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 [...]
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 [...]
Most knitters arrive at the point of wanting to create their own original knitting patterns and designs for personal gratification, to give as gifts or to donate to charity. However, very few knitters submit their designs for publication or enter them in knitting contests [..]
Looking for a special pattern to knit socks, sweaters, afghans or other items to donate to charity? Lion Brand Yarn recently announced that all knitting (and crochet) patterns on their website are absolutely FREE. This means that over 3400 patterns, of which 700 were previously for sale, are available for download with no monetary strings attached [...]
Once you’ve spent time and money knitting an item to donate to charity, you should attach instructions for care and maintenance to the garment so that the recipient will know how to clean it in the future. Most care and maintenance instructions are found on the yarn label. Symbols are used for ease of recognition [...]
As you continue to knit to donate to charity, you’ll collect a large assortment of knitting needles. Use these handmade beautiful and decorative needle cases to store all the knitting needles for your projects. That way you will always know where they are and which sizes you already own thereby avoiding duplicate purchases [...]
For the Spring Bible Study Series, my church offered a non-traditional study called “Knitting for Others”. This class is for both beginners and experienced knitters who want to use their skill to bless others. Topics include basic knitting stitches, reading patterns, and experimenting with different types of needles and yarns. Class supplies and materials have been donated by the church, and we’re using The Knitter’s Bible for a textbook [...]
Yep! If you own an iPhone® or iPod® Touch, you can purchase a digital software app to organize and catalog knitting supplies, project notes, books, needles, knitting stash, yarns etc. to refer to when you’re next at the knitting shop. That way you will not duplicate the stuff you already have, and thus free of hard earned cash to buy supplies to knit to donate to charity [...]
Most knitters own lots of knitting needles and a few of them have projects still on them (smile). We’ve found very creative ways of storing our needles—from plastic bins to wine cases to large glass canisters (normally used for keeping uncooked pasta) to everything in between. But, wouldn’t it be great to have a case that’s designed just for knitting needles? Well, you can find beautiful needle cases at your local knitting store; however, there’s nothing like making your own [...]
Image from the Sock Pixie This one is from the Sock Pixie, who has designed a mini socks knitting pattern to help raise awareness and funds to … [Read More...]
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