Knitting with Company

Don’t forget to bring your helmet liners by and drop them off, we’ve almost reached our January goal.

Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 4:00 pm. Geneva, Illinois.

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We closing in on $13,000 in donations received from you – the knitting community. Thank you again! Remember that will soon be $26,000 when it is doubled by the generosity of Knitting Fever. And this will be a cash donation to Doctors Without Borders.

Don’t send shoes, send money. Don’t send baby formula, send money. Don’t send old coats, send money. Read the article in the New York Times by Stephanie Strom that describes how cash is the most important thing you can give right now.

Don't let this catastrophe fade from our sight.

We will be ending this fund-raising activity soon, so let’s have one more push – please, please, please help us by continuing to spread the word about our appeal. Pass this on to everyone you know – let’s make sure that we maximize Knitting Fever’s generous offer of matching dollars. Tell your friends that they can help Haitians immediately by donating to Doctors without Borders here (Médecins Sans Frontières). Use the “Share This” link below to twitter, facebook, blog, email.

Want to see how some of your money will be spent ….

Thank you once again.

Thursday January 14th 2010

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If you’re like us your heart is breaking as you watch the reports of the death and devastation that the earthquake has brought to Haiti. One of the poorest countries in the Americas, where people live on less than $2 day, has been hit by another natural disaster.

The American Red Cross is estimating a death toll in excess of 40,000, and the lack of the most basic resources will make that toll rise if help is not immediate.

So here’s a way to help by donating to Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) and in return you gain free access to download the knitting patterns pictured below. For every dollar we raise one of our vendors will be matching (up to a maximum of $50,000). Knitting Fever, who supply us with some of your favorite yarns, including Noro, Louisa Harding and Sirdar have committed to making the match. Now that’s awesome – let’s see if we can max out that offer!

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Doctors without Borders work to provide medical aid in crisis situations – including natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake. The Haiti disaster needs a rapid response with the specialized medical and logistical help that Doctors without Borders can provide.

Marines prefer darker shades of tan,such as khaki.

You are all awesome! The helmet liners are beginning to roll in – for army / air force / navy and marines. We have plenty of yarn in different colors that are suitable. We did get a caught short a little with the demand for needles, but we should have plenty in stock by the weekend.

Here’s a couple of them being modeled by some of the usual suspects … can you tell who is behind those eyes? Leave your comments … join in …

Who's Behind the Helmet Liner?

Sock Hop at Sock Summit

Our last podcast from the Sock Summit 2009, where you’ll hear about the luminary panel and Voodoo Donuts, which are a lot like socks – because the magic is in the hole.