Brookside Knits is having a group knit-a-long. We have chosen to knit the ‘Drachenfels’ shawl by Melanie Berg. We will show our shawls at the 2017 Knit Out. You are invited to join us in our knit-a-long. To do this, purchase the pattern on Ravelry, buy some yarn (or use your stash), and show us your results next year. Here are photos of some of the shawls we have completed. We will post more during the year.
Joy
Sandi
Karen King
Karen Kar
Janet
Carol
Sharon
We regret to announce that the Pottstown Knit Out 2016 is cancelled due to the extreme weather forecasts for Saturday.
Safety has to be our first priority. The blizzard warnings and all day snows on Saturday will make traveling dangerous.
We appreciate all your support for the past twelve years that we have held the Knit Out. This is the first time we have had to cancel. We are all very disappointed.
Your registration payments will be forwarded to the American Cancer Society as we are a Relay for Life team in Pottstown. In a future email, we will inform you of our total contribution to ACS.
We would also like to thank Brookside Country Club for their generous support and accommodations for our Knit Out and meetings every year.
We hope you all stay safe and warm at home knitting this weekend.
See you in 2017.
2015 Knit Out participants donated over 150 hats for newborns for Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
We would like to thank everyone who donated nearly 150 baby hats at the 2015 Knit Out. The Pottstown Memorial Medical Center’s Labor and Delivery section also appreciates all the hats. We find that the nurses especially like the hats we make for holidays.
What do we do with the hats you donate? All hats are machine washed and dried, of course. We then divide the hats up into twelve bags, one for each month. Having about 11 or 12 starter hats each month—the ones you knit– gives us a head start on the 40 or so hats we donate monthly.
How does that work? We take the blues, pinks, and multicolored pastels and divide them evenly among the bags. February hats—delivered just this week–included red and pink hats for Valentine’s Day. Then we take greens and put them toward St. Patrick’s Day or Christmas. The purples and yellows may go for Easter or springtime generally. The oranges, of course, go into the pumpkin months and darker hats are kept for the later in the fall. Stripes go out in September for back-to-school and sports seasons. The nurses are especially fond of Eagle’s or Phillies’ hats.
2015 Knit Out participants generously donated their time and talents to help others.
Many thanks to all the 2015 Knit Out attendees who donated chemo caps at this year’s event. We collected 92 hats, just a small sampling of which is shown in the photo. These hats will be given to the Cancer Center at the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
2015 Suzanna Beanie
In 2014, we donated about 50 caps to the cancer center. You may download last year’s free chemo cap pattern. In 2015, Joy has created a new pattern in PDF form to honor Suzanna Rauscher.
The hospital and patients are always grateful for your donations.
Knitting a hat is not a requirement of the Knit Out. Donate if you can. We appreciate it.
The 11th Annual Pottstown Knit Out was held at the Brookside Country Club, January 17, 2015. Thank you to all who participated in this year’s event. As always, a great time was had by all. All proceeds go to Pottstown Relay for Life, while knitting donations go to Pottstown Memorial Hospital.
Hope to see you back next year.
If you would like to attend next year, please email: info@pottstownknitout.com to be included on our mailing list. We cannot emphasize enough that our space is limited.
Brookside Knits donates handmade hats to the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. We welcome all knitters to offer a helping hand.
2014 Charity Baby Hat
About forty baby hats go to Labor and Delivery each month. Last year, Knit Out attendees dropped over 100 baby hats—about one quarter of all those donated to the hospital—into the collection basket.
Free patterns for baby hats of all kinds are available on Ravelry and other sites on the Internet. Check here for links to A Few of Our Favorite Things.
The hospital, the parents, and the babies are always grateful for your donations.
Knitting a hat is not a requirement of the Knit Out. Donate if you can. We appreciate it.
We are proud to say that we received many charity hats both for chemo patients and for newborns.
Knit Out attendees donated over 100 hand-knit and crocheted baby hats that will be donated to them Pottstown Memorial Medical Center’s Labor and Delivery unit. Each month Brookside Knits donates about 50 preemie and newborn hats.
We received 33 chemo hats.
Thanks so much and please feel free to donate more.
A few of the 33 Chemo Caps we received.
Dark colors are favorites for baby boys.
Hats with toppers that are securely fastened.
Classic pastels are both knit and crocheted.
Colorful hats catch the nurses eyes.
The tiniest hats are for preemies.
Baby Hats for Charity
Each year at the Knit-Out, someone asks where we donate the baby hats we collect and what kinds of hats the hospital asks for.
For years now, we have donated baby hats to the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center—about 50 a month. They ask that hats be knitted for newborns (10” round) or preemies (8” round), that they be made of washable yarn, and that they have no buttons, pom-poms or other detachable items that may endanger the babies. We decide on styles and colors for the hats.
In past years, we have offered patterns for basic newborn hats—ribbed cuffs and rolled bands. This year, we thought you might enjoy sharing our favorite online patterns.
Here are websites for just a few:
In honor of our 10th Knit Out, Master Knitter Joy Jannotti created a chemo cap pattern. Participation is optional, of course. Enjoy!
We all had a terrific time.
All proceeds go to Relay for Life of Pottstown and knitted items are donated to other good causes as well.
We hope to see you in 2015 and thank you for your continued support.