Crafting for a Cause

There are so many wonderful organizations out there that support people in need! Join the cause by making and donating to one of these organizations! Some of the projects are designed for you to make and wear to make a statement and pattern purchases are donated to a specific cause.

Click the title of each project to learn more about each cause, how to participate and how to submit your items (if applicable).

Knit For Food

The Knit for Food Knit-a-thon is a 12-hour knitting marathon to raise funds for hunger and food insecurity.

Loose Ends Project

Loose Ends aims to ease grief, create community, and inspire generosity by matching volunteer handwork finishers with textile projects people have left undone.

Welcome Blanket

Welcome Blanket is a platform for engagement that transforms the abstract concept of immigration into a tangible crowd-sourced artistic action.

Project Linus 

Project Linus provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need.

Crochet for Cancer

Crochet for Cancer is a volunteer-based non-profit that donates handmade chemo caps to cancer centers for patients coping with hair loss.

Snuggles Project

Snuggles provide frightened animals something comfortable to help calm themselves so that shelters can start the adoption process quicker.

Magic Yarn Project

The Magic Yarn Project provides whimsical, giggle-inducing character wigs and beanies that invite children into the world of imagination and play during difficult times. 

Knitted Knockers

Knitted Knockers — They are adjustable, washable and can even be worn while swimming. Knitted Knockers are free to women who have had a mastectomy.

Knots of Love

Knots of Love donates snuggly, soft blankets and beanies to Neonatal Intensive Care Units across the country. These hand-made gifts serve as a sign that each baby is loved and in the thoughts of caring people across the country.

Melt the ICE Hats (aka Red Hats of Resistance)

Join the thousands of "craftivists" across the country protesting the actions of the Immigration & Customs Enforcement under the Trump Administration with this "Melt the ICE Hat", originated in the Minnesota yarn shop Needle & Skein.  In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute. As purveyors of traditional craft, Needle & Skein yarn shop felt it appropriate to revisit this design.  All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the immigrant aid agencies who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.  

 

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