Poverty pisses me off, plain and simple. Last year, in the town I live in and grew up in, had THREE tent cities. It can get very cold here in the winter, especially on chilly, snowy nights.
That is why I have created this blog, and I invite any and all to help me in my venture to Warm Up Winchester. This is an idea that I've had for awhile .... to gather all knitters/crocheters that I know, and try to bring some warmth to the area's homeless.
The Goal : Collect knitted/crocheted hats and mittens in sizes ranging from adult to child, and distribute them out, via C-Cap, in October. Scarves and blankets are great too! I don't have a number goal yet, but I would like to try to have at least 50 adult hats and 25 pairs of mittens by October 1st.
Please, email me (see the sidebar), and I'll give you my address when you are ready to ship. Also, email me to be invited, so we can all post pictures of the knitted goodness!
I know some people worry that their items are going to be given to the right place. Well, no worries here, folks. My parents both work for the city government, and I can assure you that C-Cap will get each and every knitted item.
7 comments:
I think I'm here. I'll happily contribute to this project since I"m in Va, too.
Thanks for the invite.
Count me in, dear. I'd been wanting to do more charity knitting, and since I grew up right down the road, I'm glad to help.
So totally in! And I'm so proud of you for starting this up!
I'm in. I have 3 hats knitted already that can warm some heads. Good for you for starting this up.
I have a bunch of hats I can send you.
You can count me in too!!
Hey! This is megaminokonton from 3000in2007 over on Livejournal. I need the address to send off the bajillion hats I made (and some scarves too that I haven't posted to the group yet). If you could email me the adddress I'd be much obliged (sinisterbutterfli at yahoo.com).
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