What other charities do you knit for?

We donate a lot of the items that we knit for our photo shoots and catalogs to a local school fundraiser and to local shelters. Who do you guys knit for?

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Permalink Reply by ruthmci on June 16, 2009 at 4:07pm: Our church just put together some midwife kits, which include knitted hats. They also collect knitted blankets, and some of us are making blankets. The website is: http://www.ghm.org/resources/hands-on/midwifekit.html; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knit4Many on June 16, 2009 at 4:59pm: Thanks for posting this link! This is right across the river from me. I don't knit for just one charity, usually I am asked to knit for someone and I do. I've knit mostly prayer shawls or squares for Warm Up America. I see myself knitting a lot for The Preemie Project. Though I will still knit for anyone.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 16, 2009 at 4:42pm: I also like Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/

And I still need to knit a bear for the Mother Bear Project: http://www.motherbearproject.org/

There is another organization calleds Stitches from the Heart: http://www.stitchesfromtheheart.org/
The website is still up but I haven't been able to find any information on it beyond 2007. It appears to be for premature babies throughout the US. And also asks for supplies for seniors on fixed incomes or in nursing homes to be able to knit, crochet, quilt, etc. I'll try to check it out further.

And our local guild collects baby items for preemies and bereavement blankets for still borns. And one year we donated washclothes and soaps to the women's shelter.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 18, 2009 at 3:22pm: Okay, I sent an email to Stitches from the Heart. It is still a viable organization. Kathy is sending me information about the organization and I will pass this info on to you once it gets to me. It's coming by snail mail so it may be a few days before I get it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SarahD on June 18, 2009 at 5:33pm: Cheryl,

I have a ton of yarn that was given to me by a friend of my Mom's and which I don't really want to use because it's not the nicest quality. There's a bunch of acrylic (Lyon Brand "Jamie Pompadour" with 85% acrylic and 15% rayon) which looks to be about a sport weight in pink and white (white skeins and pink skeins, not mixed skeins) and a bunch of worsted weight gray wool from Sears--as in Sears brand yarn. I wonder when Sears last sold their own branded yarn? It's marked "moth proof" so you gotta wonder what they did to it. I haven't been able to figure out what to do with it, so it sits in my garage. There are maybe 10-15 skeins of each. Do you think an organization like Stitches from the Heart would like it?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SarahD on June 18, 2009 at 6:20pm: Wow, just went to count and found 17 4-ounce skeins of gray "100% American" "French combed" Sears wool. From the 60s do you think? Or 70s? Maybe I could sell it on Ebay as "vintage" and turn around and buy some nice KnitPicks yarn with the profits. ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on June 19, 2009 at 3:19pm: Sarah, you might try Ebay. Then if it doesn't sell you could donate to an organization such as Stitches from the Heart. As soon as I receive the booklet, I will forward the information on to you.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by angelkarhu on June 16, 2009 at 7:09pm: I am making a bear dress for Washington County ( a county here in Oregon). My LYS has bears that we knit a sweater or whatever for and they give all the bears to the Sheriffs and when there is a child in need at a call or whatever they give them a bear. The mother bear project is great one. I have a whole book on knitted bears. I may just have to make one.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by judezy on June 17, 2009 at 8:38am: I have the book "Knitting for Peace". It has a lot of simple patterns and charity specific patterns like the Mother Bear Project, Linus and several knitting for our troops. The knitting for our troops programs request hats and slippers or socks. I thing that one in particular would be great for Christmas. All of these causes are so wonderful, it really is hard to choose just one.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by angelkarhu on June 17, 2009 at 1:57pm: I may have to check the book out. Don't get me started on knitting for our troops. I firmly believe that we should bring ALL our troops home so by knitting something for our troops it just reitterates to me that I support them being overseas when I do not. Bring them home and let God sort it out. I don't mean to offend anyone, just an extreme liberal here.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knit4Many on June 17, 2009 at 3:03pm: While everyone would love to have our troops home. The fact of the matter is that we have soldiers all over the world not just in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do a lot of good work, hard work. Heck we have soldiers in this country who are away from their hometowns and families who serve this country in this country. Anyone who is willing, voluntarily, to do whatever it take, sacrifice what they sacrifice so that someone can live a better life or who would without hesitating give their life to protect a life deserves my support. In a perfect world it would be lovely to not to need the arm forces but they are there to protect and they do a darn good job of it, or we wouldn't be sitting here knitting for charities. So no I'm not offended but isn't great we have the freedom to be able to speak, voice our opinions when so many others do not.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by angelkarhu on June 17, 2009 at 5:19pm: Yes it is. Freedom is wonderful. I know of the other countries with our troops and I support them, and the ones here. I am just putting my foot in my mouth again.; ▶ Reply to This