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 [...]
Best-selling author and avid knitter Debbie Macomber teams with Leisure Arts to introduce a new Warm Up America! initiative — Friendship Shawls. Similar to prayer shawls, friendship shawls are handmade gifts of caring. They’re perfect for special occasions or simply as friendship gifts [...]
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 [...]
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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