Crafts and Charity

Today I got to go to my very first fiber festival!!! It was a spectacular experience.

I got to see my first alpacas:

And my first angora rabbit:

I bought myself a new lovely bag, new wooden size 2 dpns, and my very first skein of merino superwash yarn. It has been a momentous day 🙂

Crafting for a Cause is working on a Warm up America drive. We are making squares and one of our members has volunteered to sew the squares together in order to make full afghans. This is my first batch of squares.

My first afghan of 2007! Victory Junction Gang Camp is a really neat place for children who are ill or under privileged. After lots of fun at the camp, each child is sent home with a homemade afghan and a homemade teddy bear. This afghan hasn’t been shipped quite yet, but it will be soon.

The second batch!

Afghans for Afghans is an amazing charity that was founded shortly after 9/11. I made a few hats for them last year before Crafting for a Cause got started.

Earlier this year, they had a big hat drive for Afghan children, and I was able to finish these 5 blue hats, all in 100% wool.