Knits For Needs is a knitting and crocheting charity that accepts and donates any and all knit or crocheted items.  They are based in Atlanta, but they will donate warm items to homeless shelters, hospitals, food banks, and to other people in need all throughout the United States.  This group was only formed in January of 2009 and have already donated around 120 items to charity.  Knits for Needs members and supporters include people from all over the world and from most of the 50 states.  They accept donations of knit/crocheted items, donations of yarn, and they hope to receive monetary donations as well to help with shipping costs.

Knits for Needs will provide any knitter or crocheter with yarn for their charitable projects if they don’t mind paying for shipping.  They will accept pretty much anything that has been hand-knit or crocheted with love.  People who would like to donate specifically to chemo patients do not need to worry about washing their items and bagging them because Meredith does all of that…even if you have pets and/or smoke.  See the Knits for Needs blog and other various sites for more info on chemo caps and other information. We are currently collecting items and our goal is to have donated 400 items by the end of the year!
We are thrilled to be able to help this wonderful charity started by Meredith Zelaya (pictured above). How can you help?

• Follow Knits for Needs on Twitter.
• Join their group on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/knits-for-needs
• Join their Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/merfzel#/group.php?gid=46599648838
• Spread the Word about Fiber Arts Friday! For every participant in Fiber Arts Friday this week – Alpaca Farmgirl will donate $1 to Knits for Needs to help them with shipping.
• Spread the Word about Fiber Arts Friday! For every 5 participants in Fiber Arts Friday this week – Alpaca Farmgirl will donate a skein of alpaca yarn to Knits for Needs.

Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival!

To participate:

1. Add the permalink to a specific blog post that features something Fiber Art related, rather than your general blog address and not your Etsy store. (Please DO put a link in your blog post that takes us to your store though.)
2. Link back to Fiber Arts Friday from your post so that your readers can come and see everyone else’s projects! Use the button or a text link to http://www.alpacafarmgirl.com.
3. Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what helps us all connect!
4. Double-check to make sure your link works and goes to the right page so it doesn’t get deleted.
5. If YOU DON”T BLOG – but you TWITTER – You may upload a TwitPic and post the TwitPic’s URL in the URL spot. Enter your name however you would like it to appear. If you do enter via TwitPic or other Twitter venue – you must Tweet “I’m participating in #Fiber Arts Friday at http://www.alpacafarmgirl.com via @AlpacaFarmgirl” or some other similar tweet that includes this URL and @AlpacaFarmgirl. The more you Tweet, the more people visit and see your Fiber Arts entries!