Throw Your Heart into Handmade Especially for You
With Handmade Especially for You, help a wide variety of people!
Handmade Especially For You: words we all love to hear. If you're a knitter, they're probably words you've uttered many times, and seen the smiles that come in response. But what if you'd never received a single gift in your life? What if, not only had no one cared to handmake you a present, no one had cared enough to give you one at all?
Shelters for abused women often house exactly that kind of person. They are some of the women who most benefit from charity knitting. They aren't necessarily physically in need, but they certainly require the emotional support of knowing someone cares about them. And the added allure of a handmade gift makes all the difference in the world.
This is how to knit for charity!
Handmade Especially For You takes things a step further than many knitting charities. While all knitting charities do important and useful work, Handmade Especially For You takes their partnership further than just handing over the scarves.
Counselors at the shelters work together with charity knitters. They use the experience of receiving a handmade scarf as an opportunity to begin the therapy that creates a sense of self worth in these women who have been treated so terribly.
These dedicated charity knitters managed to donate 10,000 scarves last year and hope to donate at least 15,000 this year. They receive donations of yarn from many major yarn companies and happily share with their knitters. It doesn't matter how you knit: the point here is to practice charity knitting as it's meant to be, one heart to another.
Getting Involved
There's an obvious way to help out here: knit a scarf! There are so many fun, easy, fast designs, you'll never get bored knitting scarves. If you do, learn to crochet, because Handmade Especially For You accepts crocheted scarves, too.
Having said that, there are a few guidelines you need to follow. Use big needles (size 15 or 17) -- this makes for a nice, open stitch women in a warm climate will enjoy, since the charity focuses on Californian shelters. Use yarn you'd want against your own skin in a bright, cheerful color. Make sure your scarf is at least 60 inches long and between 4-5 inches wide.
And of course, make it personal! Decorate, add your own touches, and transform it into something you'd love to give to your own daughter, sister, or best friend. If you don't want to buy your own yarn, Handmade Especially For You can even supply it -- just send a small Paypal donation to cover shipping.
I'm sure you're as excited as I am about this great opportunity for charity knitting, so visit Handmade Especially For You today to get started. Handmade Especially For You is a fantastic way to make a difference with quick, easy knitting projects.
