Covenant House is an agency that serves young people (ages 16-21) in the St. Louis area who are facing homelessness. Covenant House meets youth’s immediate need for safety, food, and shelter, and offers services that help them move from homeless to an independent and productive life.

HavenHouse St. Louis provides the comfort of home and a community of support for patients and families who travel to St. Louis for medical care.

These soft pads are for the cages of rescued animals. Any knitter can make a square to fit a cage!

DOs

• make the size of the square 12″ or more

• knit firmly, preferably with machine-washable thick or doubled yarn

DON’Ts

• use fringe

• use wool
  the animals tend to chew on wool

“The Little Bit Foundation is an army of supporters giving, serving and advocating for impoverished children in St. Louis. Our philosophy: when you remove the barriers to learning, you give a child hope for the future and empower them to reach their dreams.“

One of the many barriers is proper fitting and appropriate clothing. The hats and scarves we donate to The Little Bit Foundation ensure children have their own winter accessories and don’t have to worry about being cold.

Newborns in Need, Inc. (NIN) is a 501(c)(3) charity organized to take care of sick and needy babies and families, and in case of crisis, to help where help is needed

Not a registered charity in itself, but a group of people who deliver yarn to the prison and help ensure that finished objects are donated locally. 

It was started by Vince Stuart. He taught math at various prisons over a few decades and one day found prisoners at Potosi knitting and wanted to help them to help the community. He gave a talk for the Guild in 2018.

https://youtu.be/kYPpUEhKxY4

The goal of Project Linus is to provide a “blanket of security” to children facing substantial distress in their lives. Washable yarn is knitted, crocheted, quilted, woven or sewn into blankets which are then distributed throughout the local community for children undergoing difficult situations, especially aiming toward pediatric cancer patients. Children come in all sizes, so we welcome all sizes of blankets.

Suggested sizes:

• Preemie blanket: 15″ x 18″ to 24″ x 24″

• Newborn blankets” 25″ x 30″

• Toddler blankets: 35″ x 40″ to 45″

• Child’s blankets: 40″ x 60″

Please be sure that if you use satin ribbon in your blanket to tack it firmly all the way around as it can come loose and be a choking hazard.

Warm Up America is national nonprofit that provides hand knitted and crocheted blankets, clothing, and accessories to people in need. For blankets, volunteers across the country donate completed squares which are later joined into blankets by more volunteers. Check out the Warm Up America Handout for instructions, pattern ideas, and a template.

• Use worsted weight yarn

• Squares should be 7″ by 9″

• Weave in the ends