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Christensen, of Palmer, Alaska, had made a Disney princess wig with yarn for her own children when she heard about her friend’s child. "Last fall one of my friends from nursing school, ...
TRAVERSE CITY — Desiree Herrst can weave together a princess wig in a matter of hours — all it takes is a crochet hook and some brightly colored yarn. Central Lake teen makes yarn wigs for ...
A GoFundMe page supports The Magic Yarn Project, to help create and ship yarn princess wigs to cancer patients all over the world. Since its 2014 beginning, free wigs have gone out to 180 children ...
A former oncology nurse and mother of three is making Disney princess-inspired yarn wigs for children with cancer. Holly Christensen/Babble This story first appeared on Babble and is reprinted ...
That's why Alaska mother-of-two Holly Christensen creates magical yarn wigs by hand, and sends them to girls around the world battling cancer. Read: 86-Year-Old Makes 300 Caps for Premature Babies ...
Lily Mecham, 3, received a Rapunzel wig from the Magic Yarn Project, after cancer treatments caused her to lose her hair. The Magic Yarn Project. From Lily’s long, blonde wig, ...
Traditional wigs for little girls can be itchy and irritating. The yarn wigs are soft and magical. The story exploded on social media, leading Christensen to start the Magic Yarn Project.
How This Nurse's "Magic" Yarn Wigs Are Helping Kids With Cancer. By Kate Schweitzer. Updated on Sep 1, 2017 at 9:50 AM. GoFundMe user The Magic Yarn Project GoFundMe user The Magic Yarn Project.
The group has so far raised over $5,000 on the page. At the first The Magic Yarn Project workshop, attendees made over 40 wigs at an estimated cost of $650.