{"id":17003,"date":"2011-03-05T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-08-13T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T20:37:39","slug":"giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/2011\/03\/giving-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Giving Back&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hatsgroup.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hatsgroup.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17004\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Every year I knit hats for homeless kids in my area.&nbsp; It is such an enjoyable and fulfilling project&#8211;the group that coordinates the effort hosts a big meal during the holidays and wraps each hat donated so each person gets a hat.&nbsp; There are a lot of families that attend, some with babies and very small children.&nbsp; For most of these kids, it is all they will get for Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hatsgroup2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hatsgroup2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17005\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I have been doing this for a couple of years now, and this year I got a head start on my yearly projects.&nbsp; I use this pattern (on Ravelry):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/triple-threat-toddler-hat\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Triple Threat Toddler Hat Pattern<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Love this pattern because it used three strands of yarn, yielding a super thick and warm hat.&nbsp; Also, it&#8217;s fun to get creative with the color combinations.&nbsp; Throughout the year, I&#8217;ll save yarn leftover from other projects and buy yarn on sale\/clearance and keep it in a bin.&nbsp; When it is time to start on my annual project, I have a huge arsenal of charity yarn!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hattag.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/hattag.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17006\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I then put a tag on each one and use festive holiday yarn to decorate.&nbsp; I got 12 done so far this year (got 24 done last year), but plan to make some more before the holidays roll around again.&nbsp; Love doing this!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/singlehat.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fiberfluxblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/singlehat.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17007\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I knit hats for homeless kids in my area.&nbsp; It is such an enjoyable and fulfilling project&#8211;the group that coordinates the effort hosts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,5],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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