (not too tight), leaving a 10" tail. *Work 3 sc in 1st chain from hook. Work 4 sc in each of the next 9-14 chains. Slip stitch in last chain (do not finish off).
Chain 10-15. Repeat from * above, slip stitching into 1st chain of 1st twirlie. This makes 2nd twirly. Repeat to create a 3rd twirlie. Finish off, leaving a 10" tail.
To attach: Take the 2 tails, tie them in a square knot (knot twice, left over right and pull, right over left and pull). Attach to your hat using a yarn needle. Thread 1 tail through top of hat, then thread the other tail through the top of the hat across from each other (not through the same hole). From inside the hat, weave in ends.

Flowers topper

Chain 10 (first chain is "starter" chain), leaving a 10" tail.
1st Flower:Slip stitch in 4th chain from hook to create a loop. Chain 1, slip stitch in loop, *3 DC, slip stitch in loop. Repeat from *, 3 times. Slip stitch back down the chain to the "starter" chain.
2nd Flower: Chain 10. Slip stitch in 4th chain from hook to create a loop. Chain 1, slip stitch in loop, *3 DC, slip stitch in loop. Repeat from *, 3 times. Slip stitch back down the chain, slip stitch in "starter" chain.
Repeat 2nd flower directions for 3 or more flowers. Finish off, leaving a 10" tail.
To attach: Take the 2 tails, tie them in a square knot (knot twice, left over right and pull, right over left and pull). Attach to your hat using a yarn needle. Thread 1 tail through top of hat, then thread the other tail through the top of the hat across from each other (not through the same hole). From inside the hat, weave in ends.

Pom-Pom

1. Cut two cardboard circles the size you wish the finished pompom to be, then cut a small hole about the size of a dime in the center of each one.
2. Measure off approximately 6 strands of yarn, 2 yards long; hold the two cardboard discs together in your left hand and wind the strands of yarn through the hole and around the rim as shown below. The quantity of yarn used will determine the fullness of the pompom.
3. Insert sharp scissors carefully between the two cardboard discs and cut the yarn all around.
4. Separate the discs slightly, take a strand of yarn 12 inches long and wind around the cut strands (between the discs) twice and tie tightly.
5. Remove the discs and trim any stray ends.

Tassel
To make a tassel, cut a piece of cardboard 1/2" longer than you want the tassel to be. Wrap the yarn around the cardboard until it's a full as you like (remember that you see only half the tassel on one side of the cardboard; it'll be twice as thick when you're finished).
Thread a piece of yarn (at least 6" long) between the cardboard and the loops and tie a knot. This will be the hanging thread for the tassel. Slip the loops off the cardboard carefully.
Now you need to bind the tassel at the top, just below the hanging loop. A simple way to do this is to wrap the yarn around and then thread each end in a needle and "bury" it. After completing the winding, cut the other end of the loops and trim the ends so they're even. You're done! Consider the addition of beads and other items.

Loose pom-pom
wrap yarn around your 4 fingers a number of times. cut a piece of yarn about 12", and bring it up though space between ring and middle fingers, and wrap and knot around center of yarn. Pull off wrapped yarn and cut rounded ends. shake pom pom to get the loose look.

Simple chained flower

Use any size hook, any yarn… depends on size desired.

Leaving a tail of yarn, Ch 6.
Sl st in 6th ch from hook. This forms one petal.
Repeat 4 more times (for total of 5 petals).
Fasten off, leaving a long tail, and stitch tails securely through back of flower, inconspicuously. Long tails make attaching flower to item possible.

Crochet 5-Petal Flower Pattern
any hook, any yarn
Rnd 1: Ch 5, join into a ring w/sl st in 1st ch.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), work 9dc in ring, join to top of ch w/ sl st-- 10 sts.
Rnd 3: **Ch 2, work 3dc in next st, ch 2 sl st in next st** five times. Fasten off.

Crochet Small Cluster Petal flower

1st Rnd: Ch 1. 12 sc in ring. Join with sl st to first sc.

2nd Rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp. *Ch 2; 1 cluster in next sc. Ch 2. 1 sc in next sc. Rep from * around, ending with 1 cluster in last sc. Ch 2. Join with sl st to first sc.

Fasten off. (Cluster = Yoh and draw up a loop. *Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook* 3 times in next sp or st. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook)

Knit Rose
Cast on 6 Stitches
Row 1: Knit into the front and back of each stitch
Row 2: Knit across
Row 3: Knit into the front and back of each stitch
Row 4: Knit across
Row 5: Knit into the front and back of each stitch
Row 6: Knit across
Bind off all stitches.
Shape into rose and stitch.

Crochet Daisy
---with brown or green, ch 5. sl st in first ch to form a circle.
---ch 1, work 10 sc into the loop. sl st in top of ch-1 to join. Clip yarn.
---with white or yellow, * sl st in top of next st. ch-9, sl st in top of same st.

---repeat from * around. sl st in top of first st to join. clip yarn.
---weave in all ends.

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745 Newborn Items Delivered December 8, 2011

464 newborn items were delivered to Northwest Medical Center: 166 blankets, 237 beanies, 61 sets booties.
El Rio Birthing Center received 21 beanies. 
Crisis Pregnancy Center received 30 blankets, 30 beanies, and 50 sets of booties. 
University of Arizona Medical Center received 150 beanies.

photos from the Women's Center 

@ Northwest Medical Center, Tucson:

photos from UAMC... U of A Medical Center:

photos from CPC delivery:

Fundraiser Success!! Quilts and More Raffled and Sold.

On September 24, 2011, at Casas Church Women's Breakaway (retreat), Holy Needles donated 3 long beautiful scarves to women at the retreat.  Holy Needles also raffled off 3 quilts, created and donated by members, and also sold a variety of items created by members. 

Funds received allowed Holy Needles to buy much-needed soft yarn, a large amount of fleece (for blankets), a couple rotary cutters, a large self-healing mat (for cutting fleece), and a number of skip-stitch blades used to cut holes into fleece (every 3/8") for crocheting an edge. 

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who donated to Holy Needles.  There are many newborns who will now have something to go home with when they leave the hospital.

Elaine & Kim helped at the Holy Needles table.

the winner of the Candy Land quilt was Christy Holden

the winner of the Christmas season quilt was Vi Bernard

the winner of the holly and birds prayer quilt was Diane Stephens

 

215 Items Delivered to Crisis Pregnancy Center, Hands of Hope, Tucson on 9/20/11

215 items delivered to Crisis Pregnancy Center... 20 blankets, 20 beanies, and 175 sets of booties!

booties are displayed on bookshelf. whenever a woman has a positive test, she receives a set of booties.

we received a tour from a helpful volunteer

booties!



Delivering 150 Beanies to UAMC 9/20/11

150 beanies delivered to University of Arizona Medical Center (UAMC).