Knitting for the Homeless

For those of you who haven't had a chance to hear about Knitting for the Homeless (http://www.knittingforhomeless.blogspot.com/), it is an online blog as well as a world-wide incentive to knit items for those who are less-fortunate and street-bound and place these items anonymously beside individuals as they sleep in the street. In New York, this is not accomplished without difficulty. In other cities I have visited and lived in: Bangkok, Tokyo, Yokosuka, Buenos Aires, it is also possible to make such donations.

I am giving a little blog shout-out for those who are possibly just getting started on their knitting for the homeless donations. Here in New York I have a small core group of women (and men too!) who are interested in making afghans (individuals making squares and then sewing the squares together), hats, gloves and other items. I have also suggested (by way of discovery) that individuals donate old sweaters or knit items that I can felt and turn into afghans, hats, sweaters (embellish old sweaters...which is something I have done recently with a great deal of success!).

I know that when I worked as a drama therapist many of my clients had been homeless at one or many points of their lives. Many of their dramatic works would focus on this fear of either becoming homeless again or their experiences with homelessness. I enclose the following photos as inspiration for our mission in Knitting for the Homeless. May our season of giving, sharing and knitting be long and fruitful.