How to Help One of the US’ Most Poverty-Stricken Regions with Knitting
You can help the Lakota people in the Pine Ridge Reservation with For the Children of Pine Ridge
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36 Fantastic, Free Ways to Knit for Shoebox Collection Charities
This collection of free knitting patterns features 36 fabulous ways to fill a shoebox for charity Early autumn (or for some of us ambitious types, late summer!) is the time when many of us are ready to begin our holiday knitting. For charity knitters, the holidays are a time when we are especially eager to…
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How to Help Orphans & Other Needy Folks During the Holidays
Thanks to shoebox collection charities, or “shoebox charities,” you can provide hope and a smile to orphans and other needy folks come the holidays For anyone in a difficult situation—whether they’re away from home, impoverished, suffering an illness, orphaned, or otherwise in need—every day can be difficult. But during the holiday season, when all are…
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How to Knit for Charity Near You (& Your Free Guide)
Want to knit for charity near you? Follow these suggestions for projects and places to donate My unscientific estimate suggests that at least 80% of the people who write to me for the first time ask me how they can knit for charity nearby. After all, in our own community, we are best able to…
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Practically Everything You Need to Know about Circular Knitting
If knitting in the round tangles your circular cables or messes with your DPNs, check out this ultimate guide to circular knitting “I’ve never attempted knitting in the round, I don’t think I could use dpns and I don’t know how to do magic loop with a circular needles.” “I struggle with double-points, any all…
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How Your Knitting Can Help Families in America’s Most Poverty-Stricken Region
Your charity knitting to Aid to Appalachia can offer love and support to impoverished Americans How does the world’s wealthiest nation have such immense pockets of poverty? That’s not a question I can adequately answer, although I know that many people much smarter than I am have tried. What I can do is what I…
