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Charity Knitting – Dec 2024 Update

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Our next Charity Knit-In will be in January! Check back in the next newsletter for more information about what, when, and where!

In the meantime, please keep working on projects for our charity partners, including:

  • hats for Houston ISD Head Start (we have tons of kits available)
  • Knitted Knockers (kits available for these as well)
  • chemo caps / hats for Knots of Love (must use yarn from their approved yarn list)
  • blankets 24″ x 36″ or larger for Project Linus
  • 7″ x 9″ rectangles or whole blankets for Warm Up America
  • large, neutral-colored hats for men for the Robin Hood Project
  • shawls, wraps, and lap blankets for the cancer infusion center

We have kits available for Head Start hats and for Knitted Knockers; please email [email protected] to see about getting those into your hands (or those of your chapter). There is also a ton of new yarn in the charity stash!

Our work and skill do not go unnoticed, and your donations help to bring warmth and comfort to people all over Houston and beyond. In 2024, we collectively donated:

  • 17 chemo hats and 12 shawls to cancer patients at Houston Medical Center
  • 17 infant hats to LBJ hospital
  • 12 dishcloths to Cross Community Church’s food pantry
  • 46 dog sweaters to Special Pets
  • 8 pieces to Warm Up America
  • leftover stash yarn and tools to Pearland High School
  • additional stash yarn and tools to med students who knit for the Women’s Hospital of TX
  • 74 hats to Houston ISD Head Start
  • 11 shawls and 8 hats to Women’s Hospital of Texas
  • several dark/neutral-color hats to the Robin Hood Project
  • and much, much more to come!

Charity Knitting – Nov 2024 Update

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Keep the HeadStart hats coming. Seventy-four on hand so let’s get the goal to 100 so more little learners can have a warm, colorful hat. Kits with pattern are available through [email protected]. Use whatever pattern you like with your yarn on hand if that’s your preference. 

Many thanks to the shawl creators for the 11 we delivered with 8 hats to Women’s Hospital of Texas on October 24. They are getting more young patients with aggressive forms of cancer so all support is appreciated. 

The Robin Hood Project will be receiving several dark/neutral colored hats and scarves on November 10 at their Thanksgiving Feast. This group regularly serves meals for about 100 unsheltered Houstonians. Winter apparel is appreciated. 

There is a lot of donated acrylic yarn available. The next charity knit-in will be in January. Stay tuned for updates.

Charity Knitting – Oct 2024 Update

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Due to an extremely generous donation of new yarn, we are able to give much of our picked-over stash to a fiber arts club at Pearland HS. They have added 25 new members just this year. Yay for the next generation of KNIT!

In other good news, a group of medical students in the south loop has grown from 2 who contacted Charity in December to 25 crafters to date. They received a bag of new yarn to keep their juices flowing. They will provide chemo hats and shawls to the nearby Women’s Hospital of Texas. 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! We have several kits for Knitted Knockers ready to go. These are always in demand and there are several variations of the pattern (both in knit and crochet) for how you prefer to work them. Please contact knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.com if you’d like to pick one up!

Don’t forget about our upcoming Charity Event!

Sunday, October 13, 12:30-3:00 pm
Senate Avenue Brewing Co
16000 Dillard Dr Unit F
in Jersey Village

*REMINDER*
When making contributions to our charity partners, please adhere to their size requirements and date/deadlines:

Project Linus: minimum 26″ x 36″ (if you have smaller blankets, the KIK chapter has a recipient for preemie blankets who would love them)

Warm Up America: 7″x9″ required

Foster Care to Success: scarves about 60″ long and 5-8″ wide, must be turned in to Julie by December 1st so they can be mailed to Ohio.

Charity Knitting – Sep 2024 Update

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We have 15 Head Start hats on hand and 8 kits with pattern and pre-cut yarn are ready to go. Contact [email protected] for more info. The goal is to have 50 hats ready by October 1 for distribution to HISD schools. 

We also have several kits for Knitted Knockers ready to go. These are always in demand and we’d love to collect as many as we can for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October!

Our charity yarn stash is running low, please consider donating or asking friends to search their stash for acrylic yarns of various weights. 

Speaking of stash, Ravelry has several patterns including the Snippet Scarf and Stashbuster Scarf that create fringe instead of ends to weave in. The Fidget Sleeve is also a good stash eater.  

We have many infant hats. Please consider making an infant blanket 24″x36″ or larger that will go to Project Linus or LBJ pediatric unit.

We have two upcoming Charity Events!

Sunday, September 15, 1:30-4:30 pm
Windwood Presbyterian Church
10555 Spring Cypress Rd
in Houston

Sunday, October 13, 12:30-3:00 pm
Senate Avenue Brewing Co
16000 Dillard Dr Unit F
in Jersey Village

Charity Knitting – Aug 2024 Update

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We have 15 Head Start hats on hand and 8 kits with pattern and pre-cut yarn are ready to go. Contact [email protected] for more info. The goal is to have 50 hats ready by October 1 for distribution to HISD schools. 

We also have several kits for Knitted Knockers ready to go. These are always in demand and we’d love to collect as many as we can for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October! You’re also welcome to make them from your own stash, but please keep in mind they need to be made from certain yarns. See their website for patterns and more information, and reach out to Julie if you’d like to pick up a kit!

