Knitting for charity

Everyone knows I love knitting, that's no secret. I love knitting for others. I love giving a gift of something knitted at Christmas time, Birthdays, and pretty much anytime of the year. But I never really thought about how I could help others with my knitting. 

I read about how a group of ladies from prison knit toys for abused kids, how a lady knits tiny blankets for neonatal intensive care units, but I have never really thought about doing it myself. I do volunteer some of my time to teach children how to knit, but I don't know why I never thought to actually knit items for a charity. 

So this Month I have started knitting baby hats for my local hospital who gives a baby hat to every newborn baby when they are first born to help them not lose any of there birth weigh. I cannot take credit for even the idea of making these hats as I was approached with the idea to maybe teach it as a class. But I was and am very excited to take on the opportunity to help teach others how to knit these baby hats and to start knitting them also. 

I have a great crew working away on these hats and am standing by if any of them need help :) Of course it is all volunteer, I do not charge to teach how to knit these hats. And it feels great to help! I am helping in a way that I can, even though I never thought of it myself! 

Sometimes we don't think of things we can do for others, and I am glad that it was brought to my attention! I am glad that now I can start using my knitting skills in different ways that will help others. And I hope you can think of ways to use your skills to help others also :) We all need to help, even by doing little things! 

Here is the beginning to one of these teeny tiny baby hats :)