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When my church (Unity Minneapolis) announced the collection of hats and headbands (new or handmade) for infants and toddlers with cancer, which need to be turned into church by Feb. 1 to be distributed at local Children's Hospital

Hats and headbands for infants and toddlers with cancer.

on Valentine's Day with a Valentine's card.

Cancer is one of those things that touched me personally. My mother battles, and my aunt battled for 5 years,  Stage 4 endometrial cancer.  Of course my mother and aunt could not pick the easily beatible kind of cancer; they had to battle the rare aggressive kind instead. I worry sometimes, my sister and/or I may suffer later in life from the same aggressive cancer. Then I push it out of my mind and focus on what I can do today, like cute and fun hats and headbands for kids. 

As a crocheter, sewer and avid craft enthusiast, I felt called to help. I knew in my heart; I had to do something. I searched the internet and found my new favorite site for free crochet patterns, Repeat Crafter Me, written by Sarah who is a crafter, crocheter and crockpoter after my own heart.

Thanks to her tutorial I finished the cutest lamb hat for a 3-6 month old,  last night.

I wound up sharing the sharing the link with at least three people who thought the Repeat Crafter Me lamb hat was adorable.

As a result of my excellent success, I have plans to try and finish a hat a night until January 31. Using many patterns I found on Sarah's Repeat Crafter Me site. So wish me luck as I tackle the bunny, snowman w/ ear muff, cupcake, ladybug, gingerbread, shark, sock monkey,  and a robot . 

I'm so grateful for Sarah's Repeat Crafter Me patterns, as they have multiple sizes for each pattern. As I have no children, I had no idea where to start for infant and toddler sizing. Sarah at  Repeat Crafter Me has made my gift of love to these children with cancer a truly obtainable reality.