What We Do

Knit for Boston came out of a penchant for making scarves — too many scarves. As many knitters have probably discovered, there are only so many places we can store our completed projects and only so many family members who will accept yet another pair of socks. This program connects kindhearted crafters with local charities in need of clothing, blankets, and other knittable items. Please visit the Get Involved page to find out how you can help.

Announcements

2/13/2012: Raspberry Beret in Cambridge has offered to host a DROP BOX for us year round. For those of you looking to avoid the postage fee or who’d like to reward yourselves with some much deserved retail therapy in exchange for helping out your fellow man, please stop by the shop and drop off your knitted items. Drop box is open and ready for knitted love NOW.

1/15/2012: Russell’s Garden Center has kindly offered to host a DROP BOX for us at their annual Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market. The market runs Saturdays from 10-2, January 7th – March 10th. Feel free to drop off your knitted items and check out the offerings of their superb vendors. More info about the market can be found here.

Current Call for Donations

Children’s items

In February 2010, we linked up with Quincy-based program Cradles to Crayons. C to C has made it their mission to help the more than 100,000 children who experience poverty every year in the commonwealth by supplying them with the resources they need to feel safe, warm, and valued. We posted a sweater pattern to kick off this partnership, but keep in mind C to C accepts any knitwear a child could use (think: hats, scarves, mittens, etc.). There’s no projected end date on this project, so feel free to send in your donations all year long.

Items for the Homeless

We wrapped up a campaign in February 2010 during which we collected items for our first recipient program, Friends of Boston’s Homeless. While our official February blitz has concluded, FOBH collects items all year long, so please send along hats, scarves, mittens, sweaters, socks, etc. and we’ll pass them along to FOBH (yes, even in July).

If you know of a program, family, or individual in need of knitted items, please let us know. We’d like to help.