{"product_id":"joys-nicu-blanket-knit-pattern-by-knots-of-love","title":"Joy's Crochet NICU Blanket Pattern ~ by Knots of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) baby blanket crochet pattern! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEASY skill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e knit pattern. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful crochet pattern is easy to make and will make a BIG difference in the life of a baby and their family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e👉\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis pattern is a digital download.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon completing your purchase, you will be emailed a link to download your pattern. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100% of the proceeds from this pattern go to Knots of Love, our nonprofit providing free handmade hats to people going through chemo and blankets to babies in ICU incubators.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThank you for your support!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\"\u003eRequired material:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAny 3 skeins of DK weight yarn from our Knots of Love Approved Yarn List\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrochet Hook: Size H (5.0mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYarn needle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-h2\"\u003eHow NICU blankets make a difference:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-page\"\u003e❤️  Parents take the blanket home with them, wash it, and sleep with the blanket before bringing them back to the hospital and placing them on these precious new lives so their scent is on the blanket when it is then provided and lovingly placed onto the baby in the NICU incubator by a Nurse -- and the baby can receive both warm from the blanket and the parents even though they cannot yet be with her or him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e❤️  By providing comfort to parents with babies in life-altering situations, often for months at a time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e❤️  Our blankets help make the experience a little less “clinical.” and a lot more LOVING when a total stranger provides a kind and loving gift to someone they will likely never know, just because, it is the kind and right thing to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e❤️  By adding color and warmth to an often stark clinical feeling of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -- it helps support the NICU nurses and all of the lives-on-the-line. Nurses tell us how this makes a huge difference for all the families and babies in the NICU.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e❤️  By providing a gift to cherish in the future. These treasures become a keepsake after the child is well and are sometimes put on display in shadow boxes or placed in a memory box.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-h2\"\u003eHow you can help:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-page\"\u003eHaving now provided over 30,000 beautiful and hand-knit and crochet NICU blankets to babies, we have learned a lot about what babies and their families need in order to make the difference we seek to make:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen making your NICU blankets, please:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✅ Ensure the blanket is no smaller than 24” x 30”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✅ Use yarns on our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knotsoflove.org\/guidelines-for-knitters-and-knotters\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRequired Yarn List\u003c\/a\u003e. 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