You Don't Have to Follow Complicated Knitting Instructions

KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR BLANKET SQUARES

One of the easiest knitting instructions to follow involves making squares that are eventually collected and sewn together for the Warm Up America project. Warm Up America asks knitters to follow any knitting instructions they want, in order to knit a 7" x 9" square (or two)!

This gives you the opportunity to try out new knitting instructions if you want to practice a particular stitch or method, but it also means you can just do straight knitting stitches! Warm Up America doesn't care what knitting instructions you use -- they just want to help people in need be warm!

Sponsored by the Craft Yarn Council of America, Warm Up America Foundation has been 'wrapping people in warm blankets' since 1992. They've provided more than 80,000 afghans to victims of natural disasters, battered women's shelters, the homeless, and others less fortunate than ourselves.

KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SLIPPERS

Another easy set of knitting instructions is for slippers, which are in high demand by charitable organizations all over America. Here is the easiest knitting instructions I've found...

Using 4 strands of yarn as one, cast on 30 stitches.
Rows 1 - 13: Knit all stitches.
Rows 14 and 15: Bind off 5 stitches, Knit to end.
Rows 16 and 17: Bind off 1 stitch, Knit to end.
Rows 18 - 25: Knit all stitches.
Row 26: Knit 5, K2tog, Knit 4, K2tog, Knit 5.
Rows 27 - 32: Knit all stitches.
Row 33: K2tog across.
Row 34: Bind off all stitches.
This is the toe area.

Fold slipper in half, bringing the back seam (your cast on stitches) together. Starting at top, slip stitch top of foot and up the front of leg. Slip stitch back of slipper together. (The cast on stitches.)

You can also find easy knitting instructions for hats here, on our site.

Whatever knitting instructions you decide to use, these are three of the easiest charity projects any knitter can do!