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Get Some Great Free Patterns for Charity Knitting

July 3, by Sarah White. 17 Comments

helping hands ebookKnit Picks has released a great little ebook for charity knitting (and crochet) that includes six projects for each craft that are perfect to make and donate to the charity of your choice. The Helping Hands ebook is a free PDF download and includes the following knitting patterns:

  • Calming baby knit hat
  • Comfort knit pet blanket
  • Kitty-corner knit square
  • Rainbow knit blankie
  • PICC armband (to cover the line coming out of the arm)
  • Benefaction knit hat

I think my favorite is the rainbow blankie, a pretty chevron pattern sure to bring comfort to whoever needs it.

The patterns are considered appropriate for intermediate knitters and all are designed by Stacey Winklepleck.

Do you knit for charity? I’d love to hear what you make and where you give it.

Did you know, specific to knitters, you can join our Knitting Patterns Only group to get knitting patterns, ask questions and gain inspiration for what to knit next. Or how about our VIP Knitting Group with Free knitting pattern access including vintage and Etsy designer patterns for less than $1 a month.

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  1. Mary Allen says

    July 3, 2015 at 11:30 am

    I will love knitting these, thank you.

  2. Dot says

    July 3, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    I knit black wool caps for the troops in the Middle East, and send them to The Ships Project:

    http://www.theshipsproject.com/Home.htm

    She’s been sending knit items and cool-ties to sailors and ground troops since 2001, and is about 500 items away from reaching a total of 600,000 items sent!

  3. Angelina says

    July 4, 2015 at 11:15 am

    Very great keep it up checking it out on facebook Thx!

  4. sdridgerider says

    July 18, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    I knit for Heavenly Angels In Need. Preemie items, I also make Memory Boxes.

  5. Margaret says

    October 20, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    I make hats for Syrian refugees and blankets for the Humane Society and squares for Knit a Square for South African orphans. Thank you for the patterns!

  6. Jeanné Fox says

    January 3, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    I knit jumpers for oil-soaked penguins; blankets & knee robes to raise funds for a hospice; and a variety of nests for orphaned / injured wildlife rescue centres.

  7. mequilter says

    January 8, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    I knit hats for a couple of the local hospitals. Mostly newborn size, and small child size. When I finish up the ones on my needles, I’ll be bringing in the bag of 100 next week. That’ll bring the total up to 400. Surprisingly, I still have yarn left, lol.

  8. Deanna Porter says

    February 24, 2016 at 6:56 pm

    All of these wonderful people doing wonderful things has inspired this knitter to do the same! Pay it forward…?? warms my heart….Deanna Porter…

  9. Sylvia Stephenson says

    February 29, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    I knit hats for newborn, for my local hospital. Also, hats, mittens and socks for RSVP in my area.

  10. M.E Walters says

    June 20, 2016 at 11:14 am

    I think you all are wonderful and God Bless your will and hands to keep it up.

  11. cynthia says

    July 2, 2016 at 9:29 am

    Crochet hats for our homeless.

  12. morghanlafay says

    July 6, 2016 at 1:55 pm

    Me, my sister and mom 81 btw she got Alzheimer’s but still knit. We knit for old age home so they can sell in their shop we support 11 old people who don’t have the funds. Knit blankets beanies baby clothes.I also knit for 5 schools scarfs, beanies and gloves.

  13. RONNI says

    July 31, 2016 at 6:29 pm

    I knit for children in The Gambia.mostly up to 6 months old. Sometimes up to 1 year. I often knit premature items forfor the very tiny babies

  14. michele normandin says

    September 8, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    Try holysews.org. they make burial wraps,knit hats, for still horns and babies that are too small for burial clothes. I knit hats 3″. So rewarding. God bless the little ones????

  15. Chris R. says

    May 3, 2017 at 1:05 am

    30 of us charity knit every Monday. Our local YMCA is kind enough to set up tables in their lovely atrium. All yarn is donated. We donated over 1,100 items in 2016. Items stay in our community. We donate to three wonderful “charities- our local NEAR food shelf, a very large church, and the Y. We knit baby items for the church who provide needy baby showers, hats scarves mittens and earwarmers headbands. The Y distrib to school nurses.we laugh, we bond, we help each other and have formed lasting friendships. We have croheters too and teach anyone who wants to learn. We range from 10 to 90 years old. There is a special place in heaven for charity knitters and cricketers.

  16. Laura says

    July 10, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    I knit for Hats For The Homeless in Minneapolis. Hats4thehomeless.blogspot.com/ I use the pattern Classic World War II Watch Cap.

  17. Dorothy says

    July 26, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    I would love to make prem clothes for Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital NICU

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Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

There are so many great pumpkin knitting patterns out there, and it looks like I haven’t done a roundup of pumpkin knitting patterns in a few years, so it’s high time for another one.

The Lancaster Pumpkins from Cuddle Bunny Knits on Etsy are classic, made with stockinette stitch in the round and using super bulky yarn. If you’ve never knit a pumpkin before, this is a good place to start.

Jazz it up a little bit by knitting ribbing instead of straight stockinette, which gives your knit pumpkin a little more texture, too. This one is form Jessies Knits on Etsy. This one is worked flat on straight needles and there are three size options to choose from.

Or try the Pumpkin Patch pattern from Blue Sky Fibers, which is a free pattern on Ravelry. It’s worked with two strands of worsted weight yarn held together to give your pumpkins a marled look, or you can keep it solid. 

There’s another free ribbed pumpkin knitting pattern at Yarnspirations that is really cute. These are knit flat and seamed, and they come in three different sizes. You can either stack them as a centerpiece to decorate a table or you can leave them separate. Or make a whole pumpkin patch and do some of both! I love that they chose unconventional colors so you can see you don’t have to be limited to orange when you knit up your pumpkins.

Made by Devrie on Etsy has these cute pumpkins with twisted stitches (they look like cables but it’s only moving one stitch at a time) that you can make in any size with any yarn you like.

The Twisted Heart Pumpkin for Etsy seller Percival Makes Things uses cables to make a heart shape on the side of the pumpkin. It’s worked in the round and the cable pattern is charted.

And while I was really sticking to plain pumpkins here, not knit jack o’lanterns, I can’t resist sharing this beaded jack o’lantern knitting pattern from Knit Cole Studio on Etsy. The base pumpkin is simple Stockinette and you can stitch on beads in whatever design you like to make your face, or keep it plain.

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