Want a Quick Charity Knitting Idea? Knit Socks!
4 reasons why knit socks are the perfect charity project
Knit socks are such a great project for charity knitters, and they are so desperately needed by so many charitable organizations. Here are four reasons why knit sock are such a perfect charity knitting project:
KNIT SOCKS - PERFECT FOR CHARITY PROJECTS
1. Come September, every year, the evenings get shorter and the nights get cooler - and I start to knit socks for both local and international charities. There's nothing like the feeling you'll get knowing you're helping someone needy, somewhere, have toasty warm feet!2. Knit socks are so versatile, too - from baby booties to adult male slipper-socks, the basic knit socks patterns are pretty much the same no matter what type you're making. You can make them tiny and thin (yet warm) for premature babies, or use 4 strands of pure wool together to knit socks/slippers in size large for men.
3. No matter where anyone lives in the world, or why they are a charity recipient, EVERYONE needs socks at some point through the seasons -- so you can knit socks year-round, really, and they'll always fill a need somewhere.
4. Knit socks can also be made out of almost any kind of yarn - from acrylic to cotton to virgin wool, you have an opportunity to use up odd balls in your stash, or mix and match colors.
5. A pattern for knit socks can be turned into a pattern for Christmas stockings, too, so you can fill a seasonal need, as well.
Knit socks - and I'll knit some, too! :-)