Knitting for Charity: Easy, Fun and Gratifying http://www.knittingforcharity.org/ Find the answers to virtually all of your questions about knitting for charity en Copyright 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:45:03 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=5.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When to Avoid Using Discount Yarn It's no secret that I love discount yarn. Actually I love anything that's on sale (just ask my husband), but that's another story. I can spend hours pawing through discount yarns at stores, garage sales, and flea markets. No thrift store is safe from me!

Over the years, though, hard experience has taught me that there's a time and place for discount knitting yarns. They work really well for scarves, afghans, and the like, but I've found that there are definitely times when you do not want to use some random sale item you pulled from a garage sale bin.

]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/when_to_avoid_using_discount_yarn.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/when_to_avoid_using_discount_yarn.html Yarn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:45:03 -0500 Free Knitting Patterns - Get Your Baby Ready for Spring! What's better than free knitting patterns? Not much unless it's the way your sweet little baby looks in the sweater, bonnet, bib or booties that you just made. If you're itching to deck your baby out in the latest and sweetest fashions, but you want to do it for free, check out these free knitting patterns for babies.

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But if you're starting to lose your steam when it comes to charity knit projects, never fear: here are some great ways to rekindle your love affair with knitting for charity.

]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/charity_knitting_for_fun_and_profit.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/charity_knitting_for_fun_and_profit.html Knitting for Charity Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Knit for Charity and Be a Pal When you knit for charity, a simple act of kindness means so much. In 2001, Jenny Carp performed a simple act. She knitted a chemo cap for her friend's twin sister, Jane. What was just a simple act of kindness to Jenny was much, much more to Jane. Jane took the time to tell Jenny how much receiving that cap during her bout with cancer meant to her. That's all it took.

]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/knit_for_charity_and_be_a_pal.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/knit_for_charity_and_be_a_pal.html Knitting for Charity Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Knitting Instructions for Those Who Think They Can't I've offered knitting instructions before, but there's a problem with learning anything online. It usually comes in with the people who find it difficult to learn either by reading or seeing -- because the Internet offers plenty of those options -- and learn best by doing. In that case, it's difficult to find good instructions on knitting, because the Internet can't hold your hand and help you form a stitch.

These knit instructions are the next best thing, though.

]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/knitting_instructions_for_those_who_think_they_cant.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/knitting_instructions_for_those_who_think_they_cant.html How to Knit Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Help Grandparents and Children by Knitting for Charity in Delaware Delaware is filled with generous people who love knitting for charity and they would love to have you join them. Check out these two very worthwhile causes and begin helping these knitting charities today.

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]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/free_knitting_patterns_for_loom_knitting.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/free_knitting_patterns_for_loom_knitting.html How to Knit Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Want to Become an Angel? Join Knitting Charities There are knitting charities and then there are knitting charities. All knitting charities are good but some go way above and beyond the call of duty. Such is the case with the Crafty Angels. This group is one busy group of knitters who serve not one, but several charities by supplying them with beautiful, hand-knit items. Come on. Be an angel and help these ladies out.

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]]> http://www.knittingforcharity.org/charity_knitting_and_the_traveling_shawl.html http://www.knittingforcharity.org/charity_knitting_and_the_traveling_shawl.html Knitting for Charity Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 Colorado Knitting Charities Help Warm Body and Soul Colorado may be cold, but the hearts of the knitting charities based there are not. These wonderful charities concentrate on keeping those in need warm and toasty. They would love to have you knit for charity and donate hand-knit items to help people in need.

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