Knitter comes to the aid of homeless

From www.sacbee.com:

After the popular afternoon talk show featured Sacramento in segments devoted to families made homeless by the recession, Green knew she had to help. So she started knitting.

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She found a hat pattern as well as a pattern for fingerless gloves. And now – 460 scarves, 230 hats and 93 pairs of fingerless gloves later – she's donating her handknit items to Loaves & Fishes.

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Charitable giving declined nearly 6 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the Giving USA Foundation. Because seniors tend to live on fixed incomes and rely on their investments, which likely took a beating over the past year, experts have suggested that the economic downtown may have disproportionately affected older Americans' ability to write checks to charities.

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Bulletin Board - Glens Falls Post-Star

From www.poststar.com:

Cookie Walk -- The fifth annual cookie walk will be held Saturday at Malta Presbyterian Church, 114 Dunning St. Doors open at 10 a.m. Containers and plastic gloves will be provided. Cookies are sold by the pound. There will also be a raffle for a large, hand-crocheted Christmas afghan.

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asked to bring a new unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots program. If unable to

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Crafty consumers making holiday gifts

From www.chron.com:

If you can knit, crochet or sew, you're already ahead of the game. If you're just getting started, here are some basic craft ideas that are popular this year.

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Give your friends a place to put their treasured souvenirs. To make a memory box, you need a wooden box, paint, fabric to line the inside and decorations for the outside; maybe a map of somewhere special, a picture or just a pretty pattern.

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Warm Up Silver City under way

From www.scsun-news.com:

Volunteers who are able to knit, crochet, felt, weave or sew are invited to make a winter item, such as a hat, scarf, neckwarmer, gloves, mittens, or wristwarmers. Using thick or bulky yarns and large needles, most of the items can be completed in one to two hours.

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This project was initiated by Wendi Oliveira, a student in the Master of Social Work program at Western New Mexico University. The interest for this project arose from a course she took that encouraged her to look at and help meet needs in the local community.

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Lori Kilchermann: Crafters beware, the holidays are here

From www.echo-pilot.com:

Unlike some addictions, crafting has no cure, no 12-step program or even a mantra – just the all-consuming desire to create. Some may think our talents have little or no value in society, but we know differently. Our quilts offer comfort for those who have lost their homes in fires; the brilliant colors of our stained glass windows greet worshippers every Sunday; and our tiny, painstakingly made outfits are used as burial shrouds for babies entering this world too soon. Our crocheted doilies are proudly displayed in living rooms coast to coast, our knitted scarves and mittens keep our loved ones warm all winter and our hand-sewn Halloween costumes and whittled toys are treasured for years to come. The benefit ...

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Scout corrals knitting skills for Valley preemies

From www.northjersey.com:

"My Gold Award project was two-fold," said Rachel. "I wanted to generate interest in knitting to help others in my community discover what I think is a very soothing and productive hobby. At the same time, I wished to provide hand knitted caps and blankets to neonatal babies whose parents would greatly appreciate the personal loving care that was put into them."

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They're new to knitting for new to world

From www.kearneyhub.com:

Photo by: Betsy Friedrich, Kearney HubKearney High junior Olivia Arnold was one of the first members of an FCCLA knitting group that plans to make 20 hats and 10 afghans for premature and hospitalized infants.

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The group of about 10 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America members set a goal to knit or crochet 20 hats and 10 afghans for premature and hospitalized infants as part of the Children's Miracle Network.

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Events for Wednesday 12/9 to Wednesday, 12/16

From voorhees.elauwitmedia.com:

Wednesday, December 9 For All Adult Advent Reflections series: HOPE Church, 700 Cooper Rd. 7 to 8 p.m. For further information contact 753-7355 or e-mail ...

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Women's health benefits from men shopping

From www.citizen-times.com:

Hope Chest will be selling items donated from estates and its Ornaments of Hope, which are handmade ornaments primarily made by cancer survivors or by family members, as well as beaded angels, cancer symbols and Christmas-related items that have been donated, cookbooks, scarves and hats that have been knitted or crocheted, and other items.

"They can come in the door and get their holiday shopping for the women in their lives taken care of," said Sally Crutchfield, special events coordinator with the foundation. "Wives are welcome to come, point out what they want, then they can leave, and we can take care of the rest. It's a good opportunity to come out and support Hospice and Hope Chest."

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How to Knit a Scarf.

From www.smart-knit-crocheting.com:

To learn how to knit a scarf is easy. It is one of the simplest projects in knitting. But at the same time a scarf is one of the most important and multifunctional pieces of a modern women wardrobe.

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We will begin to learn how to knit a scarf from its simplest possible variant. For example, let our scarf is a rectangular 8 inches (20 cm) wide and 50 inches (150 cm) long. Here are the steps you have to follow while knitting a scarf.

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Aunt Bill's Brown Candy qualifies as holiday icon

From newsok.com:

Aunt Bill always said to pour a stream no larger than a knitting needle, while stirring across the bottom of the kettle at the same time. ...

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Atlanta high schoolers knit for a cause

From www.ajc.com:

Until a few months ago, knitting was old school to these students at Atlanta's Carver Early College High School.

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An art instructor at Carver, Catrina Dillard knitted her a hat. Then it hit her that there were others out there with the same need.

“Last year I told students about the idea and it morphed into knitting hats and scarves for the needy,” she said.

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A new twist on scarves

From www.inforum.com:

Warner learned as a child how to crochet from Vie Grove, a neighbor and family friend.

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The scarves come in three styles and nine colors and sell for $159 online.

The tube is a circular scarf with no ends that can be wrapped around the neck or worn as a hood-and-scarf combination. The cowl is a smaller loop with a two-button closure and can be worn as a scarf, hood-and-scarf, or wrap. The lapel has a one-button closure and can be worn as a scarf or wrap.

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Both Laurie's and Fusion offer the cowl and lapel styles. Laurie's has them in ivory, ruby and charcoal gray, and charges $78. Fusion carries them in ruby, cream, brown, and black, and charges $159.

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