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Charity Knitting - Knitting for Orphans

Warm Woolies has had some great press recently. Here's what people are saying about us:

• Lion Brand Yarn Company's Email newsletter - 04.11.2008
• Channel 2 News Story - 03.30.2008

Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken children who would otherwise suffer from cold. Our mission is to provide the very neediest children with wool sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks.

In 2008, we're knitting for children living in orphanages in Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia and on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge tribal reservations in South Dakota. Our goal for 2008 is to knit 7,000 pieces of warm wool clothing for these children!

Warm Woolies supplies yarn, patterns, and needles to knitters throughout the Denver area. If you're outside Denver and need wool yarn in order to participate, we ask that you do the following:

We have a new policy for providing yarn to knitters who cannot pick up supplies at our workspace.

We will send wool yarn to knitters who have already sent in at least one finished piece using their own yarn and who do the following:

• Prepay postage. We prefer that you use the PayPal button on our “How to Contribute” page. (You do not need a PayPal account, but you do need a credit card.)
• We send yarn in Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes.
  • You can prepay $10 for all of the wool yarn we can fit into a box measuring 11 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches.
    OR
  • You can prepay $13 for all of the wool yarn we can fit into a box measuring 12 x 12 x 5 ½ inches.
  • Enter “YARN REQUEST” in the purpose field on the PayPal page.
  • Be sure to provide your mailing address.
  • If you prefer to send a check, please include a note telling us it is to cover postage for a yarn request. Be sure to include your mailing address.
• By requesting free yarn, you are agreeing to the following conditions:
  • You agree to use the yarn to knit socks, sweaters and/or vests for Warm Woolies.
  • You agree to use the yarn within 3 months of receiving it.
  • You agree to return all finished pieces to Warm Woolies.
• If you are not able to meet these conditions, please do not request yarn.
• We pack yarn requests the Monday after they are received, and mail boxes on Tuesdays.
• We’ve adopted this policy to address cost and administrative issues, and some limited instances when the previous policy was abused.

We welcome volunteer knitters of all skill levels.

If you're interested in knitting for children with the fewest resources, you've come to the right place. Please read over our "Guidelines for Knitters" page which will tell you where to start. Email us if you need additional information.

 

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