Posted on July 31, 2013
It’s August 1, the official kick off of the Last Chance Charity knit along. As I posted a couple of weeks ago, a reader asked me to support the The Hatbox Foundation, a group that organizes donations of hand-made knitted caps for people with cancer or otherwise in need. And that sparked the idea of creating a space for knitters who are readers and authors to come together and share our love of fiber arts, while simultaneously supporting a worthwhile charity.
So here are the deets. I’ll be knitting hats from now until the end of August. And I’m hoping others will join me and share their accomplishments, their declining yarn stash, their love of knitting and crochet, or maybe some good book recommendations. Whatever. It’s a knitting group. I plan to post something here on my blog every couple of days with reports on my progress, which will give y’all opportunities to brag on your progress too.
Anyone who sends me a finished hat at the address below, will get a Last Chance Tape Measure and also be entered into a drawing for an advanced reader copy of Last Chance Knit & Stitch. I’ll be drawing names of the winners on Monday, September 9, to give you a chance to knit right up until the end of August and then ship off your finished hats. And I plan to give away five copies of the book. Every hat you send me will increase your chances of winning. So don’t be satisfied with knitting just one hat.
Here is a photo of part of my yarn stash. I have another full basket of left over yarn. I plan to significantly reduce this collection of leftovers by knitting hats this month.
And my first hat will be one called the “giving tree chemo cap.” I found the pattern by browsing patterns on www.ravelry.com. It’s a free pattern and I followed the link to a blog about chemo caps that moved me. Here is the link to the pattern and the blog article: http://knittingwithschnapps.blogspot.com/2012/06/introducing-giving-tree-chemo-cap_08.html.
And I’m going to use this DK yarn, which one of my knitting friends gave to me a while ago. I already used it for a hat that I gave away last Christmas, but I have a lot left over. Since I didn’t buy this yarn myself, I’m not entirely sure what fiber it’s made of. Some kind of wool, but I’m not entirely sure.
If you want to be entered into the drawing for the advanced reader copies (or if you want a tape measure) please send your finished hat to the address below. Include a card with your name and address. If you’d prefer to send your finished hats directly to the Hatbox Foundation, or a charity of your choice, that’s good too. But do let me know how many hats you complete, so I can keep track. Here’s the address:
Last Chance Knit Along
c/o Alliance Management Group
1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 804
Washington, DC 20006
So what hat are you going to knit first? Share links and photos below.
