Using yarn that's been donated to our elementary school, our third-grade knitting club makes little knit caps for premature newborns. I just finished a striped one (see photo), and one of my students put the pompon on it. :) Today, I started another-- a little yellow one.A simple knit cap is an essential tool to help keep newborn babies warm, especially if they are of a low birth-weight and don't have access to things like caps and incubators. It takes about two hours to knit this life-saving measure for a baby in need, and it fills our hearts with immeasurable love to think that we are positively impacting the world of another family, nearby or worlds away.
Here's a sweet six-minute video story about it, with our students' voices. :)
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- Posted by bgruener5
- Nov 7, 2014
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Readers Comments
AnnC wrote: What a wonderful story. The lessons and love these children are learning go way beyond the act of making a hat -- though of course that in itself is a wonderful act. Thank you for being an angel of kindness.
melnotes wrote: Wow what an amazing and inspiring story and act of kindness! These kids really are fantastic! I remember my nanna teaching me to knit as my mum didn't have the patience! Thank you so much for sharing this story and the link :)
wavingatyou wrote: Warms the heart :)
sandyremillard wrote: Lovely indeed. I did 40 last year for the homeless. Expect to do more this year!
Mish wrote: So cute & precious!
jomartin87112 wrote: bless you and your class!
