Purple Hats for ClickforBabies.org

Click for Babies is an organization that distributes purple hats to hospitals. These hats are then given to parents of newborns, to remind them that the colicky crying that may persist for several hours a day is perfectly normal and will end. This is called the Period of PURPLE Crying.

For more information on the Period of PURPLE Crying, please read the information on this website:

What is the Period of PURPLE Crying?

The goal of this charity is to reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths from shaken baby by supporting and educating parents.

This charity was brought to my attention by a friend who is running my LOTR stitchy group on Facebook. For the duration of September, we're attempting to make as many purple hats as possible to send to Click for Babies. Several dozen have already been made for donation by those intrepid knitters and crocheters who started a week or two ago.

Today, I threw in with them, taking advantage of the weekend to pop out for a coffee with pattern and yarn in hand.

Click for Babies has an excellent list of parameters for making hats. They can be found here: Crafting Guidelines for Purple Hats.

If you are interested if sending hats to Click for Babies, I used the Parker Hat pattern by Sewrella in the 0-3 months size, with Red Heart Baby Hugs yarn and a 6 mm hook. It came out to almost exactly 14" in circumference, with 5" from dome to edge, so I will be adding another round or two to the end to meet the 6" requirement.

A couple of things to note is that the hats MUST be soft and need to include either gender-neutral or both girl- and boy-friendly colors and styles. I'll be doing several with green, yellow, or blue brims.

This is a charity that speaks to my heart,  as my husband frequently handles cases where infants under a year old have been killed by chronic abuse or shaking. A common "defense" is the complaint that the baby would not stop crying. Please consider taking some time to make and send a few hats.