In March, I ran 3 contests on Hankering for Yarn.
One of the contests was the Compassionate Crochet contest.
The winner of that contest, Barbara Pretzsch, has proved herself
to be a winner in more ways than one!
Barbara has used the kit that she won to create a whole collection
of compassion caps and has shipped them off to the Knots of Love folks
so they can distribute them to cancer patients.
Bless your heart, Barbara, and thank you!

Today, I asked my husband to pick a number between 1 and 21. Why?
Because in the Compassionate Knitters contest,
there were 21 entries. all of whom hoped to win the kit for the Compassion Cap from Laurel Hill .
My husband called out, ‘14′, which is Karen Gonyea.
Thank you so much, Karen, and I will be emailing you for your mailing information.
Thank you also to all the other lovely people- your entries are most appreciated, as is your compassion!
Thank you so much, Laurel Hill and Knots of Love for your work in getting compassion caps to the people who need them!

Last week, I announced a contest for  compassionate crocheters
There were 44 entries and I was deeply touched by all of them.
This morning, I asked my husband to pick a number between 1        and 44. He chose ‘20′, which is Barbara Pretsch.
Congratulations, Barbara! I will be sending you an email, requesting your mailing address so that Laurel Hill and Knots of Love can get in touch with you to mail you the compassionate  crochet kit for a chemo cap!
Thank you so much to all the other compassionate crocheters   who responded to this contest!
original drawing by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright

I just posted about the  crocheted compassion cap Knots of Love kit  that Laurel Hill is kindly donating to one of the  readers of Hankering for Yarn.
And, now I am pleased to offer a second contest, courtesy of
Knots of Love and Laurel Hill.
This contest is for a compassionate knitter.
The prize is one of Laurel Hill’s
knitted compassion cap kits
How do you win?
Simple, post a comment, telling me to  whom you would donate  the compassion cap that you will knit from this kit.
The contest begins now and closes on March 17th.
It is open to citizens of Canada and the United States.
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Some kinds of synchronicity are really neat. Others are more poignant.

I received a note the other day from Christine Shively at Knots of Love,  telling me about the chemo cap kits that they are now working with Laurel Hill to create.
‘Great!’, I thought, knowing how many people’s lives are being radically altered by cancer in their family or among their friends.
Then, a few days later, I received a note from a dear friend, saying that she is now facing the challenges of cancer. 

I immediately went into prayer, visualization, breath work and healing imagery mode for her.
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