Winner: World Camp! Non-Profit Name Voting!!!

Winner
Well the winner by a clean vote is World Camp, I will donate the blanket with the little baby hats that I am knitting for the orphanage.

Knitting News
Another explanation in  case you aren't a knitter about how knitters are attracted to many different projects and how it is common to have multiple projects happening at the same time.

Non-Profit Update!!!
So I've been working hard on further developing the idea in terms of what the newly learned knitters can do with their final projects. I have reached out to Ten Thousand Villages and they are currently all full on Fair Trade Partners but I will look into other possible partnerships. I have been thinking about reaching out to Blood: Water Mission about developing knitting communities in the many countries that they work with in Africa. I have also received a book about how to start up my non-profit in the mail and when I finally get it set up I will give out all the information about donating and ways that everyone and anyone can help. I do have a friend that is reaching out in Malawi to help see how plausible my plan is within the communities there. I have also been thinking about teaching knitting them providing micro loans to those who want to start up their own business and sell their wares at the fabric market place.
I have been giving considerable thought about the name of the non-profit and decided to leave it up to a vote, so don't forget to vote on the name that you like the best!!!
I am also hoping to reach out to people about forming a board of directors and possibly some friends to help me set up a website, logo, email, and marketing strategies for the non-profit. I would love to pay people for their efforts and if they don't mind waiting until I start getting some donations I could. Please let me know if you are interested on being on the board of directors!!! Well I hope to update with more information soon!
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Until next time...same knit time....same knit channel!

Linus Project Vs. World Camp for Kids Showdown!

Stash
If you don't know this about knitters then I'll educate you, we all have stashes of yarn. The stashes are very valuable to us and we will protect them, cause you can never have enough yarn. This picture is a perfect illustration about how we feel about our yarn.

 

I decided that others could benefit from my copious stash of yarn, I know my husband agrees, and so I set out to make a child size blanket with the remnants of my stash and now it is time to decide who should get the blanket, Project Linus or World Camp for Kids. You should have a week to vote on this and when the voting is finished I will blog the results. 

Here is the blanket!

Non-Profit Update

I've been doing a lot of thinking about this and doing some research. I plan on reaching out to more contacts this following week. I've been looking a little at grants and other organizations that help social entrepreneurs, so there is some progress being made. I will keep you updated!

Shop Update!

I have also now listed the blanket that was featured on the last blog post. Feel free to heart it and Pin it!!! And maybe even.... buy it?

Until next time...same knit time....same knit channel!