Organization Using 100% Wool Yarn

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:16:23 GMT, WoolyGooly wrote:

It would help to know where you're located, or if you're willing to
ship at your expense.

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:51:06 GMT, "Linda F"
wrote:

I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can make
use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!

I know that my library (Brooklyn NY) has started several knitting
groups and is always looking for worsted weight wool for the students
to use. Maybe this is true in your area as well!

Alison

I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can make
use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!

It would help to know where you're located, or if you're willing to
ship at your expense.

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:51:06 GMT, "Linda F"
wrote:

I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can make
use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!

I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can make
use of it.

Have you considered giving the yarn to a knitting or crocheting group
close to you that knits and crochets for charity? Many charities
dealing with knitted or crocheted items prefer to get the finished
items from knitters and crocheters who donate their time and yarn to
make the items. I know some are quite happy to get 100% wool items as
long as they are clearly marked so they can be properly washed.

Leah

Linda F wrote:
I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can make
use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!

Please check out the website of Warmwoolies.org! I have been knitting
for this group since last February, and have gotten more and more
involved as I see what a terrific charity it is. We knit WOOL vests,
sweaters, hats and felted booties and send them to children in some of
the poorest, coldest places -- our current list includes orphanages in
Russian and Kazhakhstan, street children in Mongolia, and the Rosebud
and Pine Ridge reservations in South Dakota, which are about the
poorest communities in the United States. Kimberly, the director of
Warm Woolies, is currently on her annual trip to the reservations,
where she is delivering approximately 1500 pieces of hand-knit
clothing. Our total goal for 2006 is 5000 pieces.
One thing that I love about Warmwoolies is that it provides yarn,
needles and instruction to several knitting groups in nursing homes and
retirement homes, giving these elderly people a terrific opportunity to
accomplishing something really useful. If you want to send us your
wool yarn, I can guarantee it will be put to good use!
--Jackie Hoffman
(see Aug. and Sept. "pattern of th month" on the warmwoolies website --
that's me!)

"Linda F" wrote in message
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I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn.
We have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can
make use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!
I'm a part of The Ships Project, knitting/crocheting/sewing hats and other
items for the troops
overseas..to give them support and hugs from home..depending on where you
are, there just
might be someone involved with this also...if you have black wool yarn,
there are some troops
that can only use black hats and other items..

Donna in S. Indiana

Sorry - forgot to mention that I am in North Carolina. I've tried locating
organizations around here, no luck (everyone wants non-wool for their
projects here it seems). Will check out warmwoolies and see if there is
anyone near here with them -- would ship, but it's 6 BIG boxes of yarn!!!!
No black, just nice colors like blues, greens, reds, yellows, etc.

linda


"WoolyGooly" wrote in message
...
It would help to know where you're located, or if you're willing to
ship at your expense.

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:51:06 GMT, "Linda F"
wrote:

I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn.
We
have a large quantity of this we'd like to donate to a group which can
make
use of it.

Suggestions please!

Thanks!

Thanks!
I'm a part of The Ships Project, knitting/crocheting/sewing hats and other
items for the troops
overseas..to give them support and hugs from home..depending on where you
are, there just
might be someone involved with this also...if you have black wool yarn,
there are some troops
that can only use black hats and other items..

Donna

I've started knitting for The Ships Project, too, and they can use
also use brown shades in wool items for ground troops in Iraq, since
it is a desert. The colored wool would be good for the ships
themselves, since they can have brighter colors. Hats For The
Homeless also takes items, and I bet wool would be very welcome, since
it will help keep you warm even if it gets wet, an important feature
for those unfortunates living outside. It's currently below freezing
outside at my place in Arizona, can't imagine how much harder it has
to be in other colder parts of the country!

Leah