Crochet Octopus For Premature Babies Pattern Canada

We are a group of people who crochet and knit little octopuses and jellyfish to comfort babies who decided to come into the world a little earlier than expected.

Crochet octopus for premature babies pattern canada. Image source tiny babies. Make this sweet octopus for preemies and give it away for the good cause. Octopus for a preemie pattern. The group started by making 40 octopuses a month for southampton hospital using a pattern that followed advice from british trading standards using 100 cotton yarn and filling them with high quality filling that can withstand 60 degree washing for infection control.

Octopus crochet pattern uk terms this pattern is from the website octopus for a preemie uk where you will find many free octopus crochet patterns in both us and uk terms and information on how to donate your finished creations. I used i love this cotton worsted weight yarn by hobby lobby 9 mm safety eyes. Here is what you will need. If you want to participate and crochet some octupuses for the premie babies at poole hospital or for a premature baby you know and love personally you can find the pattern for the octopus lovie.

Now we know that babies need the human touch to survive thrive and grow especially in their earliest days of life. To the premature baby our carefully made octopus s tentacles feel like their mother s umbilical cord. Not too many years ago premature babies were placed in incubators and went without much human touch. Blogger gosia of my nomad home is offering tips and patterns for anyone who is interested in helping the cause.

These stuffed crochet octopuses will make a great birthday and you can also give them an epic present to a mother to be. Now there are 20 000 members in the group making more than 2 000 octopuses for almost 70 neonatal intensive care units across. There is a fantastic group here in denmark called spruttegruppen which encourages crocheters to make little octopuses for premature babies she says the group collects the octopuses for denmark s 16 neonatal units so all a person needs to do is to decide to which hospital they. We have not approved a knitting pattern as of yet that has tight enough stitches as is small enough.

Purchase an ad free printable version of this pattern. Us c2 2 50 mm crochet hook did you know you can purchase my go to hooks on amazon 3 5 oz worsted weight cotton yarn. Crochet octopus toys are the perfect plush item to comfort prematurely born babies who have to spend their first days of life in the nicu. Crocheters all around the world are making these cute creatures to accompany prematurely born children in hospitals.