TROOPS NEED KNITTERS/CROCHETERS

If you want to knit for the troops, this (or socks ) would be a good project. 

Today, U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and South Korea, as well as many parts of the United States, are exposed to winds and bitter cold during the winter months. Riding in open trucks and humvees, they often encounter sub-zero wind chills. The military head gear issued to our troops is made of synthetic material which is not as warm as wool. Just as in WWI and WWII, volunteers are needed to make these wool caps for our troops. The wool head covering which can be worn under the Kevlar helmet provides warmth to the head and neck but does not restrict vision.
According to Dr. Richard H. Garretson, M.D., Crossroads Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, approximately 30 percent of a person’s body heat loss is through the head. It is important to keep the head warm, so the body temperature stays up. The brain controls everything else in the body, the ability to think and act as well as the ability for the body to maintain a particular temperature.
One way to increase the comfort level of our troops in cold climates is to provide knitted/crocheted wool caps, or "wooly pulleys" to them. “The cap is definitely warm. It has certainly been a help, or should I say warmth.” said Corporal Juan M. Perez, Jr., who is stationed in Iraq.
The patterns are available at www.geocities.com/helmetliner. If you have any questions, please contact helmetliner@hotmail.com or P.O. Box 236, Auburn, IL 62615. Completed helmetliners may be sent to Helmetliner, P.O. Box 236, Auburn, IL 62615, where they will be sent directly to our troops.
Donations to help defray shipping costs may be made payable to Helmetliner and sent to the address above.
Other links to helmet liners. The knitting.about.com site gives the same pattern, but the other two offer WWI and WWII helmet liners.


http://knitting.about.com/od/hatpatterns...
http://www.agoodyarn.net/pt_helmet.htm...
http://www.hjsstudio.com/redbala.html...