I'm Pleaing You To Please Read This Thread

As you probably have read in my signature for a while now, I've posted this:

MAKE THE WORLD A WARMER PLACE!

Those of you who KNIT or CROCHET to please KNIT OR CROCHET A HAT FOR CHARITY. I'm currently collecting, hoping to collect 100 hats. Please PM me for info or pattern.
http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162873​

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This above link is a toque pattern I posted in the Knitty Gritty Personal Forum, in case you need a toque pattern. It's unbelievably easy and can be knit in a day or less. My goal is to collect 100 toques by August 31st of this year to send to a needy charity looking for warm clothes, likely to be sent to a 3rd world country. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW KNITS, PLEASE MAKE ONE OF THESE HATS. You can pm me for my mailing address, to send it to me. ​

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The reason why I'm doing this collection is so that I can contact local newspapers during August - not for self promotion, but rather to promote the charity I'm mailing the hats to, in order to bring positive attention. ​

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If you truly want to spread a little good karma in the world, please put some effort into this. If you don't want to knit a hat, you can donate a used hat in good condition. Thanks!​

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Please feel free to pass on! ​

 

btw... The pattern I posted was just a suggestion, in case someone needed a pattern. To be perfectly honest, I could care less of what type of yarn used, whether it's knit or crocheted or store bought, or what size it is. As long as it fits a child or adult and it's a hat, then it's all good.

 

... I will be posting as my collection grows for these hats, where I am.

So far, I've made 3 hats, using up all my scraps, and I've collected 3 more that have been sent to me by fellow hipforumers....

6 done, 94 more to go! ​

 

I got 1 more from a neighbor - so I'm up to 7, 93 more to go!
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I am currently making one. I am not a good knitter as I am fairly new, but I am trying it out!


While I was knitting a friends asked me what organization you are sending it to. I told her that I do not know. I just told her that I am trying to help out no matter where it is. Can you share the organization? She wondered if it is the same one as she is doing up socks for?

I will let you know when I am done knitting. I might do more than a couple, depends.

Jess.

 

Right now the plan is to send them to UNICEF. I've read on their website a few times that they also take clothing donations, not just $$$, for their relief funds for cities in poorer countries that were devistated by natural disasters. I would like to send some warm clothes there. If I collect more than 100 hats, I'll try to divide between 2 charities - there are a few secondary charities that seem to be nonprofit and are more country-oriented, and looking for warm clothes. But for now, my main charity of interest for this project is UNICEF.

 

I think that is so nice of you that you are doing this for UNICEF. My friend is making socks for the homeless. She even does up some with different colored toes and/or heels.


Jess.

 

Can I make a scarf? I cant make hats yet... but I definatly could make a scarf.

 

sure, scarves are ok, why not? it'd be great actually!

 

Oh good I have a bunch of old yard that is really pretty, that I probably wont use for anything else.

 

just as an fyi... http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167780 is a thread I wrote to knit an extremely easy hat using a basic scarf pattern, in case you're interested.

 

Just added one more to the collection, I am now up to 8 - 92 more toques please! Mail them in! PM me if you need my addy! come on! you can do it!

 

I think this is a brilliant idea. I'll go through my 'scrap basket' over the weekend and try to scrounge up a few hats for you, I'm sure I can make at least 2!

 

I'm already up to 10 - thanks so much to all who've sent/are sending hats in!

I know this seems redundant and few people are probably reading this thread, but I did want to post one last time that I do appreciate all the hats (and some homemade scarves and mitts too!) that folks from here have already sent.

Please keep them coming. For those of you who already have my mailing address, please keep it in mind until the end of august, in case you collect any more scraps you can knit together and mail me. For those of you who don't but are interested, please email me asap before August 31st and make sure your knits are in the mail by then. Hopefully this'll be a big enough success!

 

i can't knit worth crap but i went yardsaling today and saw a hat so i picked it up for u

 

I haven't posted on the boards in quite some time, but I have been lurking (haha) and I totally want to participate in this. Though I can't make no promises...but it's something I'd like to do and surely I can crank out a couple of hats surely. Ok, so now that I'm posting this, I will try and follow through! Ha, plus it'll be fun going through my yarn. Pity a majority of it is acrylic...but I do have some very soft acrylics.

 

Well, I got my one hat done. It is quite funny though. I am a new knitter and I found out I knitted wrong! I was putting the yarn on wrong, but it did make a hat! It is not the best, but it is something. I also have two other hats so far to send, so a total of 3 so far! I will need that mailing addy soon!


Jess.

 

As long as your knitting doesn't completely undo, then it's fine, I'm sure!

 

It should stay. I was just wrapping the yarn around the opposite way. It is just funny that I got all twisted around. I guess I did it "right" to begin with and just got confused after a while. It looks like it will work though.

I personally think the yarn is a little "scratchy" for my taste, but the people I had around me while I knitted I asked them and they said they would wear it. I guess it just depends on the person. I know if my head was cold I would wear it if I needed to.

It was fun to finally make a hat. I will have to make me one too!

Jess.

 

also, as a side note: for those whom are debating between sending your knits to your local thrift store (also, a good charity, I'm not knocking it) instead of to the project I'm doing: An American whose income is in the bottom 10% of all US residents has a higher standard of living than two-thirds of the populations of the rest of the world. By donating knits to a more international cause you'd be better helping those who need it!