Knitting & Sewing
Free knitting patterns for the Neonatal Unit
Knitting for premature babies
Over many years the staff of The Simpson Neonatal Unit have been very appreciative of the generous and talented knitters who have donated ventilator hats, jackets and blankets for the very smallest and sickest babies in their care.​
​Seasons Greetings
To all our wonderful volunteer knitters and crafters the very best wishes for 2025.
We have received so many baby hats over the past few months that our stockroom is full to capacity for the coming year. Thank you for all your love and skill.
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With the colder weather now upon us, we have a bigger demand for the little car seat blankets and we ask kindly that you put magic in your needles and knit these for the families we support.
Best wishes
Elaine x
Knitting & sewing for charity
It is very exciting for us as a charity to showcase our knitting initiative which is of benefit to the babies and parents in neonatal care.
We have a range of free knitting patterns designed especially for us which will be offered to parents on discharge from the ward and also used in our fundraising campaigns and events.
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Requirements
• Please use new yarn and 100% polyester filling.
• While we appreciate that knitters have different abilities and as these are gifts for babies and families who have gone through so much, we would appreciate a high quality of knitting and sewing up.
• All sewing MUST be fastened securely.
• Please enclose with your package your name, email address and/or home address with the quantity made. This will allow us to contact you with our thanks.
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We often receive large amounts of items, please allow several weeks for our volunteers to reply.
Free charity knitting patterns
Knitting for premature baby charity
Our monthly new knitting patterns for free and available to download.
Where to donate knitted baby clothes
Please ONLY donate if you have used our free knitting patterns and adhere to our requirements. Please enclose with your package your name, email address and/or home address with the quantity made. This will allow us to contact you with our thanks:
Simpsons Special Care Babies
PO Box 12258
North West DO
Comely Bank Road
Edinburgh
EH4 1YB
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Thank You
Other charities for knitting donations
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You may wish to consider donating knitted items to one of the other ‘baby’-related charities, namely Held In Our Hearts (formerly SANDS Lothians) and SiMBA (Simpson Memory Box Appeal).
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Both charities are currently accepting donations of knitting and sewing, although you should bear in mind that they only accept certain items – details of these, including downloadable patterns can be found on their respective websites:
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Held In Our Hearts
Held In Our Hearts (formerly SANDS Lothians) or follow on Facebook
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SiMBA
