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 [...]
Teach Your Kids to Knit with the Alex Hip Hoop Circle Knitting Kit
Posted on July 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
Knit it Together: Patterns and Inspiration for Knitting Circles
Posted on July 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Knit to Support the Troops
Posted on July 23, 2009 2 Comments
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 [...]
Join the Get Well Gang and Knit Caps for Cancer Patients
Posted on July 22, 2009 2 Comments
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 [...]
Knitting and Tea
Posted on July 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
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” [...]
Prayer Shawl Knitting
Posted on July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Care To Knit
Posted on July 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Knitting to Share with Others
Posted on July 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
Knitting to Share provides contemporary patterns for individuals and knitting groups who want to continue the tradition of giving. Craft caring gifts for friends or strangers, those who are suffering in some way through illness, stress, or changes in their life, and anyone who needs cheering up with a cozy, comforting knitted treat [...]
Knitting for Faith, Hope and Love
Posted on July 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
In Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting, Lorna Miser celebrates her passion for knitting as a wonderful, exciting gift from God. Because it’s so much a part of who she is, Lorna knits virtually everywhere she goes—but it isn’t about using her time productively. Knitting gives her something far more precious than anything she can make with yarn and needles: a way to express her faith and love for others, and the blessings that have come from the priceless connections she’s made with people [...]
