Big news, knitters and crocheters! AllFreeCrochet is hosting another charity drive! Beginning today, September 1, we are collecting RED homemade hats for babies! These hats can be either knit or crocheted, but you must use RED worsted weight yarn.
We’re working with the American Heart Association on their initiative, “Little Hats, Big Hearts” to donate red homemade hats to newborn babies. Little Hats, Big Hearts is a wonderful project to help raise awareness of heart disease, the number one killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects, the most common type of birth defect in the country.
Whether you are a crocheter, knitter, a sew-er, or just a crafter looking for a good excuse spend the weekend getting creative, we hope you’ll consider making a quick, easy baby hat to give to a newborn in need. The deadline to donate is September 30, 2014.
“Little Hats, Big Hearts” works with both the Mother-Baby unit and Neonatal Intensive Care units of participating hospitals, so both newborn hats and preemie hats are needed. The red hats can be either knit, crocheted, or even sewn, as long as they are red. Use one of our free crochet baby hat patterns, or a free pattern from one of our sister sites, such as AllFreeKnitting. Of course, you’re also welcome to create your own unique pattern that will be treasured for years to come.
RED Hat Requirements:
There are a few yarn specifics to follow to ensure that “Little Hats, Big Hearts” can accept and distribute your generous donation. So while you’re planning, please keep in mind that the yarn must be:
- RED
- cotton or acrylic
- medium to heavy weight
- machine washable and dryable
* Please, no buttons or bows, as they can be dangerous for little ones *
Where to Send Them:
We will be collecting all donated hats at our offices in Northbrook, IL and personally delivering them to the local Little Hats, Big Hats chapter in Chicago. Please have your homemade hats delivered to:
Prime Publishing, LLC
Attn: Baby Hat Charity Drive
3400 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
We will be accepting hats from September 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
What’s In It For YOU?
Aside from the warm fuzzy feeling you will get by donating something to charity, we’re offering an exciting Lion Brand giveaway worth more than $70! Send us a homemade red newborn baby hat and you’ll be automatically entered to win the complete collection of Lion Brand Modern Baby Yarn!
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Found my red yarn. Now looking for pattern. Beautiful goal.
Just need to go get red yarn and start making them
Great project! One down and who knows how many more to go 🙂
Can’t wait to get started.
I understand where to mail the hats I am donating, but what address do I need to send one red hat to for entering the Lion Yarn Package. Thank you. Please advise
Is this open to Canadians too
Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for all of your comments thus far! We are excited to see what you come up with 🙂
Connie,
By sending your hats to us at our Northbrook office, you will automatically be entered to win the Lion Brand prize package.
Judy,
Like all of our contests, this is open to US and Canada residents 18+.
Thank you!
I have a nice red varigated (sunset ) yarn. Would this be acceptable? I just made two newborn hats out of it and they turned out really nice.
I have a BUNCH of red yarn and a new born hat pattern! I am so ready to do this. Thanks for the oppotunity!!
I know that the hats need to be made out of red yarn, but can there be an small accent color that is a separate color than red?
I am so excited to make these hats… Even my daughter made one, I think that will be THE BEST PART of being a part of this whole donation opportunity, sharing it with her. We just started and have 3 already!
I finished my red baby hat last night. Just need to wash it and label it before I can get in the mail next week.
Hi, just wondering to whom do we direct questions? I/we have cranked out 17 of the cutest little RED HATS, I want to know if I can secure leaves?? You know like the apples and strawberry ones. Please contact me. It is more important that I send something that can actually be used than adding the zing, however the one I finished is so cotton picking cute it is tempting.
Are South African’s allowed to make too? 🙂 What a great Idea!! I would love to send a few. Let me know
Hi there, I live in South Africa. Can I send some hats????
I’m an adult born with congenital heart defects. I also love to crochet, and I’ve already cranked out a whole stack of little red baby hats. I hope this does raise awareness of congenital heart defects, there are a lot of people out there like myself, who are living with heart defects. If we can make it easier for the children who come behind us, that would be great.
I would like to do this. Is there a chapter on Long Island, New York that does this?
If yes, may I have their name and email address or would you give them my email address which is mwline@aol.com
Thank you, Marie
4 done…so far!