Community Knitting

Please contact us if you have interest in any of the following charity knitting or if you have a charity knitting project you would like added!

Knitting for Children 

Contact:  Pam Moffat, a member of the guild, is the contact person.  She has yarn that can be used for knitting for this group.

Family Promise in Warren County, Ohio, provides families shelter, food, support, and education during a very stressful time in their lives.  Donations can be anything that can be used for warmth such as baby blankets and layettes, childrens' sweaters, hats, mittens, gloves, as well as gifts for adults.

You can find their donation information here.

Knitted Knockers 

(Contact Robin Hasty)

Knitting breast prostheses for women who have undergone a mastectomy or lumpectomy. How can you help? We need people to knit knockers and/or stuff already knitted knockers. 

LIKE our FaceBook group - Knitted Knockers of Southwest Ohio. 

Project Linus 

Contact:  Dayton Project Linus is in our Facebook group and can be contacted there.

Provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. We accept new, handmade, washable blankets for children 0-18 years of age. For knitted (or crocheted) afghans, please use washable acrylic yarn (no wool or other natural fibers due to potential allergies). For baby size, please make sure that the weave is tight (free of holes larger than ½ inch). Weave in all ends with at least an inch or 2 of yarn. Blankets should be a minimum size of 36 inches by 36 inches (finished), and we typically could always use more child and teen sized blankets (no larger than twin sized). 

Approximate sizes:  Baby/Toddler: 36 inches x 36 - 40 inches, Child/Pre-teen: 40-45 inches x 50-60 inches, and Teen: 50 inches x 70 inches. You can drop off finished blankets at any one of our collection sites: JoAnn Fabric and Crafts in Beavercreek, Centerville, and Trotwood as well as Needle, Ink, and Thread in Kettering. Thank-you!

Ohio's Hospice of Dayton

The hospice house has 55 bedrooms and is located on Wilmington Ave in Dayton. The hospice blesses each patient with a lap blanket to brighten up the room. These blankets are then given to the families in memorial. Ms. Simpson's only preferences for volunteer knitters and crocheters are that the blankets be approximately 42 inches by 36 inches (or larger, if interested), not scratchy (so patients remain comfortable), and not all black (to give them something cheery). Blankets are given to both male and female patients. Blankets can be dropped off at the hospice anytime or we can arrange a bulk pick-up with a volunteer from the hospice. The hospice is honored by any donations we can provide now and in the future.

You can find members and non-members knitting at the following locations:

Fourth Tuesday of each month at 7, virtual social knitting.  The link will be posted in the Facebook group and can be found in the newsletter.

First and Third Tuesday afternoons, 1:00-2:30pm at the Troy-Miami County Public Library. This is an adult fiber arts group – knit, crochet, stitch. The address is 419 W. Main St, Troy. 

Every Thursday 10:00am-12:00pm a group gathers at the Beavercreek Library, 3618 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Beavercreek 

Every Thursday 1-2:30 pm at the Germantown Public Library, 51 N. Plum St., Germantown 

Second Thursday of the month, Twisted Stitches is meeting 6:30-7:30pm (check the library's calendar to be sure) at the Fairborn Community Library, 1 East Main Street Fairborn, OH 45324

Second and fourth Friday of the month 10-12 at Blue Sky Coffee, 3070 Presidential Dr., Fairborn, OH 45324

Every Saturday at 12:00 PM, Boston Stoker, 215 N. Main St., Centerville

Every Sunday from 3-6pm, and every Friday from 7:30-8:30, Yarnies and Swag has Sit and Stitch, 320 W National Rd #20, Englewood, OH 45322