Jun
1
Serendipity Needleworks in Tuscaloosa, AL has come up with a way to use college rivalries to help infants.
The owner, Ellen Johnson, challenges other nearby Yarn Shops to knit and crochet caps for infants. So far this program has netted 3,284…
May
28
Pick Up Sticks is starting a Knit Along and a Fundraiser. The Heart Truth is a division of the Heart and Stroke Foundation that raises awareness about women’s heart disease.
Here are the deets:
We Wear Red Knit Along
Sweater: February Ladies Sweater
Yarn: …
May
7
Knitch Knitting is offering this new contest: If you think contests are for the birds, this one’s for you!
Pick up Blue Sky Alpacas’ Knit Chickens Pattern and some fabulous Knitch yarn* and let your imagination go free range. Submit as many…
Apr
20
This year’s challenge goal for Cheyenne River Reservation will be 9 pairs of warm, wooly Mittnz. As always, emphasis is on warmth, so wool, superwash wool and other animal fibers are the fiber of first choice. Blends that are heavily…
Mar
12
This free slipper pattern comes to us from the Prayer Shawl Ministries Blog.
Wanting to continue in the Prawer Shawl Knitting but already having more shawls than needed, this blogger came up with the idea of knitting and then fulling slippers…
Mar
11
Isn’t this pretty? Just in time for spring!
The Vogue Knitting Rose Choker is a free download, here: http://www.dreamweaveryarns.com/catalog/vogue-knitting-rose-choker-free-pattern-p-2854.html It’s also available as a crochet pattern.
Knit or crochet the Rose Choker featured in Vogue Knitting Summer 2009 with 1 skein of…
Mar
5
Lisa Edelstein, star of the Fox Television hit House, is helping in a campaign geared towards child survival. She is joining in and knitting/crocheting a baby cap and writing letters. This outreach effort is part of the “Knit One, Save…
Feb
27

Phyllis Schmidt knits a teddy bear. “I’m a little slow this morning, because my hand is a little bit stiff,” said Schmidt. With only a few more rows to finish, “then it’ll be ready for stuffing,” she said….
The children Phyllis…
Feb
26
Knitting For Charity When Every Stitch is a Battle
How you can keep knitting for charity when knitting is too much trouble! Nellie from www.knittingforcharity.org has some good ideas. Go here to read:
http://www.knittingforcharity.org/knitting_for_charity_when_every_stitch_is_a_battle.html
Jan
9
I ran across KnitNet around the middle of last year. It’s an online knitting magazine, published 6 times a year for a very modest price. You get 5 or 6 patterns in each issue (this current issue has socks, scarves and sweaters),…
Dec
25

This is a cause that is close to my heart as I have a son who is currently in Iraq. Just saying that makes me cringe, but, yes, it was his choice, there is no draft, and we support him 274%…
Dec
19
This is one of the projects currently on the needles here at knitting.craftgossip.com
It’s from Sandra, The Knitting Magazine, Dec. 03. (pretty bad scan, the magazine is close to totalled). I ran into a snag, as the pattern is supposedly written for a size…
Nov
23
What is Warm Up America?
It’s a group of knitters and crocheters coming together to make afghans for people in need. Oh, but it’s so much more.
Go here for the full scoop:
http://www.warmupamerica.org/whatIsWUA.html
They even have a Kids Warm Up America, where young…
Nov
10
These socks are gorgeous! And, they’re from one of my favorite websites: Natually Caron. And the free instructions for these are here:
http://www.naturallycaron.com:80/projects/little_arches/little_arches_1.html
While you’re there, remember to enter the naturallyBaby Contest for a chance to win up to $300. The contest is…
Oct
30
Meet the “Double Knit Twins”. The two identical twin sisters are knitting personalized sweaters to help support the Down’s Syndrome Association.
What started as a gift for Sarah Palin’s son, the Trig Sweater blossomed into a way to help everyone with…







