I make prayer blankets for MD Anderson. I'm having trouble keeping up with the demand. Would any of y'all like to help?

I made a webpage and everything!!
http://www.geocities.com/memookayla/prayerblankets.html

Before I post the official knit-a-long, a few items. 1) How long are people thinking? 2 months or so? 2) I will start it on Monday, so keep an eye out for it. 3) I am going to do it 2 ways, with one way being people who want to knit squares and then send them to a location to be pieced together (esp for beginners or those who just know they ( Read more... )

All the new postings about charitable blankets and projects, especially the last one, made me want to host another knit-a-long (especially for binkypatrol.org, a website I found through the last post).

So my questions are:

1) Moderator, what do you think? I have forgotten/lost your email address.

2) Who would join? the last one was pretty

Just thought I'd share a link to a page that has about a million different charity projects that are accepting donations of all kinds - yarn, blankets, knit/crochet teddy bears, etc etc ( Read more... )

Help The Network/La Red: A shout-out for anyone who crochets or knits ( Read more... )

Stitch by Stitch, Bosnian Women Improve Their Lives

I just thought I'd share.  It's a really good story :-)

xposted to  punk_knitters

Click to read an article from Interweave Knits about prison knitting and crocheting programs.

Then, donate some of your stash to the prisons, who in turn, donate it to their communities.

cross-posted to punk_knitters

http://www.microrevolt.org/petition_overview.htm

here's an awesome and really simple way to use your knitting for good.  microrevolt is looking for handmade "petitions" to make up the border of this blanket, that is going to be sent to the CEO of Nike as a show of solidarity with the workers that are making Nike's stuff.  they ask for 4x4 inch ( Read more... )

Just wanted to remind people that it's not too late to whip up a hat or scarf to send to the Dulaan Project for their July 1 deadline for shipping to Mongolia in time for this winter.

here's a link to the knitter's guild association's precious pals