[Nfb-krafters-korner] Military Helmet Liners

[Marianne Denning]

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.
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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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