So right now I'm feeling pretty proud to be a knitter! I was over at Ravelry, my main site for knitting addiction, looking over the 356 designers that are donating a portion of their pattern sales to Haiti relief funds and ran across a thread from yesterday where Casey (one of the Ravelry owners) announced that Ravelry donations had already totaled $47,254!!
Then while reading one of my favorite knitting blogs, the Yarn Harlot, I learned that the group she founded in 2004, Knitters without Borders, has helped them raise over $913, 000!! These donations mainly go to help Doctors without Borders who desperately need supplies and volunteers.
Another group, Knitting with Company, has started a program called Help Heel Haiti by Knitting, where they are promising to match dollar for dollar donations made by their vendors' sales up to $50,00.
Overall the knitting and crochet community has made huge efforts to support relief efforts in Haiti and it makes me very proud to be among them! It also goes to show you that any talent can be used for the better good!
