Hear me out, people; I have something important to say. I've just learned to knit and I can't seem to stop. Fellow knitters reading this post will nod their heads silently in recognition of my new obsession with this pseudo-domestic skill. I am looking for excuses to knit anything (refer to wooly kitten box, pictured) and I tend to bring it up in conversation more often than non-knitters care to tolerate.
This precious world of ours runs on volunteer support. Yes, your financial contributions are crucial to the smoother operation of any charitable organization, but spend some of your valuable time too, and watch what happens to your already big heart: it fills up with warm fuzzy love, and the feeling is good. A client recently told me about some non-profits that accept knitted donations for various causes around the world, so now I can knit as often as I want and know that someone actually benefits from my addiction. I have compiled a brief list here for local (San Francisco Bay Area) organizations that we can knit for:
Thank you Katie, for leading me to the WoodyWoof Project. I am now halfway finished with a blanket that will be given to a child in need of some homespun comfort in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or to a child or teenager with long hospitalizations and chronic illnesses at California Pacific Medical Center. By the way, WoodyWoof is the name of a visiting therapy dog owned by the woman who started this volunteer project.
Knitting Pals is an organization that collects handknit chemo caps for children and adults with cancer throughout the Bay Area.
Afghans for Angels is an organization "made up completely of volunteers who make and deliver baby blankets to local hospitals to give to parents who have suffered the loss of their infant through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death." They are headquartered in Iowa, but they invite you to start a chapter in your area and will help you get started.
Animal Shelters everywhere are in desperate need of donations of all sorts, so consider giving a blanket you have made that would make an animal more comfy and at ease, and therefore more adoptable. This is a link to a San Francisco shelter, but it is safe to assume that any animal shelter will happily accept your handknit blanket.
Now, get your needles clicking and make me proud.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Charity Knitting Justifies My Addiction
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7 comments:
Good info! Keep it up. njb
Indeed that is one HAPPY KIITEN in her little knit home. Perhaps a larger one with taller sides could be of use? Small knit chicks also seem to be the rage with kitten foster homes from what I've heard.
I love to knit too. When there is nothing to do and even when there is something to do, I still find time to knit. It helps me wake up and get ready in the morning knowing that my yarn is waiting for me in my favorite rocker!-Treacherous T
Not a knitter myself, I do, however, appreciate anyone who gives comfort care to cute, cuddly kitties!
Cat Woman
I knitted and knitted. Eventually I found that I was trapped in a web of yarn and could not escape. I got hungry.I got "the urge". I could do nothing Just when I thought all was lost, I woke up and realized the "yarn trap" was a loose thread on my pillow case.
bg
This is an interesting thing to do, considering that we so often complain that we aren't taken seriously as artists or skilled people, and that knitting remains largely undervalued. This desire to make everything we do seem easy, our uncomfortableness with the recognition of our talents, it's a unique approach.
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oliviaharis
Drug Rehab
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