Charity Knitting Projects
Many of our customers find it satisfying
to participate in some of our on-going charity projects.
The original hat goal we set - 50 hats or pairs of mittens
- was achieved quickly. As of September, 2008 we had more than
100 items, which were sent to Mental Health America, and distributed
to the homeless.
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After that successful project, we began another one. This time the hats were given to a local food pantry in Martinsville, The Red Barn. More than forty hats and several sets of mittens were donated in December. And a customer recently came in with a bag full of hats she made from her stash. They will be going to The Red Barn soon. |
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Finally, we are helping support a group of women in Chillan, Chile who are spinning yarn on spinning wheels (instead of the more traditional drop spindles) to sell for their survival (literally). Details of this project can be found at the Casa Ursulina link.
One of our customers got double duty for her charitable instinct. She bought several skeins of the yarn from Chile to make hats and mittens for the homeless project.