For the second year Lion Brand Yarn is heading up the #hatnothate campaign to bring awareness to the anti-bullying initiatives of partner charity Box Out Bullying.
Their goal for this year is to collect 25,000 blue hats to distribute … Read More ...
Homeless Man Knits Hats for Others
I know we all love a heartwarming story about knitting, right? This one comes to us via the Medford Mail Tribune (that’s in Oregon) and profiles Trinidad Flores, a homeless man who spends his time loom knitting hats to … Read More ...
Knit Little Red Hats for Preemies
You may not know this, but my little girl was a preemie, born six weeks early. We were lucky and she didn’t have any major health problems, and only spent a week in the NICU.
But a lot of families … Read More ...
Get Some Great Free Patterns for Charity Knitting
Knit 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 … Read More ...
Knitting Warm Fuzzies for Australia’s Animals
I told you last year about a story calling for people to knit marsupial pouches for animals in Australia who might need a little extra help and warmth after being injured or when babies aren’t with their mamas.
I said … Read More ...
Knitting as Protest and a Show of Love
This week’s knitting news spotlights how knitting can be so much more than “just” making things.
First there’s a group of knitters in Australia who have been protesting against coal seam gas mining (also known as fracking) in their communities … Read More ...
It’s a Hat. It’s a Cowl. It’s Really Cool
I saw this pattern somewhere in my Facebook feed a couple of weeks ago and thought it was really cool and that you might like it, too.
The Emergency Hat by Frankie Brown is worked sideways in a spiralling Reverse … Read More ...
Get a Cool Bag Pattern, Give to Doctors without Borders
Nancy’s ColorPlay Bag by Nancy Powell Thompson and Anne Berk was supposed to be published in Berk’s book Annetarsia Knits
but didn’t end up being used.
The pattern is now available on Ravelry, and is being sold for $2, … Read More ...
Help Build the World’s Biggest Stocking to Support Children of Fallen Soldiers
Yarnspirations is looking to build the largest knit and crocheted Christmas stocking, three feet at a time, in order to support the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.
The idea is that knitters and crocheters will buy Caron United, … Read More ...
Knitters Stitch a Stunning Garden Pergola
The knitters of Norfolk in the UK are really quite amazing. They once knit a 15-foot-tall Christmas tree, and this year they’ve put together a spectacular garden pergola adorned with knit flowers, birds and bugs.
The structure, which measures more … Read More ...
Ways to Help the Philippines
Several yarn companies and other knitterly groups are donation a portion of sales to Philippine disaster relief, and a great way to keep up is with this post over at the Ricefield Collective.
If you don’t know about Ricefield, it’s … Read More ...
Knit Village Banned from Kids’ Hospitals as Health Hazard
This is a sad knitting story that thankfully has a happy ending. A Women’s Institute group in Devon spent a year knitting a sweet little village — complete with buildings, people, gardens and farm animals — that they hoped would … Read More ...
Check out These Cute Cat Rug Patterns
Kerry over at Star-Shaped and Shiny sent me a head’s up about some new patterns she’s selling for cat rugs. There’s one shaped like a cat (of course!), a frog and a fish (Sid Sardine, if you must know).
These … Read More ...
A Darn Pretty Drawing For A Darn Good Cause!
Donkey Lover Knits Donkeys!
A donkey lover from Bristol has shown her support for The Donkey Sanctuary by knitting more than 40 cuddly donkeys.
Pat Whiting donated 44 knitted donkeys, in all shapes, sizes and colours to the charity. They will be sold to … Read More ...