Knitted Babes: September 2007

DONATING BABES FOR THE BRAVE

Hi Everyone.
I just wanted to let you all know that after my post about "Knitted Babes For A Cause" as part of my www.chemocaps.com program I have received email offers from
Georgia P. who is knitting up a "Harry Potter Knitted Dude" for a 10 yr old dude with cancer. He's a real Harry Potter fan and his nurses say he could be a harry potter double so I know he is going to be thrilled with his pal.

All the way from the U.K our dear friend Charlotte sends that fabulous red head babe who's photo she just posted and this will be going to a little girl with carrot color hair who likes hot hot colors and who has cancer.

Brenda "the analyzing knitter" has sent me FiFi who is in the loving arms of a teenage gal who is battling cancer.

I see Marti has posted she's wanting to send that gorgeous blonde babe and I know of a wonderful adolescent gal with cancer struggles who is going to love her.

If any of you would like to knit a babe or a dude and donate them to kids with cancer, here is where you can send your knitted creation.

CHEMOCAPS.COM
% RONNI LYNN SPOLL
P.O. BOX # 91165
ALLENTOWN, PA. 18109
U.S.A.

Please email me to let me know when you are sending your knitted babe or dude so I can be on the look out for him or her and please put your name and email address in with it so I can let you know when he/she arrives.

Thank You
Ronni Lynn Spoll
www.chemocaps.com
"Heather Spoll No Hair Day Hat Program" chemocaps for children, adolescents, teens & adults
" Eddie Bears" for children in critical care in hospitals who have none/referred by hospital staff
" Babes For The Brave" knitted babes & dudes for for kids with cancer/referred by hospital oncology staff

transatlantic babe in transit

She's off and desperately excited. Anyone else jetting off as Babe for the Brave?

Babes in the Pacific Northwest

Hi all, I am Val and I live in Seattle, WA. I love looking at all your beautiful creations! Thank you for sharing. Here are some of mine.

This first picture is Cecily (on the left) and Nikki. Cecily was my first Babe, she's a little teatime and garden loving lady who would love to have you all over for Earl Gray and cookies.

Nikki is a barefoot wild child who runs amok and makes a party wherever she goes. She loves going to Cecily's for tea, but always insists on an interpretive dance session before they sit down and be dainty. I had to knit her a swimsuit to keep her from skinny-dipping.

Both girls and their stuff were knitted mostly from Patons Grace, although a couple other yarns of similar weights were used.

This next pic is of the cowgirl and her wild mustang who will be going to my niece for Christmas. I think this cowgirl is Cecily's older sister, there certainly is a family resemblance. The horse is from Dream Toys, all the knitting is worsted weight yarn (Red Heart Soft, I believe)- making the doll a tad big, so I enlarged the patterns for the hat (Dream Toys) and the boots (from Knitted Babes). The little dress is from Knitted babes, but I did alter the pattern to make it longer. Sweater, chaps and pistol with holster are from the cowboy in Dream Toys.

So Fun! I had never knit successfully before until I came across Claire's books a few months ago-I immediately fell in love with the Babes and had to learn, of course! Now that I know how to knit, I'm starting to get family requests for sweaters, hats, etc. Yeah, right. Knitting little people is much more fun!

Babes for the Brave

This here's a babe I made a while ago, just for the sake of making a babe, cuz we all know that it's a hoot. I had no one in particular in mind to give her too, just had some time on my hands and the desire to create. I used some novelty yarn for her hair, which turned out really funky and fun.

I got a little waylaid by life and never did get around to making her any clothes. She sat, naked, at the bottom of my 'In Progress' box next to the couch, all but forgotten. I thought that perhaps if I got around to it, I'd make her a few outfits and give her to my neice for Christmas.

Then I came across the post on the blog here looking for babes for young teens battling cancer. I knew then that my babe was destined for good things.

I threw together a little outfit for her and now she's ready to make her big journey. I hope she bring someone out there a little comfort and joy.

Knitted Babes For A Cause!!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone.

I'm in need of your help and hoping a few of you compassionate knitters will answer the call.
My name is Ronni Lynn Spoll and I am the administrator of www.chemocaps.com which is the largest charitable knitting program for cancer patients in the world, and it is the largest because of knitters like you.

This program supplies hand knit chemocaps complimentary for children, adolescents, teens and adults in hospitals and cancer treatment centers everywhere..... I also receive emails from medical personnel and social service agencies for handknit bears for children who have none and are in hospitals in crisis situations.

Recently I had a few special requests from oncology nurses on behalf of two teenage cancer patients who were rooming together while struggling through chemotherapy as inpatients. Apparently one of the gals received from someone the "Knitted Babes" book and not wanting to appear childish but wanting a soft "grown up looking" doll of her own to cling to, she requested a knitted babe doll....................but from who.....nobody she knew, knew how to knit and this gal was definitely too sick to learn.
The nurse manager emailed me to see if I could fulfill this wish and my good friend Brenda (The Analyzing Knitter Blog) http://analyzingknitter.typepad.com/ came to the rescue. She had received the Dot Pebbles "FIFI" kit and knit it up and mailed it to me to have delivered to this gal. Her roomie wanted "PINKY PAINTER" and I ordered that kit and knit it up and had it delivered to her................I also bought the "MERMAID" kit which I am knitting up right now because I have a 13 yr old cancer patient who will love having her to be by her side.

I now have the book "Knitted Babes" and I intend to knit up a few with some simple but colorful knit long sweaters (like a sweater dress) and matching knit boots to fit over their legs so that whenever a request comes in I can overnight mail the knitted babe so these kids won't have to wait because they might not have the time to wait

Brenda (see her aug.06 post to see FIFI all knit up and ready to go to a teenage cancer patient in need of her)
suggested I post a note here and ask if any of you would be willing to send to me a knitted babe to have on hand and at the ready so that there will be a supply on hand for those adolescents and teen cancer patients who request one.

And while we're on the subject, has anyone ever knit up a Knitted Babe Boy? If anyone would like to knit up one it would be very much appreciated because I know word is getting around on that adolescent oncology floor where those two gals have theirs and already I am hearing from one of the nurses that there are a few boys as well as girls who would like to have one too..........I think at this point in their lives, these kids need a soft non-threatening friend that isn't childish looking and is quite hip and cool to cling too.
Can You Help?
If so then please send me an email!!!!!!!!
Thank You So Very Much
Ronni Lynn Spoll email address: knittingdiva1@aol.com
www.chemocaps.com