CROCHETERS CAN MAKE CROUSE HOSPITAL PATIENTS
MORE COMFORTABLE
Syracuse, NY --
If you can crochet, you can help Crouse Hospital patients. The hospital is looking for volunteers to hand-make trach/stoma bibs. Having a tracheotomy can be uncomfortable and make patients self-conscious about their appearance. Small 4.5" by 5" stoma covers or bibs can conceal trachs and make patients more comfortable.
Not only do stoma covers make patients feel better about their appearance, they are also a sanitary precaution. By covering stomas, bibs can help keep secretions hidden and from becoming a hazard to others.
Stoma covers/bibs are quick and simple to crochet. Patients' body image should be taken into account when making such bibs. Bibs should not be too vibrant in color. And although white matches most clothing, it tends to show soiling quickly. Colors to match sport shirts are best. Bibs should not be made of loose fibers. Mercerized, washable crochet cotton is preferred. One last consideration is the chain to tie around the patient's neck. It must be long enough to allow for neck swelling.
Contact:
Lisa Barber
315/470-7561
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Editors Note: For further information please contact Lisa Barber at 470-7561. See attached sheet for stoma cover crochet pattern.
Using size 5 steel crochet hook:
- Chain 42 stitches
- Make 1 single chain (S.C.) in second chain from hook then in each chain across (40 sts.). Chain 2 and turn. Make 1 double chain (D.C.) in top of each stitch across row. Repeat this row 12 times (13 rows in all).
- Chain 3 and turn. Make 1 triple chain (T.C.) in top of next 4 sts. (5 triples).
- D.C. in next 30 sts. -- T.C. in last 5 sts.
- Chain 50 sts. Then S.C. back to last 3 sts. Then T.C. in next 4 sts.
- D.C. in next 5 S.C.
- S.C. in next 20.
- D.C. in next 5.
- T.C. in next 5.
- Chain 50.
- S.C. back in each chain--tie off.
Pattern from Self-Help For The Laryngectomee by Edmund Lauder
