 This sweet little hat is designed for a newborn to wear. It uses the basic beanie pattern with a front post crochet stitch added for some extra texture. This would be a perfect design to use up some of those soft yarn scraps that you might have. Materials: Any type of soft yarn, color of your choice ( mixing colors would be fine too) Crochet Hook G Abbreviations: Chain - ch Single crochet - sc Double crochet - dc Slip stitch - sl st Stitch - st Front post double crochet - fpdc ( directions following the pattern instructions) Hat pattern: Ch 4, 11 dc in the fourth ch from hook. Join with a sl st to the first dc. Row 2- Ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2. Row 3- Ch 2, 2 dc in the first st, 1 dc in the next st, continue around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2. Row 4- Ch 2, 2 dc in the first st, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, continue around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2. Row 5- Ch 2, 2 dc in the first st, 1 dc in each of the next 4 sts, continue around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2. Row 6-9 Ch 2, 1 dc in each st around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2. Row 10- Ch 2, fpdc in the first st, 1 dc in the next st, continue around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2.  Row 11- Ch 2, 1 sc in each st around, join with a sl st to the top of the ch 2, fasten off and weave in ends. Directions from crochetspot.com To make a front post double crochet, follow the instructions below: Yarn over (wrap the yarn around your hook)  Insert your hook into the front of your work, behind the indicated stitch, and then through your work such that your hook is now at the front of your work again.  Yarn over (wrap the yarn around your hook)  Pull up a loop  Yarn over (wrap the yarn around your hook)  Pull through 2 loops on your hook.  Yarn over (wrap the yarn around your hook)  Pull through final 2 loops on your hook.  You just completed one front post double crochet! The stitch should look just like a regular double crochet but is slightly raised forward compared to the rest of your work.
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 Hey team! We are so excited to involve 818 Ministries volunteers in the Little Hats, Big Hearts project! The Little Hats, Big Hearts (affiliated with the American Heart Association) campaign is to raise awareness, first of all, for heart month in the month of February, as well as with newborn babies. The American Heart Association is collecting newborn sized red hats this winter and 818 Ministries will plan on delivering our donation to our local chapter here in Knoxville on Friday, January 26th! Donated hats should be made with red cotton or acrylic yarns of medium to heavy-weight. The yarn should be machine washable and dryable. Check out the news story below to hear more about the project. 818 Ministries will collect red hats until Thursday, January 25th. This is such a fun opportunity to impact a new people group that we're really excited about! Let us know what questions you have and as always, feel free to ship your hats to:
Rebecca Dotson PO Box 52343 Knoxville, TN 37950 Happy Thursday! Rebecca Dotson Founder, 818 Ministries 
Hey team!
Last week our Impact Squad took our 3rd trip to Memphis, TN to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It was also the weekend of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon. Kristi Jeffers and I ran the full marathon, some of our volunteers ran the 5K (Selah Vetter, Nick Jordan and Lauren Ladd). It was my first time running as a St. Jude Hero (a program St. Jude created to promote fundraising for the hospital - you are considered a "Hero" if you raise above a certain dollar amount for the hospital). As you know, St. Jude is such a special place to me and it was a blast experiencing my 3rd marathon at St. Jude. Families and patients lined the streets of the race and although it was a warm day, it was an incredible experience (I'll be back next year for sure!).
Then, the following Monday our Impact Squad toured St. Jude and visited with families in the Chili's Care Center. It was such a special day. Words can't even begin to describe what these families are going through, but I'm so encouraged at how St. Jude provides for their families and takes away so many variables of "worry and concern" as their child faces something that is seemingly insurmountable. Also, the discoveries they have made over the years blows my mind! When their doors opened in 1962, the survival rate for pediatric cancer was 20% and now it's over 80%! As an example, when they opened, the survival rate of Acute Lymphatic Leukemia was 4%. Now, over 50 years later, its 94% Isn't that amazing?
During our time with patients, we dressed up like princesses and superheroes, made a craft and hand delivered hats to each patient. One special part of our trip was getting to meet miss Kinlee. Kinlee was diagnosed with brain cancer a little over a month ago in GA. She had surgery and began her journey at St. Jude a couple of days before we arrived. Our friend Alice that lives in GA found out about her story and shared it with us. We were so excited to meet Kinlee and visit with her while we were there. Above is a picture of the Impact Squad with Kinlee. Click below to watch her story!
We had an AMAZING team of 8 volunteers on the trip and I couldn't have pulled it off without each one of them. We also had some new characters - Belle (me), Elsa (Casey Wolff), Snow White (Sara Meadows), Mr. Incredible (Nick Jordan), Jessie from Toy Story (Selah Vetter), Rapunzel (Lauren Ladd) and Cinderella (Kristi Jeffers). Shari Vetter also did an amazing job leading our craft!
St. Jude holds a special place in my heart and I look forward to our next visit. It really is hard to describe until you experience it in person! Thank you to every person who made hats, came along on the Impact Squad, prayed in anticipation of the trip and gave financially! The Lord used each of you to accomplish immeasurably more than I could ever ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). As I write this blog, we just shipped 2 more boxes of hats to a couple out of town facilities which puts our total hat + letter packet count for the year at 850! God is so faithful! If you feel led to contribute to all God is doing through 818 Ministries and partner with us financially, you can do so at the link below!
Happy Thursday!
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