As announced in our January newsletter and Latest News, during the Soothe for Spring Campaign, Halos of Hope is asking our volunteers to make adult hats, for women and men, in lighter weight yarns, so that we will be prepared send hats to a new cancer center opening this summer, and several cancer centers located in warmer weather states, requesting 30-50 hats every month.  Soothe for Spring will run January 1 through April 30, with a goal to have a minimum of 3,000 hats ready in early May.  Hats can be sent to Halos of Hope, or dropped off at one of our donation locations, at any time throughout the campaign.

During Soothe for Spring, we will continue to accept hats made from other fibers, and will accept hats for children and teens. These hats will go to the centers that need them in the remaining winter months, and kids always need help.  As those projects are finished, find the cottons, cotton-blends, bamboos, dk weights, fingering, sock weight, and baby yarns. Then knit or crochet a breath of spring, the warmth of summer, and light, cool, comfort into your caps.

The following Soothe for Spring yarn options are provided for guidance only.  Check with your LYS or yarn retailer for similar yarns that are readily available in your area.  Also, be sure to check your stash for leftover DK, sport, fingering and sock weight yarns that are soft and washable.  

Note:  Bamboo and Bamboo blend yarns do stretch with wearing, so please make hats on the smaller size.

Aunt Lydia's Bamboo 3 - 100% Bamboo from viscose
Aunt Lydia's Bamboo 10 - 100% Bamboo
Berroco Comfort - 50% Super Fine Nylon, 50% Super Fine Acrylic
Bernat Bamboo - 86% bamboo, 12% acrylic, 2% polyester
Bernat Cotton Tots - 100% Cotton
Bernat Satin - 100% Acrylic
Bernat Satin Sport -100% Acrylic
Cascade Cotton Rich DK - 65% Cotton, 35% Nylon
Cascade Fixation - 98.3% cotton, 1.7% elastic
Cascade Pima Silk - 85% Peruvian Pima Cotton, 15% Silk
Cascade Pima Tencel - 50% Peruvian Pima Cotton, 50% Tencel
Cascade Ultra Pima - 100% Pima Cotton
Cascade Ultra Pima Fine - 100% Pima Cotton
Caron Simply Soft - 100% Acrylic
Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton - 100% Cotton
Knit Picks Comfy - 75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic
Knit Picks CotLin DK Yarn - 70% Tanguis Cotton, 30% Linen
Knit Picks Crayon Boucle Yarn - 100% Pima Cotton
Knit Picks Simply Cotton Sport Yarn - 100% Organic Cotton
Kollage Corntastic - DK 100% corn
Kollage Milky Whey - DK milk/soy
Kollage Creamy - Fingering milk/cotton
Kollage Riveting Sport - recycled blue jeans
Kollage Riveting Worsted - recycled blue jeans
Kollage Hope - USA cotton (only comes in natural color)
Kollage Sock-a-licious - Fingering silk/merino/nylon
Lily Sugar 'n Cream - 100% Cotton
Lion Brand Cotton - 100% Cotton
Lion Brand Cotton-Ease - 50% Cotton, 50% Acrylic
Lion Brand Microspun - 100% Acrylic Microfiber
Naturally Caron Spa - 75% acrylic & 25% bamboo
Peaches & Creme - 100% Cotton
Red Heart Sport - 100% Acrylic
Red Heart Designer Sport - 100% Acrylic
Red Heart Lustersheen - 100% Acrylic
TLC Baby - 100% acrylic (please do not use sparkle version)