PHOTO above: is {2008 hats for Headstart children }
What is Headstart?
Headstart is a ("Goverment funded") pre-school for low-income families.
It's a wonderful way for these children to get ready for school like all the rest of the children around our country and be able to keep up and not let their family's financial hardship keep them down.
Hats for Headstart is a way we can help these children. Every state & county has a headstart program. By making and "Donating" (always FREE of charge ) a hat to headstart you are helping to ensuring that these children are keeping warm durning the long cold winters. Instead of focusing on how cold they are they can focus on what they are learning.
I have a set date in mind for "our" donations. Sometime between Oct. 20th - 25th. We will donate to our local headstart the hat's we've made; (80 of them). Our headstart has 4 classes of 20 children- thats 80 hats.
You can contact your local headstart and find out how many children are in their classes and whip the hats up durning the year so when winter comes, you'll be finished and ready to GIVE cheerfully.
I have several X's & O's patterns available on my Qunique Pattern page (listed below) that I've shared over the years from place settings, to baby sets, May flowers & gift bags. Making up patterns using X's & O's is one of my favorite past times. Below is the one I've come up with for Headstart. I hope you enjoy using this pattern...JMSQ ©
{Special Stitches X & O Stitch }
ch 3, **sk 1 sts, 1 dc in next st, {to make the next dc go around back of st just made & into the front of prev. st making 1 dc} X st just made ** repeat around,
*** NOTE***
[Space "between" the X's, creates the O without you having to do anything to make the O st. how lucky is that]
*** SPECIAL NOTE ~ * Rows 6-8 ***
if making the X st scares you, you can still make the hat only using 1 dc of different color in each st instead of making the X st.
Materials: I hook & H Hook
2 different colors of yarn
I hook
Row 1: I hook, ch 5, join to form ring, ch 3 counts as 1 dc, 12 dc in ring, join to top of ch 3
Row 2: ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, 2 dc in each st around, join to top of ch 3
Row 3: ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, *1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, *Repeat around, join in top of ch 3
Row 4: ch 3, *1 dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st. * Repeat around, join in top of ch 3
Row 5: H hook - ch 3, 1 dc in each st around, join & fasten off
Row 6: I hook with new color - Join with sl st, ch 2, **sk 1 sts, 1 dc in next st, next dc *{go around back of st just made & into the front of prev. st making 1 dc} X st just made ** repeat around, join to top of ch 2
Rows 7-8: Repeat row 6, after ending row 8, finish off
Rows 9-12: join with sl st, ch 3, 1 dc in each st around. Repeat around, join to top of ch 3,
Row 13: H hook - 1 hdc -or- 1 sc around in each st, join & fasten off- tuck in tails
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Simple Scarf Patterns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#1 SCARF'S {Children 3-5 yrs - 5 1/2" X 31"}
H hook
Row 1) Ch 18, dc in each st across, ch 2 turn,
Row 2-55) dc in 1st st and every st across, ch 2 turn, {at end of row 55 Finish off}
Add fringe if desired
#2 Scarf's {Children 3-5 yrs old - 6 1/2" X 31"}
G hook
Row 1) ch 22, 1 hdc in each st across, ch 2 turn
Row 2-77) hdc in 1st st, and each st acroww, ch 2 turn, {At end of row 77, Finish off}
add fringe if desired
JMSQ © 9/1/2008
This pattern is intended for charity and personal use only. Neither the pattern nor items made from it are to be sold. This notice must be attached to the pattern when downloading or printing it out. JMSQ
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