May. 24, 2009 - Charitable Knitting

Catherine and I have been interested in doing some knitting and crocheting for charity.  We were so excited to read in the April issue of St. Maria's Messenger that there is an organization which collects and distributes to crisis pregnancy centers nationwide.  The article included a pattern for knitted baby booties, and I was amazed at how fast I could make these even though I'm fairly new to knitting.  The simplicity of the pattern makes it a breeze to work on in the evenings, at odd times (waiting in the doctor's office), or to peck away at here and there when you only have a few minutes to knit. Other items accepted for donations include baby washcloths, baby toys, even the ziploc bags needed to distribute the items!   We will be contacting the Sisters of Life to see if they also accept donations like this.  If so, we hope to bless them with some hand-made contributions. Let me know if you have a favorite charitable knitting project!   One homeschool mom mentioned that she makes afghans for a local veterans home.

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Aug. 7, 2009 - Charitable

Posted by HeatherLynn

Hi, I just got to your blog and I love it, thanks. I wanted to share with you and your daughter an idea for knitting, and that is blankets, gowns, caps, and booties for those babies that were born too early and the ones who went to be with Jesus too soon. As a mother of a child who was stillborn, his gown and blanket mean the world to me. I was very blessed to receive these with him when we said our goodbyes. I still have them in his baby box, I expect I always will. You can donate them to any hospital with a nursery. It will surely bless someone going through the most difficult thing in life, losing a child.

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