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SOUTH PARIS –Rosealyn Downing, 11, hones her crocheting skills at the Paris Public Library for a good cause. The daughter of Brandi Lacasse, of Oxford, Rosealyn has thus far crafted five newborn purple hats to donate to the library for the Purple Hat Drive. Rosealyn is just one of many knitters and crocheters taking part int he drive, which brings awareness to a new born infant’s “Period of Purple Crying,” in an effort to eliminate shaken baby syndrome.
From 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, the library will hold an event where knitters and crocheters can craft purple hats together as a group. articipants can bring your own supplies or use the library’s. The drive runs through the end of August. The hats will then be given to Community Concepts, which will distribute them to the Rumford Community Hospital and the Stephens Memorial Hospital. Newborns will go home with a purple hat as a reminder. Donations of soft knit and crocheted newborn purple hats will be accepted through the end of August at the library.
If yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks, and patterns are needed, they are available along with the criteria for the purple hats at the library. For more information, call the Paris Public Library at 207-543-6994. The library is at 27 Market Square.
PHOTO: Rosealyn Downing, 11, hones her crocheting skills at the Paris Public Library for the Purple Hat Drive. Rosealyn, of Oxford, has created five purple hats so far for the cause. (Submitted photo)
