Izzy Dolls and the Nursing Students from Georgian college

Well, the Purple Sock ladies have done it again! When the call went out this year from the Nursing Students at Georgian College in Barrie for more "Izzy Dolls" to travel to the Dominican Republic, we wondered if we could top the "bevy of beautiful babies" we sent last year.




But "no worries" as they say..not only did we surpass the total of last year(254) but THIS YEAR - ( drumroll please) we were able to send 282!
And in addition, we also answered their call for cotton wash clothes and sent along 158 colourful and pretty ones...great for washing little faces and hands.


It is so gratifying to see this result, but I must say that one lady in particular deserves an award for her passion, compassion and diligence as she made TWO HUNDRED Izzy Dolls all on her own! Can you imagine that? In one of the photos where the Izzy Dolls are all laid out on the oval table....those ALL belong to Ruth from Midland ....a tip of the hat to you!


So, I thank you all for your generosity, your compassion and your thoughtfulness...these little ones have nothing, and judging from the photos which the nursing students brought back to us last year, there will be 282 more children carrying an Izzy Doll around with them, tucked under an arm, or in a pocket, or slipped under the covers with them at night...that thought just makes me smile.


If you get a chance, stop by the store and see the photos from last year, and as soon as the students are back from the Dominican, we will have a new batch for you to see as well. Thanks again.


Happy Knitting!
Lynn

Izzy Dolls

Hi Everyone,


Boy does time fly, it seems like it was just yesterday that we were making Izzy dolls to send with the Nursing students to the Dominican Republic.

They will be again making a trip there at the end of April, and would love to have as many dolls as we can knit for them. Last year you, my wonderful customers, handed in over 250 dolls!


Please note they would rather not have any buttons or beads on them ,and they like to have brown or black faces for them.


Another need is knitted or crocheted washcloths , in cotton and 8x8 inches in size. These are really needed for washing the babies and children. Any colour is welcome!

I have put below a couple of links to patterns for the Izzy dolls and I will have lots of odds and ends of yarn available here at the store free for the taking if you need some for the dolls.

The dolls need to here by April 15th. Please let me know if you need more information about them, or this project. Also, there are lots of great photos of the dolls we sent last year on my blog.


And here are two links to two versions of the pattern

http://www.icross.ca/pattern.htm
http://snapdragonink.com/?p=1297

IZZY Dolls

You guys are amazing!! we have handed over 254 , yes I said 254 Izzy dolls to the Nursing progam at Georgian College.


Here are a couple of snaps of the Izzy Dolls that you all made. Aren't they amazing!!!
For anyone that didn' know , they are going with the nursing students from Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario as they travel to the Dominican Republic. there the nursing studends will be handing them out to children as they do basic nursing care.


I can just see the little hands which will be clutching these precious little dollies from Canada, holding them close and sleeping with them and just loving them to bits!!


A big thanks you to everyone that helped make the dolls, We had such a great reponse. Some ladies made dozens of them!!! And this just started about 4-5 weeks ago....knitters are such great people so generous and giving. ( Google "Izzy Dolls" to see the story of how they got their names, very poignant.)
I will be sending out another e-mail soon about about charity knitting project so hope you are not all knitted out.
Again thanks so much for all you help without all of you this would not have been possible.

take care and happy knitting
Lynn