Our total chemo cap donation count for 2024 is 51.  If you can help with this worthwhile project, please make a chemo cap (there are numerous free patterns on Ravelry) and bring it to any DSKG meeting.  The design for chemo caps for donation should be simple (so we can make more of them!), created with soft yarn, and not have holes that would reveal the wearer's hairless scalp.  Hats should not be knitted or crocheted out of animal fibers due to itchiness & possible allergies.

Hats for Sailors’ mission is to provide deployed sailors of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard with handmade wool hats. Their policy is to supply hats for every sailor on the ship(s) selected. We will continue to collect hats to send each May and November.

Hats must be made from 100% super wash wool. This is for fire safety reasons as other fibers can melt or catch fire resulting in injury. Also, most of the recipients may not know proper washing techniques for wool and we don’t want your work inadvertently felted.

Yarn donations for the prison project should be in the sport weight range or a little heavier for use with medium size crochet hooks. Most often, they receive synthetic yarns but would appreciate natural fibers as well. Lighter weight yarns can be marled together by crocheters who have some experience. Contact Kay H (KHatlaw@aol.com, (505) 850-6990) to arrange to drop off yarn donations.