More little hats

I've been making more little hats for the Innocent Drink charity campaign.

A simple ribbed one.



This one is two rows of seed stitch to prevent curling, plain knitting, and then an i-cord.


And for this one when I cast on I used 7 provisional stitches for each of the flaps, and 8 normal cast on stitches for the front and back. The rest of the hat is knit normally.

When I went back to make the flaps there was a bit of a gap so I picked up an additional stitch on both flaps. Each flap is 5 rows long.

Knitting Charities

Since I started knitting little hats last week I've been looking into other organizations that welcome hand-knit donations.

Here's a short list of what's out there in charity knitting land.

Based in the US:
A long list of charities from Interweave Knits
Ravelry group for charity knitting in the US
Knit for Needs
Afghans for Afghans
Stitches from the Heart
The Mother Bear Project
Orgs collecting for orphans in Eastern Europe and Russia (on a ravelry group)

Based in the UK:
A long list of charities from UK hand knitting association
Ravelry group for charity knitting in the UK
Blankets for the elderly
Hats for Innocent Drinks
Little Hen Rescue (Jumpers for battery hens)
Teddies for Tragedies

And here's one for our Canadian friends:
pakcanada (preemie items)


What are your favorite charities?

Little Hats for Innocent Drinks

Sadly it's been a while since I've done charity knitting, so this week I decided to change that by making little hats for Innocent Drinks. For several years now, around Christmas time, Innocent Drinks adorns their bottles with hand-knit little hats, with 35p of the sale going to Age Concern and Help the Aged.





The hats are so quick to make, and better still I made them with leftover yarn scraps!

I'm not sure what my next little hat will be though, maybe one with earflaps ?....