We are a part of From the Heart, an organization founded in 2001, with a current membership of 1200+ people. You can learn more about this organization (and gain access to patterns, etc.) at From the Heart.
All items are knitted on donated yarn and then donated to needs in the communities. No matter your skill level, we could use your help! Don’t know how to knit or crochet? We’ll teach you!
When we meet
Hopewell
- 1st & 3rd Thursday evenings from 6-8 pm
- 2nd & 4th Thursday mornings from 10 am -12 noon
Dinwidde
- 2nd & 4th Wednesday afternoons from 1-3 pm
Groups we serve:
- Colonial Heights Food Pantry
- Dinwiddie Christmas Share
- Hopewell Food Pantry
- The James House
- John Randolph Medical Center
- Pregnancy Support Center of the Tri-Cities
- Seventh Day Adventist Food Pantry
Currently, we have the following URGENT needs:
- Check back for any urgent projects here!
- Visit the From the Heart’s Current Projects Page
Ongoing needs:
- James Randolph Medical Center Shawls, lap blankets, baby blankets, hats for all ages (remember, chemo caps and anything made for cancer patients must be acrylic or cotton), scarves
- Colonial Heights Food Pantry: Scarves, hats, mittens to be handed out with holiday meal distribution
- Dinwiddie Christmas Share program: 200 baby, toddler, and child sized warm winter hats
- The James House: Lap blankets, Christmas stockings, nice scarves for women residents, hat/scarf sets for children residents
Patterns
- Email Carol Farmer at cfarmer@arls.org; Dee Dee Whitman at dwhitman@arls.org or Joan Fleshman at jfleshman@arls.org if you’d like to have patterns for anything in particular.
- Join us on Ravelry. You can find our group under Southside From the Heart. Their advanced pattern search is awesome and will provide you with about anything you want.
