Knitting for Charity 2010
Knitters are very generous people. We know that many of you already knit for charity and that there is a need for more promotion on knitting for charity. We have received many enquiries asking which charities need knitters and we hope to let you know, but we do need your help.
If you know of any fundraising activities which involves knitting, please let us know so that we can keep everyone informed
Click here to tell us of any charity you are knitting for that would welcome help from other knitters
Here are some projects currently involved in raising money through Knitting for Charity
KasCare
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KasCare is a knitting for charity project, 'knit-a-square'. Knitting Groups throughout the UK are working together to help warm and comfort AIDS orphans of southern Africa. KasCare would greatly value your contribution to this knitting project. Your crochet and knitting squares will add to the many thousands of 8"/20cm squares from around the world, which continue to be joined into blankets and distributed to these children.
Click here for more information about how you can help
Click here to contact Kelso knitting group in Roxburghshire if you need any advice about knitting for this charity
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Sidmouth-based Donkey Sanctuary is challenging keen knitters to turn their needles towards creating a herd of knitted donkeys to raise money for the charity. Since they first arrived at the Sanctuary, the adorable knitted donkeys have been growing in popularity every year. They are knitted by supporters and then sold in both the Sanctuary visitors’ centre. As each one is individually hand made, all the knitted donkeys are truly unique creations with their own personalities, just like the Sanctuary’s real life donkeys.
Click here to request a knitting pattern for a 5inch or 9inch donkey to knit and donate to the Donkey Sanctuary to help raise funds
Click here for Donkey Sanctuary website
Velindre Chick Knit Appeal
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This Appeal was started in 1997 by Julie Smith at Velindre Hospital to help raise much needed funding for the furtherance and care of cancer patients who are being treated at Velindre Cancer Centre.
Bev Parry, with the help of her family and friends, has knitted more than 20,000 chicks over the years. However, she now needs your help to raise thousands more pounds for the hospital as this year she hopes to knit 50,000 chicks .
Click here to request a pattern from Bev if you would like to help knit some chicks, or if you can donate some yellow wool
Every Child Charity: Planet Blanket
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Jennifer Taylor, a photography post graduate from University for the Creative Arts in Rochester, Kent, has launched an ambitious project on the internet to unite crocheters across the globe in creating the world’s largest granny square blanket and hoping to achieve a coveted spot in the Guinness Book of Records.
“The whole project is designed to get as many people interested and creating work; from crochet fanatics to people who have not picked up a hook for years and wish to start again. I also hope that others will learn how to crochet and teach others, so more people get back into arts and crafts. The aim for this project is to unite people from around the world interested in contributing to this huge blanket. I would like every contributor to add their own creative flair to their squares, making the whole blanket unique to view.”
Jenn is calling for worldwide contributors to crochet their own signature granny squares, and post them to her so they can be sewn together, along with many others, to produce one enormous blanket.
Click here to visit Jennifer's blog for more information about how you can take part
Kids Company: Wrap Up a Kiddie
We are knitting hats, scarves and mittens for kiddies aged from 2 onwards and baby clothes for new borns and tiny tots. All the children are being supported by the London charity “Kids Company”.
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Click here to read more about 'Kid's Company'
Click here for more information
Click here to contact Nicki if you would like to help
RNLI: Above And Below The Waves; Latest Images And Update
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Life Buoy |
Lifeboat Men |
Punch And Judy |
Collection Of Starfish |
Alison Murray writes: "We have received amazing knitting and crochet from all over the UK and abroad,from tiny shells to a 3ft whale and an R,N.L.I flag.Thanks to everyones incredibe work and time from groups, schools and individuals we will have a wonderful knitted creation to show.
We now have the challenge of putting it altogether.We have started to sew the sea.If you still want to join in there is still time,we still need more rectangles and more shells.The latest time to send it to us is the end of February 2010.
It will first be shown at The Appledore Visual Arts Festival 3rd -6th June 2010, it will then go to Exeter Westpoint with ICHF 23-26 September and start its National Tour with them into Spring of 2011."
Click here for patterns of fish, coral, sand, sea scallop, whelk and sea flower.
Click here to contact Alison
Knit A Square
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Do you love crocheting and knitting for charity?
Make and send 8"/20cm squares and help keep a cold orphan warm.
Join our crochet and knitting for charity project to help make the abandoned children and AIDS orphans of southern Africa warm.
