[Nfb-krafters-korner] Military Helmet Liners
Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
Terry.Powers at nih.gov
Tue Jun 1 12:35:21 UTC 2010
Marianne;
God bless you and your husband. I wish him a successful surgery and a speady recovery.
Take care.
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Denning [mailto:mdenning at cinci.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 9:02 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Military Helmet Liners
Joyce, I want to participate but my husband is going into the hospital tomorrow for major surgery and I am finishing up my teaching for the year.
He will be in the hospital for 7 to 10 days so I know I won't be able to participate this Friday. Can I sign up and download the first meeting?
Please pray for him since this is a very risky surgery.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:02 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Military Helmet Liners
> For the folks here that are new to the list, I would like to tell you
> what we are doing. We are doing a service project and making helmet
> liners to send to our military overseas.
>
> I would like all of you to know why we use wool. People have asked
> isn't it warm there? We use wool so our troops are warm this winter.
> In addition, wool wicks away moisture and is non-flammable. The
> temperatures they endure are below zero in Iraq, Afghanistan, S.
> Korea and Kosovo.
>
> We will have a telephone conference class on how to make these hats
> that have a neck band and an opening for the face starting this
> Friday. It will run for 4 weeks. You will have homework to continue
> on each week so you will be ready for the next step. You will have
> a finished hat at the end of the last class. I will also discuss at
> the last class some variations that can be done. I will have the
> pattern in Braille, but I will not have it in time for Friday's
> class.
>
> This is a knit hat and I do have a crochet version of the hat, but we
> do not have a class planned on the crocheted version as of yet.
>
> Now you think I don't knit and I don't crochet, well you can still be
> part of this. You can help purchase the wool yarn that we are using
> or help by donating something toward the postage cost.
>
> The yarn is Cascade 100% wool worstered weight yarn which we can use
> only certain colors as requested by the military.
>
> So please do plan on taking part in this. We will be making hats during
> the summer and in the Fall sending them out.
>
> We have a resource that a few of us have joined that will give us
> information on where our hats are needed
>
> Joyce .
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