to Addis with love Knitting + crochet guidelines for the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital Our patients receive a handmade shawl, hospital gown and slippers on arrival. A knitted or crocheted shawl becomes a treasured possession for these women and girls. If you would like to make a shawl for one of our patients, with a little love from Australia, here are the guidelines. Finished size 40 x 50 inches or 1m x 1.3m If you knit 10” or 25cm squares: 5 x 4 squares Finished size is very important and shawls outside this size may not be sent to Addis Ababa Yarn 8 ply acrylic yarn - nice and easy to care for Please do not use wool or other fibres About 10 x 100g balls will make one shawl Needles 4mm knitting needles or crochet hook Colour The brighter the better! Sewing up Please be sure to stitch squares together very securely for a rough but treasured life in Africa Sending your shawl to Ethiopia We accept shawls twice a year: February and July. Please keep your finished creations until then as we do not have enough space to store 700+ shawls at a time. Deliver your finished shawl to our shop in Turramurra (and have a cuppa with the team) or post it to our PO Box address below. Please include your contact details so we can thank you. If you are able, we would appreciate a contribution to the cost of air freighting the shawls to Addis Ababa. If you can contribute $20 per shawl, we would be grateful. If you can’t manage a financial contribution, don’t let that stop you knitting! Crochet for a Cause We run one-day workshops where you can learn the art of the Granny Square with tuition fees going to fund a fistula operation. Visit hamlin.org.au/events for details. Goodies for our Turramurra gift shop If you would like to make items for sale in the world’s only Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia gift shop, we would love to talk to you. While shawls are a wonderful way to make our patients feel loved, we also need to raise funds to treat obstetric fistula. We would love the following handmade items: • Crocheted or knitted cushion covers • Hand made jams, marmalade or honey • Other handmade items that will sell on the north shore Please talk to Tanya Seabrook at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (Australia) about what you have in mind, before you start production. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (Australia) Ltd Phone 02 9440 7001 Email HQ@hamlin.org.au Visit Like Pin hamlin.org.au facebook.com/toaddiswithlove pinterest.com/hamlinfistula Mail Shop PO Box 5066 Turramurra 2074 1396 Pacific Highway, Turramurra. Next door to the 711