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If you would like
to participate
in helping our brave armed forces personel, please be sure to make hats
large enought to fit a man's head. The ground troops need darker, muted
colors, chamo, browns, blacks, grays, navy. Using a warm,
lightweight
yarn like 100%
wool needs to be used so hats are warm and won't melt in heat (acrylic
in yarns melts and can give the troops nasty burns!). The hats can
be stuffed
into
a pocket, or will fit under a helmet. Slippers of ALL colors--
bright,
fun ones too, double yarn, are welcomed with open arms! Please do
NOT double yarn for warmth on hats! These are too bulky to be
worn under helmets. Doubled yarn on Slippers is good
though.
VERY IMPORTANT: Bev's Country Cottage is NOT affiliated with any specific troop project, so please check with individual projects for more specific requirements.
Hats -Please
make using
single strands -CROCHETED hats-NO cuff please, so they will fit under
the troops helmets. Helmet Liners - (K) packagesfromhome.org Patti's
Ric Rac Rib (K) Bev's
Boat Hat (C)
Sewn
hats:
"Dear Bev, I am the
founder of soldiersnightingales. We work with Ohio soldiers. I noticed
you have troop patterns. This one
is needed more than the cooling scarf. It is A Desert Scarf. Made of 100% cotton.
No mixed blends because they have
to breath through it. It must be khaki only- otherwise it will stick out like a sore
thumb. Plus the military has strict
guide lines on colors a soldier can wear with his uniform. The scarf measures
60 inches long by 14 inches wide.
You can surge or sew all edges. Its that simple. It protects them from the
blowing sand and keeps sand out of
their eyes,nose,ears, etc. also, the cooling scarves you have the patterns for, the
soldiers can only have khaki in that
also. No other colors or the soldiers cannot wear them. Even the dark chamo colors
would stick out like a sore thumb
in the desert. So it must be khaki. You have my permission to use this pattern on your
internet site. Thank You Cheryl Eaton---Soldiers Nightingales." "Bev, my group here
in Texas are making cool ties for several
units we have in Kuwait and Iraq, afghanistan.
I have a
texas soldier support group... and we need help
with cool ties, as we need approx 150 ties for all the soldiers.
its very hot there.
I don't
know if you have a place to list the soldier support
on your site, but if you can fit us in, that would be great.
but this is
us... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/texassoldiersupport/
but it's
the baby group that are doing the ties. Bluebonnet
babies.
Mittens -
needed
by some
projects - please email each project to ask if they need these!
Patriotic Patterns to make for home and family
LET'S SHOW THEM WE CARE!
Caps for Soldiers -added Nov 2010 Ships Project - let them know we care HUGS Project!
- making cool ties for our troops in the Middle East Operation
Toasty Toes added Feb 2008 HATS 4 Heroes added July 2009!
This is a charity organization made up of every day men and women who
just want to show our troops how much we love and appreciate all that
they do for us. We make handcrafted hats, scarves, slippers, socks and
afghans for active duty and wounded heroes in our Armed Forces.
You don't have to know how to knit/crochet/sew in order to be a member
of this group. We need help with shipping costs, packing boxes or
anything else you can imagine. If you would like to learn how to
knit/crochet/sew, we can teach you that too. The more the
merrier! Here is the link for more information ~ http://hats4heroes.org Write
to and pray for the Troops
Show support for the troops on your website and in your homes with these graphics!
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