FERDINAND — Kelley Schipp learned to crochet so she could make wigs for children with cancer.
The Ferdinand woman was surfing Facebook back in November
when she happened on a post for the Magic Yarn Project, an Alaska-based
nonprofit that creates Disney princess wigs out of yarn for children
with cancer. Although Schipp hasn’t known a child with cancer, the
project struck a cord with her. She found herself watching YouTube
videos to learn to crochet the beanies that form the base of the wigs.
Before long, she was hooked.
“I had dabbled with (crocheting), but had never gotten very far,” Schipp said. “This was my motivation.”
In the four months since she first found the Magic Yarn
Project, Schipp has held two workshops for her friends and friends of
friends to learn to make the wigs. It started with four she made and
shipped to Alaska to get her approval to teach others to make the wigs.
Then, she held a workshop for a handful of her friends to teach them.
During that workshop, six more wigs were completed, and Schipp sent
those to Alaska.
Then, on Sunday, Schipp hosted another workshop at the
Tri-County YMCA in Ferdinand where eight more wigs were completed, as
well as several embellishments such as tiaras and flowers.
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