This one is from the Sock Pixie, who has designed a mini socks knitting pattern to help raise awareness and funds to support deaf and hearing impaired children.
Knit to Donate to Charity
Posted on August 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
Ever heard of Caps for Kids or Warm Up America? They are just two of the programs you can participate in to knit to donate to charity. Caps for Kids provides children in need with cozy hats to keep them warm. Over one million caps along with other accessories for children have been knitted and crocheted and donated to charity by volunteers since the program began. Warm Up America has touched the lives of the homeless through charitable donations of knitted afghans [...]
Operation Caregiver Knitting for the Troops
Posted on August 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
Operation Caregiver seeks to provide comfort and hygiene to American troops deployed overseas through donations of knitted caps [...]
Use Your Knitting Skills to Make Chemo Caps
Posted on November 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
Cancer patients need attractive caps to boost self-esteem after hair loss. ChemoCaps.com is a group of knitters who donate their time by making hand-knit caps for cancer patients in hospital oncology units and hospice. They encourage you to knit one or two or a few chemo caps and donate them to a cancer treatment center in the area where you live [...]
Donating Knitted Items to Hospitals
Posted on September 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thousands of premature babies are born every month and spend their first few weeks in hospital nurseries across the country. The National Association of Children’s Hospital and Related Institutions (NACHRI) offers a directory of facilities in different parts of the country which would donations of knitted “preemie” blankets, caps and gowns [...]
Knit to Donate to Care Wear for Infants and Children
Posted on September 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Care Wear is a nationwide group of volunteer stitchers who knit, crochet, and sew handmade baby items to donate to hospitals around the country. Care Wear items are given FREE to infants, children, and their parents [...]
Join the Binky Patrol and Knit to Show You Care
Posted on September 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Binky Patrol, an all volunteer, national non-profit organization makes and distributes homemade blankets or “binkies” to children (age 0-18 yearn) born HIV+, drug-addicted, infected with AIDS or other chronic & terminal illnesses as well as those who are abused, in foster care or experiencing trauma of any kind [...]
Knit Ladder of Life Socks for Local Rescue Workers
Posted on September 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
Show your appreciation for the rescue workers in your community who work to save lives during times of need, national crises or disasters and every day. Knits managing editor Ann Budd designed the Ladder of Life Socks to knit to donate to firefighters and other rescue workers. Materials include worsted weight yarn, US size 8 and 9 double-pointed needles, some stitch markers and tapestry needle.
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 [...]
