It’s that time of year when crocheters and knitters are sending their handmade goodies to the Red Scarf Project. If you aren’t familiar with the Red Scarf Project, it is a program operated by Foster Care to Success: America’s College Fund for Foster Youth. FCS sends foster care college students care packages, including a Valentine’s … Read more
I’m excited to be participating in another I Love Yarn Day on my blog! To celebrate, I’m sharing some charity projects and showing off some of my recent yarn acquisitions. Finished charity projects I’ve been working on some charity projects with stash yarn for the Hats 4 the Homeless drive at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio. … Read more
At my last Surmount the Stash update, I wasn’t sure how much progress I made towards my destashing goals. Today I know that I did a great job destashing in September! My accomplishments I finally identified two charities and was able to donate 4,170 yards of yarn! It was a great relief to find a … Read more
This week, I finally finished a project I’ve been talking about since last year: I donated 4,170 yards of synthetic yarn that I had no plans of using to charities. (That’s the equivalent of about 11.5 skeins of Red Heart Super Saver, in case you need a visual.) I’ve been participating in the Surmount the … Read more
I’m really excited to unveil my very first finished knitting pattern, the Sandworm’s Journey Beanie, today. The pattern is part of a collection for charity to support the Knotty Knitters 2013 calendar, so I thought it would be fitting to share an interview with Marsha Cunningham, the founder of the Knotty Knitters for Autism. I’ll … Read more