Last weekend the Maker Faire swept through town with Jet Ponies, taxi crushing mousetraps, and bicycling, pink fish. The NewNew had the privilege of participating with illustrious Makers like Tiffany of Replayground, Martha Stewart, our own Miniature Rhino, and fabulous Lion Brand Yarn.We had a steady stream of visitors at our booth who helped us make hats and booties for Bronx-Lebanon hospital's obstetric ward. At the end of the weekend with a total 98 baby items we were very close to reaching our ultimate goal of making 100 baby things and are looking forward to the treasures we will receive from Makers who took home our kits and received little bags of surprises for their efforts.

Some of the people who made our time memorable were: Sue from Ohio who helped out her daughter with her booth at Bust's Maker Faire Craftacular and spent the weekend cranking out a new hat every hour on the hour; Matt who made his very first pink hat for a special someone who will arrive this year; the ladies from the crochet guild who spent 30 minutes to leave us with perfect designer baby hats; Julia who dropped in during her breaks as a volunteer at the Faire to finish a pair of booties, and of course Karen Seiger of Markets of New York who chatted with us for an hour while knitting a cute little green hat.

We also owe a great thank you to Lion Brand Yarn which furnished all the needles and hooks and patterns to make the hats and booties, and Cindy from myrecycledbags.com who allowed us to use her tarn baby bib pattern. Hopefully we'll be able to return to the Maker Faire next year with another creative venture.

Simone
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Newborns at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital!

The {NewNew} is kicking into high gear to prepare for the first Maker Faire in New York City to be held at the Hall of Science this Saturday and Sunday. We are collecting shirts to turn into yarn, going over our patterns and preparing kits for you to learn knitting and crocheting.(Yes YOU!) At the heart of all this work are tiny newborns joining the world at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital each day.

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center serves the South and Central Bronx and has been providing compassionate health care to those in need, regardless of their ability to pay for over a hundred years. Bronx-Lebanon's mission is to fill the role as "Doctor to the Community." They do this by regularly providing free check-ups and screenings to schools, shelters and senior citizen centers throughout the community. These programs and many like it bring physician and medical services directly to the community where they are need the most.

The {NewNew} wants to help in a small way by donating 100 items for the babies brought into the world at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. The 100 baby items we have pledged to create starting at the Maker Faire will be put on tiny heads and feet at the hospital's new Children’s Wing that opened in 2009. The Children's wing is providing state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care in a family friendly environment to the children of the Bronx. But wait, there's more: We have prepared goody bags for you as a thank you for helping us with this project. So make a booty and get some booty.

With the future children of our community in mind, we look forward to hanging out with you at the Maker Faire and joining in our crafting circle at "Shirts to Hats Booth 4285". We are in Zone C right by the Bust Craftacular. Here is a map.

Kelly

After The World Maker Faire

Who will get these cute hats?