FEBRUARY/ MARCH CHALLENGE - Keeping Older Children Warm

FEBRUARY/ MARCH CHALLENGE - Keeping Older Children Warm

Cold weather will be arriving in South Africa in May/June and during the cold months there is a huge need for warm garments for the older children (ages 4-14) to wear during the day, and perhaps even sleep in at night.

Last year, at Ronda’s request, we developed a pattern for an bulky, roomy outer garment which could be worn over whatever other clothes a child owns.  We christened this the “GO-OVER” for obvious reasons.  This is a simple-to-make item - if you can make a square, you can make one of these! The time involved in making one of these, equates to the time required to make 16 squares.

Information and instructions can be found in the forum category Patterns - GO-OVERS,  for two sizes - one to fit children 4-6 and one to fit children 8-14.  Check out the Featured Album in the photo section entitled GO-OVER VARIATIONS to see some of the amazing G-O’s already made.

Since the need is great, and the time to make a GO-OVER might seem long for some, this challenge will extend to the end of March. For others, these G-O’s work up quickly and hopefully you will be moved to make several.

The other great need for our older children is warm hats.  We have several very easy hat patterns posted in the forum under Patterns - hats, including a recent contribution -  Alison’s One Evening Hat (which it is - I’ve tried it!)

Kyla has challenged us to our own “Knitting Olympics” during the week of the Olympics - see her discussion KASmpics winter games -  whether you make squares, hats or a GO-OVER during that week it will all be “gold medal” But that is just a small part of our February/March Challenge to “Keep an Older Child Warm”. 

We have not set a ‘numbers’ goal for G-O’s and large hats - let’s just go for broke and try to set a record for larger size items for the next two months.

Please report them in this discussion, and we will keep a tally posted here.

Our totals for February were  GO-OVERS - 45

                                              Hats              - 228

                                              SLIP-OVERS/VESTS     - 20

The list of finsihed items below includes both our February and March totals

FINISHED ITEMS

GO-OVERS

Linda Maltby          12

Marcelle Daniels   1

Diane McTigue     5

Christine Johnson  5

Dawn Blake              3

Anne Powell           16

Laurie Hake               2

Alison Lett                    6

Sue Gillman                3

Mary Kristel Lokken   7

Tess Breakwell          1

Dawn Laverty             3

Enid Mary Shaw         2

Cathy                          1

Suzanne DeFalco      1

Debbie Postmontier   1

Julie Kempen               1

Pearle (age 101)          2 (with Laurie Hake)

Erica Smith                1

Anne Lokken             2

Linda Simmons         1

Jacqueline Sousa      3

Sue R.                        2

Angela Deakin         1

Claudia Brau         1

Elaine Jones       1

Andrea Palmatier    1

Alice Pizzuto       1

Elizabeth         2   (donated squares - excellent!)

TOTAL 88    !!!!!

HATS SIZE 4-14

Linda Maltby         25

Tess Breakwell    20

Donna Overton    8

Christine Johnson  36

Elizabeth                 10

Alison Lett               79     and the Kelso Knitting group - yeah!!

Mary Kristel Lokken 31

Dawn Blake                 11

Diane Kubiak            40

Paulette Pronk            10

Jen Phillips                  15

Cathy                           6

Betty Jean Karopczyc  11

Dawne Smith-Sliming 1

Enid Mary Shaw          2

Elaine Jones                7

Andrea Palmatier        4

Jeanne Haessler          10

Jana Benitez                 8

Carol S                          1

Anne Powell                  6

Alice  Reynolds             7

Harrison's mom            45

Diane McTigue             15

RhondaH                        3

Linda Simmons             4

Ruth (ramblinroo)           2

Rona Malewit                 13

Jacqueline Sousa          4

Laurie Hake                    3

Angela Deakin              1

Kyla                                2

Alice Pizzuto             3

Sue R            4

Helen Flagg   15    from Clear Lake Methodist Church

TOTAL 475   !!!!!!

VESTS/SLIP-OVERS

Donna Overton   1

Elizabeth             3

Alison Lett           1

Paulette Pronk    4

Elaine Jones        7

Jana Benitez          2

Mary Kristel Lokken    3

Cathy                     2

Enid Mary Shaw   1

Sue Gillman       2

Linda Simmons   1

Alice Reynolds     2

Jen Phillips           4

Christine Johnson    18

Diane McTigue      1

Anne Powell            4

Sue R.                 7

Dawn Blake       1

Kyla          1

Linda Maltby     2

TOTAL 67 !!!!!