Hip Hoop Knitting is a fun kit that teaches kids the easy and exciting craft of needle-less knitting. They can learn to use a hoop loom to knit a scarf hat and even a cool back-pack [...]
Learn how to start or join a knitting group to make lots of projects to donate to charity. Knit it Together: Patterns and Inspiration for Knitting Circles puts the knitting circle, with all its pleasures of shared craft and company, within reach of anyone who wants to build connections with other like-minded knitters [...]
My Knitting for Others group is currently making helmet liners and neck gators for military personnel overseas who are in cold climates. The easier of the two projects is the neck gator. Both are made using circular needles; but the helmet liner also requires double-pointed needles [...]
Would you like to start a local chapter of the Get Well Gang in your neighborhood, community or church? This small but caring and sensitive organization seeks to donate comfortable and beautiful knitted hats to cancer patients who are experiencing hair loss. Its mission is to “warm both the heads and the hearts of patients undergoing cancer treatment.” What began with just six hats delivered to a cancer center has expanded to well over 12,000 hats donated throughout Canada and the United States [...]
I am an avid knitter as well as a Tea Enthusiast. Imagine my pleasant surprise to find a knitting book that celebrated my love for all things “tea” [...]
About 3 years ago, I started a prayer shawl ministry to knit to donate to charity. As part of that one-woman effort, I knitted almost 30 prayer and comfort shawls for the senior citizens in my church and several friends and family members. While most of the patterns I used came from free resources on the web, I did purchase a few of these books to knit a unique prayer shawl for each recipient [...]
Looking for a project to knit to donate to charity? The Care To Knit non-profit organization is a great resource. Its mission is to provide hand knit and crocheted items such as scarves, lap shawls, hats and other related accessories to those in shelters, hospitals, nursing homes and hospices [...]
