Our word choices matter. Charity Knitting is now known as our Service Project.
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The Guild's official service project for 2022 is in partnership with North By Northeast Community Health Center.
North by Northeast Community Health Center, NxNE, is the only medical clinic in Oregon devoted to African American/Black health. Since seeing their first patient in 2006, the clinic has provided primary care services as well as health education and promotion through a variety of venues. Whether in the clinic, at a street-fair-like community gathering focused on home safety or through boxes of fresh organic produce, their message that Black Health Matters has been delivered loud and clear. We are honored to support them in this work in our small way. Our 2022 knitting will serve NxNE. Any type of warm item is welcome—hats, gloves, scarves, and cowls. All sizes and color schemes are welcome. Want to crochet or sew an item? Go ahead. |
Challenge Projects: a sprint to make as many of the specified objects as possible in a short amount of time. Special raffle prizes for those who participate. Each item made for a Challenge project will earn 2 raffle tickets for the year-end raffle prizes.
Warm Heads Challenge
Let’s kick off our year of knitting for the clients of North by Northeast Community Health Center with a men’s hat challenge! Hats are a great service knitting project. They are quick to knit, great for trying a new technique at a manageable scale, and most important, they are super useful. NxNE tells us they have a particular need for men’s or gender neutral hats, so that’s our focus.
What to knit: men’s/boy's or gender neutral hats, as many as you can!
When: Now until February 28.
Details:
Second Prize: Knit Picks Stroll Gradient 458y | 100g, 75% SW Merino,25% Nylon, Sea You Later
Check out these patterns on Ravelry to get you started.
Year-end Raffle Prizes
First Prize: $50 to the yarn shop of the winner’s choice, to a random selection from the raffle tickets.
Second Prize: Schoppel Zauberball 420m | 100 g, 100% Superwash Merino, Blaue Lagune to a random selection from the raffle tickets
FREE YARN PICKUP
Friday 1/14 through Monday 1/17
For health and safety reasons, appointments are required. Email outreach@puddletownknittersguild.com for the pickup address and an available time.
Warm Heads Challenge
Let’s kick off our year of knitting for the clients of North by Northeast Community Health Center with a men’s hat challenge! Hats are a great service knitting project. They are quick to knit, great for trying a new technique at a manageable scale, and most important, they are super useful. NxNE tells us they have a particular need for men’s or gender neutral hats, so that’s our focus.
What to knit: men’s/boy's or gender neutral hats, as many as you can!
When: Now until February 28.
Details:
- Typical men’s heads are 22-24” around. With desired negative ease, hats that are 20-22” in circumference are a great target.
- Use machine washable/dryable yarn please!
- Simple stitch patterns and/or dark colors make good choices for unisex hats.
- Colors from local sports teams are in high demand, so consider red/black (Trailblazers), green/gold (Timbers), red/white (Thorns), orange/black (OSU), green/gold (OU) or other team color combos
- Each hat donated will earn you a double entry into the year-end prize drawing for service knitting. And each hat entered will earn you an entry in a special Warm Heads Challenge raffle drawing.
- Finished hats may be turned in by contacting outreach@puddletownknittersguild.com by the end of February 28 with a photo of your finished hat. Your hat will count for the challenge, even if we don’t arrange pick up/drop off until sometime in March.
Second Prize: Knit Picks Stroll Gradient 458y | 100g, 75% SW Merino,25% Nylon, Sea You Later
Check out these patterns on Ravelry to get you started.
Year-end Raffle Prizes
- Each item made earns 1 raffle ticket. Each item made for a Challenge project will earn 2 raffle tickets.
First Prize: $50 to the yarn shop of the winner’s choice, to a random selection from the raffle tickets.
Second Prize: Schoppel Zauberball 420m | 100 g, 100% Superwash Merino, Blaue Lagune to a random selection from the raffle tickets
FREE YARN PICKUP
Friday 1/14 through Monday 1/17
For health and safety reasons, appointments are required. Email outreach@puddletownknittersguild.com for the pickup address and an available time.
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The Guild's official service project for 2021 was once again in partnership with Rose Haven.
Rose Haven is a day shelter and community center in Portland serving more than 3,300 women, gender non-conforming folk and their children annually who are experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss of home, and poverty. Rose Haven first helps meet basic needs for food, clothing, hygiene, and safety. Then guests are provided education, support and resources to assist them in regaining stability in their lives. In November 2021, we presented Rose Haven with over 300 winter warmth items including pairs of socks, slippers, and mitts, hats, headbands, cowls, scarves, shawls, sweaters, and a blanket. |
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The Guild’s official service project for 2020 was in partnership with Butterfly Boxes.
Butterfly Boxes, started by Puddletown member Adrienne and her sister-in-law, helps established community members welcome refugees to Oregon. These newest of Oregonians come from around the globe and often arrive with few of the basic necessities or home comforts we take for granted. Butterfly Boxes seeks to bridge that gap with airport welcome bags, made by volunteers and delivered to the airport by their partners at Catholic Charities. These bags are filled with basic necessities like toiletries and towels, comfort items like stuffed animals and dolls, and organizational tools like calendars and folders to help settle into life in Oregon. In December 2020, we presented Butterfly Boxes almost 150 handmade stuffed animals. |
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The Guild's official service project for 2019 was in partnership with Rose Haven.
Rose Haven is a day shelter and community center in Portland serving more than 3,300 women, gender non-conforming folk and their children annually who are experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss of home, and poverty. Rose Haven first helps meet basic needs for food, clothing, hygiene, and safety. Then guests are provided education, support and resources to assist them in regaining stability in their lives. In December 2019, we presented Rose Haven about 50 handcrafted blankets and many boxes of menstrual products. |
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The Guild's official service project for 2018 was in partnership with the Sunshine Division.
Since 1923, the Sunshine Division has been providing food and clothing relief to Portland families and individuals in need. Whether due to the loss of a job, domestic crime, illness, or victims of fire or disaster, the Sunshine Division has built a 95-year legacy of mobilizing quickly and efficiently to assist distressed Portlanders. In November 2018, we presented the Sunshine Division with over 200 beautiful hats for their charity. |