It is estimated that there are 11.6 million orphans in sub-saharan Africa. 1.4 million live in South Africa.
They need love, shelter, food, education and warmth. Many children's charities are working hard to provide the first four.Charity knitting and crocheting can provide the last.
This simple charity crochet and knitting project to make and send 8"/20cm squares, which are made into blankets for these children, takes little time, costs little and DOES make a difference.
All while you do what you love - knitting and crocheting.
There are thousands of people making and sending squares from 32 countries around the world, but the need is so great, we implore you to join our army of charity knitters and crocheters as well.
Every square that is sent will be used in a blanket to keep an orphan or abandoned child warm.
Click here to visit the website, join the forum and find a world wide community of people working together to make a difference.
Stitch and Bitch Derby: Raising Money For Children's Charities
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Stitch and Bitch Derby are continuing to raise money for childrens charities with this New Year's Project. We hope to kick start this ongoing project to knit or crochet at least 50 childrens toys from your left over yarn stash to be raffled off around Easter time. All you need to do is bring your toy project with you to the event. It is also an opportunity to get pattern inspiration for future projects.
Click here if you would like more details of how you can take part
Click here for details of Sitch and Bitch Derby Knitting Group
Seed Sowing Network
Amanda Tennant, a member of Stitch & Bitch London has launched this initiative new for 2010.
The Seed Sowing Network is a school just outside Nairobi, which aims to provide the children who come to the Red Cross feeding station in Dagoretti village with a free education and a way out of the slum. The charity's organisers have requested some brightly coloured bobble hats (particularly in football team colours as they are already football-mad) for the children.
For knitting colours read any team in the UK Premier League - red/
white, blue/white, black/white, stripes please!
Send your completed hats to Amanda c/o 94 Sebright Road, High Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4HN
Click here to contact Amanda if you can help
Click here for more details
Go Knit! The Bumblebee Conservation Trust: Update
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Seasalt’s 2nd Go Knit! 2009 campaign has raised £2000 for The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Our window displays across Seasalt stores in Falmouth, Fowey, Truro and St Ives were transformed during October and November, displaying and selling a bright display of handmade knitted scarves for charity. All of the scarves were kindly donated to us by people and knitting groups all over the country - from Cornwall to Wales and even Scotland.
An amazing army of knitters helped to make the 612 scarves sold, which raised the £2000 that will all go straight to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT). The BBCT is a very worthwhile cause considering the dwindling UK population of bees and the fact that we need them to pollinate our crops and flowers.
We are also looking at getting people to contact us if they are interested in Knitting or Crocheting Christmas decorations for us to sell next year.
Click here for further information about The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Click here to contact Lisa if you can help
The
Big Issue in The North: Knit For The Homeless
Winter is Coming and the Homeless
clients we work with are in desperate need of Gloves, Socks,
Scarves and Hats! You could knit one or one hundred, it’s
up to you.
Please send your items into:
10 Swan Street
Manchester M4 5JN
Click here for more information
The Children's Society's Big Stitch
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Knit some love with The Children's Society
Love is the theme of The Big Stitch. Get sponsored to knit as many of these fantastic little hearts as you can. The money you raise will help The Children's Society to work with more children facing abuse, neglect and poverty in their daily lives - building the foundations of a good childhood with these children and their families.
We have a great heart knitting pattern for you to follow and lots of ideas about what to make your hearts into - as well as labels to attach to the hearts and tell your friends what you have been knitting for.
Together we want to make 10,000 hearts and we will be counting
up the total at three key points in the year:
Valentines Day - 14 February 2010
International Outdoor Knitting Day - 12 June 2010
Click here for more information and to let us know how many hearts you have made
Click here for Heart Knitting Pattern
Arthritis Care: Competition To Raise Money
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Knimble
Knitters is a brand new UK-wide knitting competition
being launched to raise funds for Arthritis Care’s free
services, while giving entrants a chance to win prizes.
This is an
opportunity to make a positive difference for people with arthritis – entrants
will raise sponsorship money to support Arthritis Care’s work as they knit.
The competition
Entrants can knit hats, gloves or scarves for this year’s theme,
Winter, and will have the chance of winning a cash prize
The winner will also be featured in Arthritis News magazine, which goes
out to over 35,000 people. All entries must be submitted by 15 February 2010
and the winners will be notified by mid-March.
Click
here for further information if you would like to take part
Many of The Charities who have contacted us during 2009 still need your help.
Please click here read about charities we have featured previously.
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