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Charity Knits

The guild's ongoing charity projects include creating special scarves and shawls for The AAMC Breast Center in the Sajak Pavilion at Anne Arundel Medical Center. We also make baby hats and knitted knockers for the hospital.

The guild provides members with yarn chosen carefully to meet the needs of each charity project.

Scarves/Shawls

Baby Hats

Knitted Knockers

Breast Cancer Shawl/Scarf Guidelines

Guidelines:

1. Scarves should be approximately 54"-60" long and at least 6" wide so they can be tied around the neck.

2. In addition to being warm during Chemo treatment & covering ports, these scarves draw the eye up to the neck and face. When you are planning your scarf, think of a beautiful scarf to wear around your neck when meeting friends for lunch at a restaurant. The scarves are not for outerwear on a coat, jacket or sweater; they are intended for wearing indoors.

3. At the SOS ladies request, no cowls or infinity scarves, please.

4. Scarves are for ladies only.

5. The color should be a happy and cheerful shade or a tasteful combination of colors. Pastels work well. Please, no gray, brown, black, tan, or greige and no florescent colors or novelty patterned yarn (such as red & green, orange & black, or camo colors).

6. Yarn should be soft, drape well, and not be scratchy.

7. Scarves should be crafted in fingering to light worsted weight yarn.

8. Please use natural fiber yarn or yarn that is an acrylic blend with natural fibers. If acrylic yarn is used, please make sure it is soft and drapes well.

9. Scarves with “bling-bling,” buttons, straps, fringe, snaps, pom- poms, tassels, etc., will not be used.

10. Free scarf patterns suitable for knitters and crocheters are posted on Ravelry under the South River Knitting Guild’s page.

Go to www.Ravelry.com and set up an account at no charge
Visit the guild's "Charity Patterns for Scarves" bundle
Scroll through these free patterns to find one that you would like to make.

View Scarf/Shawl Patterns on Ravelry

Requirement:

The scarf you make will be a beautiful gift, a bright spot during a difficult time. Many survivors keep and treasure these scarves for years. The message of love and hope sent by a scarf is very strong. Patients are touched and sometimes overwhelmed by the love, time and resources you, the handcrafter, pour into creating a scarf for someone you don’t know.

Baby Hats

Knit Hat Instructions

Materials:

Soft acrylic four-ply yarn or fine baby yarn doubled in baby colors
- Examples: Caron Simply Soft, Red Heart Baby Soft, KnitPicks Brava Worsted
US size 10 needles (or size needed to obtain gauge)
- Tip: If US size 10 needles are uncomfortable to work with, try using US size 8 and casting on 48 stitches instead. This will result in the same size hat with 12 stitches to draw the tail through instead of 11.

Gauge:

Gauge should be approximately 4.5 stitches per inch and 6 rows per inch

Instructions (knit flat):

Cast on 44 stitches
Knit 2, purl 2 rib until work is 7 inches
On next row, knit 2 together, then purl together to end of row (22 stitches remain)
On next row, knit 2 together to end of row (11 stitches remain)
Do not cast off, but thread needle and draw through stitches
Pull drawn stitches up tight and fasten off
Sew seam from bottom up to top to prevent the hat from unraveling. Fold up brim.

No tassels or pompoms please. Hats should measure approximately 10 inches in circumference by 7.5 inches long.

To eliminate having a seam, which may irritate baby's head, try using circular/double pointed needles. Visual demonstrations of this technique are available via online videos.

Instructions (knit in the round):

Cast on 44 stitches and join in the round
Knit 2, purl 2 rib until work is 7 inches
On next round, knit 2 together, then purl 2 together to end of round (22 stitches remain)
On next round, knit 2 together to end of round (11 stitches remain)
Break yarn with a tail, thread needle, and draw the tail through the stitches
Pull drawn stitches up tight and weave in the end. Fold up brim.

Crochet Hat Instructions

Materials:

Soft acrylic four-ply yarn or fine baby yarn doubled in baby colors
- Examples: Caron Simply Soft, Red Heart Baby Soft, KnitPicks Brava Worsted
Size J (or hook needed to obtain gauge)

Gauge: 3 rounds = 3 1/4"

Length: 5 3/4" tall with 1" fold-up brim

Instructions:

Round 1: Ch4 and 11dc in the 3rd ch from hook OR create a magic circle, ch3 and 11 dc in the magic circle.
Round 2: Ch3 and 1dc in the first st. 2dc in every st around.
Round 3: Ch3. 2dc in the next st. *1dc in the next st. 2dc in the next st. Repeat from * around. Circle should measure 3 1/4".
Rounds 4-10: Ch3. 1dc in every st around.
Round 11: Ch1 and 1sc in the first st. *1sc in each of the next 8 sts. 2sc in the next st. Repeat from * around. Slip stitch into the top of the first sc to join.
Round 12-?: (This starts the rim, number of rounds depends on desired rim size.) Ch1 and 1sc in the first st. 1sc in every st around.
Fasten off and weave in ends. Be sure the magic circle is cinched up tightly and secured. Fold bottom (sc portion) of the hat up.