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A SIMPLE WAY TO DO A GOOD DEED

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CROCHET CAPS FROM WARM UP AMERICA

Have you heard about Caps For Good?  It’s a project sponsored by Save The Children and Warm Up America.  The goal is to crochet or knit caps to be sent to areas where newborns may die from poor or no medical care, being unable to maintain their body heat, or other, usually poverty related issues.

It only takes me, a slow crocheter, about an hour to make a toddler or adult sized cap.  Why not make one or two – or ten – and send them along with the instructions you can find here ?  It’ll make you feel great to do this tiny good deed.

When you are finished, fill out a cap tag, attach it to
your cap and ship your cap to the address below:
Save the Children, Caps for Good
c/o The Doe Fund
173 Cook Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Comments

  1. I just found that this morning through an email. I printed out the material and will make a few to send. It’s so simple and won’t take hardly any time at all. :o)

  2. I don’t understand this movement at all.

    I’ve traveled all over the world, including some pretty impoverished and inaccessible parts of Africa and South America. And I have never encountered a community that could not provide blankets and swaddling for their infants. There is always yarn and fiber art of some kind; and women have been weaving and knitting it for hundreds of years. Carrying a baby in a sling and nursing on demand is traditional in most parts of the world.

    I don’t understand what the knitted cap adds to the equation. They’re really cute, but no one from my generation ever put a hat on a baby.

    Anyway, what these people need is penicillin and clean water. Families can spend six hours a day fetching water. Figure out how to improve that, and you might make a difference.

    🙂

  4. When you are finished, fill out a cap tag, attach it to
    your cap and ship your cap to the address below:
    Save the Children, Caps for Good
    c/o The Doe Fund
    173 Cook Street
    Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Shock Wave Free Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern

This Free Shock Wave Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern from Mary Maxim looks like one of those wonderfully satisfying projects that gives big cozy payoff without fiddly detail. Mary Maxim lists it as a free download, designed as a crochet afghan/lap blanket, with a finished size of 45 x 50 inches.

What immediately stands out is the yarn choice. The pattern is made with Bernat Blanket Extra Thick, using 5 skeins, and calls for a U.S. U/50 (25 mm) crochet hook. That is gloriously chunky territory, which usually means fast progress and lots of squishy texture. If you are in the mood for a project that feels substantial in your hands and grows quickly row by row, this one definitely has that appeal.

Mary Maxim describes the blanket as having a beautifully textured, plush, soft finish and suggests it as a project for home décor or gifting. Based on the materials and oversized hook alone, that sounds about right. This feels like the sort of blanket you make for curling up on the couch, draping over a chair, or giving as a practical handmade gift that will actually get used instead of folded away “for best.”

The pattern is marked Easy, and the listed stitch requirements are straightforward: chain, repeat, double crochet, single crochet, and slip stitch. That makes it sound approachable for confident beginners and very appealing for anyone who wants a relaxing crochet project without too much counting drama.

I also think the lap blanket size is a smart one. Not every crochet blanket needs to become a giant commitment that takes over the lounge room and your will to live. A 45 x 50 inch blanket is a useful, manageable size for gifting, for wheelchairs or reading nooks, or just for keeping on hand for chilly evenings. That practicality gives this pattern extra appeal. The usability point is my own take based on the finished dimensions Mary Maxim provides.

At the moment, the pattern page shows no reviews, so there is not much customer feedback to go on yet. Still, if you enjoy easy crochet blanket patterns, super chunky crochet throws, or quick lap blanket projects, this one looks like a solid freebie to save.

My overall take? This looks like a fast, cozy, beginner-friendly crochet blanket pattern with plenty of texture and instant-gratification energy. Very much the sort of project you start because it looks easy, then keep going because the yarn feels ridiculously soft.