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How to Help

If you are interested in participating further, these are what we need:

• Yarns - must be easy-care, washable (acrylic, acrylic-wool, acrylic-cotton blends: Plymouth Encore, Paton Decor, LionBrand Wool-Ease are all good, as are Red Heart Classic or SuperSaver, Bernat, Caron, etc. -- most of the smooth texture economy yarns at JoAnn's, Michael's, K-Mart, Wal*Mart, etc. would be fine. Many people like the Lion Brand Home Spun variety, as well
  
• Knitters / Crocheters - If you want to help knit up some of the donated yarns for this project, let me know -- VOLUNTEER KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS ARE NEEDED
  
• Hand-knitted and hand-crocheted garments for adults and children such as:
  • Hats/watch-caps
  • Scarves
  • Mittens
    
  • These should be functional and clean/new. Many of the recipients will not have access to specialty-care facilities and need basic winter bundling garments. There are inadequate facilities in New Orleans to distribute other clothing. We have received some nice garments, and have had to seek out alternative distribution sites for those. Most of the traditional clothing sites are inundated with too much already, our own partnered distribution site is not set up to properly process regular clothing, nor am I able to set up a clothing distribution site.... ONLY KNITTED/CROCHETED HATS, SCARVES, MITTENS at this time, please.
    
• Please, do NOT use the novelty yarns, chenilles, eyelash, faux fur, etc. Those are glamorous and pretty, but we are making functional winterwear for people who don't even have heat in their homes, barely have enough money for food, trying to clean up their homes and rebuild their lives. They don't need special-care, dry-clean-only type of fibers at this time.

Articles should come with a hang-tag, indicating who made it and what STATE you are from (not street address or city). You can take a simple 3x5 index card, punch a hole in it and tie it LOOSELY to the garment. This will let our recipients know that care and comfort is coming from all over the country.

Where to send yarns and finished scarves, hats, mittens:

Ray Whiting
Bundle Up New Orleans
922 Constantinople St.
New Orleans, LA 70115

Mark your finished product as to whether it is sized for a child, teen, or adult.

What if you cannot knit/crochet?

That's okay -- we can also use donations for purchasing supplies and covering expenses for sorting, labeling, and processing goods. If you wish to help with resources, please feel free. Bundle Up New Orleans is NOT a 501(c)3 charitable organization, so donations are not tax-deductible, but are sincerely appreciated in support of this important work.

Where to find suitable patterns

There is an abundance of free patterns that are suitable for charity work, including these:

• Lion Brand Knitting Patterns
• Lion Brand Crochet Patterns
• Patterns at Knitting.About.com
• Free Patterns from Bernat
• Woolworks Links to Free Patterns
• KnitList Hat Patterns
• KnitList Scarves, Shawls & Wraps
• Guidelines for ChemoCaps (no patterns, but important info on the special requirements for ChemoCaps)