Teddies for Tragedies

Other Charity Knitting

This little boy in Kosovo is thrilled. Could you knit one?
This young boy in Kosovo look very pleased with his clown.

Charity Clowns	Hope and Aid Direct loved the knitted clowns they were given launched the clowns website to encourage more knitters. Knitting clowns is a real challenge, but think of the smiles they'd bring.
Missions to Seafarers	Missions to Seafarers Knitting patterns there are hats, balaclava, mittens etc.
Feed The Children	Check the Feed the Children knitting page to find out what they're needing at the moment.
Samaritan's Purse	Operation Chistmas Child Shoe-box appeal have knitting patterns Teddies are also accepted and there's a tiny teddy pattern below, perhaps more suitable for a shoebox.
Ray of Hope	Patterns and more about knitting for premature babies.
Cuddles	A volunteer, non-profit organisation based in the UK who support the families dealing with the loss of their baby through miscarriage or stillbirth.

Always check before knitting and/or sending to these charities, needs change and we don't want to flood them with things they can't use.

Loving Hands	Loving Hands Charity Knitting Group has over 200 like minded individuals who knit, sew and crochet for various charities.
Head Huggers	A charity of volunteers making, collecting, and distributing chemo caps to be donated free of charge to those who need them. Patterns are available on the website for crochet, knit, and sewn hats. The website has links to more possible charity knitting projects.
Jean Greenhowes	There are free patterns on the site you can find them at Jean Greenhowe free patterns but you may be tempted to buy others they're rather special.
Knitting for Charity	Find out what others are doing. Also many different ideas on how to make a blanket.
If you know what you want to knit but don't have a pattern, put "free knitting patterns" into your search engine (Google) there are plenty to be found.

If you'd like to try these patterns, just download and use them for the charity of your choice.

Aids Jumper
(pattern)

Tiny Teddy (pattern)

Children's Mittens (pattern)

Patterns are PDF files and you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. If you haven't got it download it here

If you'd like to find out more about the Charities that help get our teddies to needy children, here's a few of them.
Mercy Trucks	LifeBox	ShelterBox	Hope and Aid Direct	Education International	WACIA	Mercy Ships	Grassroots	Bantul Kindergarten Project	Project Peru
Please don't send unsolicited teddies to charities. They may not have storage facilities and there is a limit to how many a charity can cope with at one time. Check with the website and your teddies will go where they're needed. Also keep a look-out in local papers, they are a good source of new outlets.