Sonoma Blanket Project
Karen Kennedy, Coordinator
The Sonoma Blanket Project was formed to provide twin-bed sized blankets to the children of the Valley of the Moon Children's Home, the only shelter in the county for abused and neglected children.
Knitters and crocheters work up 6 inch squares, in any pattern they like, using machine wash and dry worsted weight yarns. Volunteers then stitch the squares together into blankets.
The goal is to provide each child at the VOM Children's Home with a blanket when they arrive, a blanket that they will take with them when they leave. At a time when their lives are in turmoil and the future uncertain, the blanket helps provide a sense of being cared for, and a small bit of continuity for them when they leave.
The blanket squares are collected at each Sonoma County Knitting Guild meeting and passed along to the Sonoma Blanket Project Coordinator.
If you work up squares but don't come to meetings, or would like to assist in piecing the squares together into blankets (whether or not you have knit or crochet any of the squares), please contact Karen Kennedy to arrange getting the squares to her or getting squares to stitch together into blankets. (Note: if you e-mail her using this link, be sure to remove the ! and blank space between the @ and yahoo.com. This will help reduce the amount of spam she receives.)
Another way to do blanket squares is to join knitters and crocheters on the 3rd Friday of the month at Sonoma Yarns. Shop owner Tillie Angus keeps a large basket of yarn donated to use in making squares. So, bring your needles and a snack to share and make a square!
Sonoma Yarn
50 Lichtenberg Ave
Sonoma
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Karen has an announcement-only e-mail list for square makers who want to be kept in touch with SBP happenings. To join, just click the button below.
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