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Organizations
The Knitting Guild of America
The Canadian Guild of Knitters
The Crochet Guild of America
The National Needlework Association
Each One Teach Two
Helping Others
Afghans for Afghans
Binky Patrol
All volunteer, national, non-profit organization making and distributing homemade blankets to children (age 0-18) born HIV+, drug-addicted, infected with AIDS or other chronic & terminal illnesses, those who are abused, in foster care or experiencing trauma of any kind.
Blankets for Canada Society
A non-denominational organization devoted to creating blankets for those Canadians who need the warmth they provide.
They are a totally non-profit group where everything is donated by warm hearted people just like you.
Caps for Kids
Providing needy children with cozy hats to keep them warm is what Caps for Kids is all about. Nearly one million caps, along with other children's accessories, have been knitted and crocheted by volunteers since the program began. The hats are given to non-profit, non denominational agencies in the communities of the donors.
Care Wear
Care Wear is a nationwide group of volunteers who knit, crochet, and/or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals. All Care Wear items are given free to infants, children and their parents.
ChemoCaps
ChemoCaps.com is a group of knitters that donate their time by making hand-knit caps for cancer patients in hospital oncology units and hospice.
FriendshipShawl.org
Proud sponsors of FriendshipShawl.org
Project Linus
With over 300 chapters in the United States, this organization supplies blankets to children in need who are seriously ill or traumatized in some way -- in other words 'children in need of a big hug.'
Warm Up America
Volunteers donate their time to crochet and knit a 7' X 9' rectangle (or more) to be joined into full-size afghans. Over 120,000 of these afghans have been donated to victims of natural disasters, battered women's shelters, the homeless, and others less fortunate than ourselves.
The Get Well Gang
The Get Well Gang is a group of people who crochet hats to donate to women suffering hair loss resulting from cancer treatment.
Magazines
Cast On Magazine
Interweave Crochet
Interweave Knits Magazine
Knitscene
Knitter's Magazine
Knit 'N Style
Knit Simple Magazine
Vogue Knitting Magazine
Books
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Sterling
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