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Charity Knitting is now known as our Service Project.
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. |
Year-end Raffle Prizes
Each item made earns 1 raffle ticket. Each item made for a Challenge project will earn 2 raffle tickets.
Each item made earns 1 raffle ticket. Each item made for a Challenge project will earn 2 raffle tickets.
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Prolific Prize
$50 to the yarn shop of the winner’s choice, to the person who knits the most items First Prize $50 to the yarn shop of the winner’s choice |
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Second Prize
Schoppel Zauberball Blaue Lagune 420m | 100 g, 100% Superwash Merino |
Matched Set Challenge Project
Our final challenge of the year is making matched sets. Think a cowl and a hat. Or a hat and mitts. Or all three, cowl, hat, and mitts. A pair of mitts/mittens/gloves count as 1 piece of a set.
These sets will make wonderful holiday items for NxNE to distribute to their clients.
For every 2 piece set, you will earn 2 tickets for this challenge's raffle and 4 tickets in the year long raffle. For every 3 piece set, you will earn 4 tickets for this challenge's raffle and 8 for the year long raffle.
Submit a photo or turn in items by October 31 to be entered in the challenge project raffle. Items will be collected until the November 10th meeting.
These sets will make wonderful holiday items for NxNE to distribute to their clients.
For every 2 piece set, you will earn 2 tickets for this challenge's raffle and 4 tickets in the year long raffle. For every 3 piece set, you will earn 4 tickets for this challenge's raffle and 8 for the year long raffle.
Submit a photo or turn in items by October 31 to be entered in the challenge project raffle. Items will be collected until the November 10th meeting.
Two randomly selected people will win one of the following:
101 Designer one-skein Wonders
by Judith Durant
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$25 gift card to the yarn store of the winner's choice
101 Designer one-skein Wonders
by Judith Durant
or
$25 gift card to the yarn store of the winner's choice
Warm Heads Challenge Project
Our first Challenge Project, the Warm Heads Challenge, was a smashing success! Guild members knit 220 hats for North by Northeast Community Health Center.
Dishcloth Challenge Project
Our second Challenge Project, the Dishcloth Challenge, was another success! Guild members knit or crocheted 129 dishcloths for North by Northeast Community Health Center, with one of our members contributing 65 of them.
Stay tuned for our next Challenge Project!
Stay tuned for our next Challenge Project!
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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. |