If you are knitting Peyton Hearts, please follow the instructions on the KANG charity page for distribution. Do not send hearts to the charity co-chairs to distribute. 

Our charity yarn stash is running low, please consider donating or asking friends to search their stash for acrylic yarns of various weights. 

Speaking of stash, Ravelry has several patterns including the Snippet Scarf and Stashbuster Scarf that create fringe instead of ends to weave in. The Fidget Sleeve is also a good stash eater.  

We have many infant hats. Please consider making an infant blanket 24″x36″ or larger that will go to Project Linus or LBJ pediatric unit.

Charity Knitting – Nov 2023 Update

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From your Charity Coordinators, shout out to those who were able to join us for our first fall charity knit-in event on October 22nd! We had a dozen KANG members gathered and a couple bins of charity yarn sifted through for more projects. We dropped off 60 of the 7×9 rectangles to the Warm-Up America offices! THANK YOU to all who were present and/or donated to this cause!

 

Introducing you to our next charity knit along: fidget sleeves! This one is more creative than the blocks for Warm Up America (please feel free to keep knitting/crocheting those blocks and we’ll collect at the next charity event), so get those creative juices flowing!

The pattern is a free Ravelry download (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fidget-sleeve).

This fidget sleeve is for those with dementia as they like fiddling with their hands. It uses small quantities of different colors of worsted or aran-weight yarn. You can embroider French knots, and add beads, buttons, ribbons or pom-poms. Feel free to use your imagination!

The charity we are going to bless with these sleeves is LBJ Hospital Alzheimer’s and Geriatric Care. The date and time are still to be determined, but we are looking at January for the event.

Deanne & Julie

Questions: email us [email protected]

Charity Knitting – Oct 2023 Update

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Hello charity crafters!

The Knit at Night Guild is pleased to announce the next charity knitting/crochet event to be held on Sunday, October 22nd from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Windwood Presbyterian Church. It is located at 10555 Spring Cypress, just east of Highway 249.

For this gathering we are focusing on Warm Up America!, making 7” x 9” blanket sections made in worsted acrylic yarn. The charity expressed the need for blankets, and they have joiners who will put together the knitted and crocheted sections we provide.

There are links to some patterns for the blanket sections listed on the guild website as well as the charity site below. As long as the sections are the appropriate size and made with same type of yarn, some variation in the patterns is allowed.

Patterns & Yarns

To find out more about the charity, please click on the link below:

Home

We thought it would be nice to have everyone bring a snack to share. Finger foods are the best as you can snack and knit at the same time. It’s always fun when you add food to an event!

Please bring any completed blanket sections with you to the upcoming event so we can get these to Warm Up America!

For those interested, you can reach out to Julie Weaver before October 22nd for access to the yarn stash charity currently has stored as her home. Please feel free to text her at 847-624-8432.

Questions: email us knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.com

Charity Knitting – July 2023 Update

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Hello charity crafters!
 
We are in our quiet phase of the year. Not too much demand for woolen items when the heat index is over 110 every day.
 
It was wonderful to see the guild’s charity activities figure prominently at our table at the Fiber Art Fest. You all made that happen. While I was working the table there were great questions from festival goers about our charity presence in the greater Houston community.
 
The time has come to pass the Charity baton. Sarah’s and Marie’s two years are up. We have handed off control and the huge stock of charity yarn to Deanna and Julie. It has been a wonderful two years and we thank you all for your help supporting our local homeless and communities in need 
 
Happy knitting (or crocheting)!
Signing off,
 
Marie & Sarah
 

Charity Knitting – June 2023 Update

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What a month May was!
 
There was a great Knitted Knockers charity event sponsored by the KNOW chapter late in April. Many knockers were created for the cause.
 
We also ran our silent auction for the 16 skeins of cashmere blend Chinese yarn. There was great participation. Our winner was Roxanne Rump with a bid of $50. Congratulations to Roxanne!! The proceeds go back to the guild to offset the cost of shipping our charity items to benefit Ukrainians.
 
Also at the KNOW-sponsored charity event, Julie Wheeler, who works with Project Linus, took donations for spare stash yarn to benefit the project. There is still quite a bit of yarn left; see the pictures on Facebook if anyone is interested.
 
Finally, we can report that we have received three full stashes of yarn from Houston knitters who have died. The charity suitcase is overfull and we cannot use anymore for the rest of the summer.
 
No charity knit-togethers planned while the weather is hot and sticky.
 
Happy knitting!
—
Sarah & Marie
Charity Co-Chairs
 

Charity Knitting – May 2023 Update

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We received a small collection of Chinese yarns from the donation early in April. We’d like to auction the collection. Proceeds will go to KANG, offsetting money we have used to send boxes of charity items to Ukraine these past 12 months. Images of the yarn are posted on our Facebook and Instagram accounts.
 
Bidding will open on the 29th of April and close on 5th May. Winner will be notified by email and announced on Facebook, Instagram, and in our June newsletter.
 
If you want to bid, please submit your name and amount to the charity email account: 
knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.com with a subject line of “Silent Auction Bid“.
 
*Note: if you would like your name to remain anonymous on our social media sites, please indicate that in your bid email.
 
Happy Knitting (and crocheting)
Sarah Hartman & Marie Knappenberger 
Charity co-chairs