What do you do with your finished crochet projects? Do you crochet for your own personal use, or do you give your finished items to friends and family as gifts, or do you sell your finished crocheted items, or do you donate your completed crochet projects? I have crocheted items for all of those reasons listed above. If you are interested in crocheting blankets to donate, there is one organization which is special for me, and that is Project Linus.
Project Linus organization accepts only handmade blankets and gives them to children from newborn to age 18 who are seriously ill or traumatized. Blankets can be quilts, fleece or knitted or crocheted. If knitting or crocheting, use only acrylic yarn, and design your blanket with stitches that are close together without big gaps. Blankets can be as small as 36” square for babies to large fleece blankets for teens.
When I was teaching, I was the advisor of a Project Linus group at my Junior High. Most of the students worked on making the fleece tied blankets, but some did crochet blankets. We donated our blankets to our local chapter @projectlinusscv, headed by a wonderful teacher in our school district, Sharon Garvar. Sadly, one of the high schools in our district suffered immense trauma caused by a school shooter. Sharon made sure that every single one of those high school students was wrapped in a Project Linus donated blanket the day they returned to school. Even something as insignificant as a blanket helped them feel a little safer, and let them know their community was thinking about them.
So check out projectlinus.org to get more information or find out where your local chapter is located in order to donate.
Click here for some blanket pattern ideas.
Thank you for your support.
Mindy’s Crochet Moments 
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