Fun with Kool Aid

So I wanted some pretty green mitts for myself and couldn't find the color I was looking for... so I did what any good little knitter and yarn enthusiast does and dyed my own!! I started with some plain white wool that I got on sale at NEY and then just added a combination of lemonade, blue raspberry, and lime Kool Aid!! Here were the results...



It turned out a little more tie dyed than I had planned, but I still like it! I will post about the finished project when I get a chance to knit them!!

Knitting for Charity

So apparently I don't feel like I have enough knitting to do and I've been searching for more ideas about knitting for charity. So this is what I've come up with so far...

• Most hospitals will accept knitted hats, blankets, and layette sets for preemies and newborns. Preemie sizes are needed most!
• There is a website www.knittingforcharity.org that has some ideas but the site itself isn't much fun to navigate because of a lot unrelated advertising.
• There is a good article on about.com that has some great information including some of my favorite handmade based charities
• Artists Helping Children - makes toys, clothes, crafts, games, and projects in almost any artistic medium for needy children
• Binky Patrol - focuses on knitted, crocheted, or quilted blankets for at risk children to teens
• ChemoCaps - makes knitted and crocheted caps for chemo patients that have lost their hair.
• afghans for Afghans - which collects knitted and crocheted items for displaced people in Afghanistan
• Knit your Bit - collects knitted scarves, hats, mittens, blankets, etc. to send the National WWII museum to send to Veteran's through VA centers and other organizations
• Ravelry - has some great user groups for charities including my favorite Warm Up Winchester which collects hats for Winchester VA's homeless.
  
• Lionbrand.com also has a great tool for searching charities where you can enter your location, craft, and what you're interested in knitting.

Hopefully I will finish one of my many projects (see my Ravelry bars to the right) and be able to do some charity knitting!! Besides the baby hats for WMC which I now have 2 done!!!