Knitters are a generous bunch, which is a lucky thing as there are so many charity knitting projects out there right now it's a wonder there's any yarn left for selfish knitting.
Here are a few for you to get your kindly needles clicking to:
Angel Bear: Angel Bear is "the UK's fastest growing family of knitters and crocheters who knit bears for children in crisis". The site offers free knit and crochet bear patterns to help you create your bears too.
Knit-a-squillion: Knit a Square, a charity for AIDS orphans in South Africa, aims to send 1.2 million squares to South Africa by July 10, 2012. The site offers both knit and crochet instructions for you to do your part.
Comfort Blanket Campaign - Simply Knitting and The Knitter Dear are offering a charity blanket download for Refuge. It's an ebook of over 20 blanket square patterns, from designers such as Martin Storey, Debbie Abrahams, Alan Dart. The book can be downloaded in return for a donation to the Comfort Blanket fund.
Lisa's Stars: a community of ladies and gents who make hats, blankets, booties and teddies for premature stillborn babies throughout the UK. "Every baby deserves dignity and every parent should be able to remember their little one wrapped in love." You can either knit, promote their cause or make donations of craft material.
Cat Knit - Battersea Dog and Cats Home's project to knit mice for their homeless kitties and raise awareness of stray animals in London. Recently featured in a Guardian gallery to make you go awwwwwwwwwww.
[Cute cat image from Guardian website]
