Fundraisers & Events
Face of Project Knitwell: Tracye
Tracye Payne Wilson, who learned to knit in 2017 with a Project Knitwell volunteer at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH). Tracye was undergoing treatment for cancer. Knitting offered her a sense of accomplishment and provided focus and hope at a difficult...
Knit in Public with Project Knitwell on June 9
Mark Worldwide Knit in Public Day (yes it's really a thing!) with Project Knitwell. Join us on Saturday June 9, 2018 from 11 am to 2 pm at Market Common Clarendon. We’ll be on the green common area with the gazebo and playground. Want to learn to knit? Our volunteers...
Join us at two Alternative Giving Fairs in December
Project Knitwell has been invited to participate in two alternative giving fairs: on December 2 in Takoma Park, MD, and on December 9 in Arlington, VA. At both gift fairs, shoppers will have an opportunity to support Project Knitwell and other non-profits. Working...
Shop on Giving Tuesday!
Our friends at fibre space and Looped Yarn Works will donate a percentage of sales on November 28 -- #GivingTuesday to Project Knitwell to help us share #KnittingLove with moms and dads with sick babies, men and women affected by homelessness, nurses, teens with...
Take a Chance!
We're raffling off two baskets on October 28 at the event we are co-hosting with author Ann Hood. Each basket is chock full of goodies -- including lots of books, yarn (including Madelinetosh, Brooklyn Tweed, Lollipop, and Mountain Colors) , knitting accessories, tea,...
Ann Hood is Coming! October 28
Project Knitwell and One More Page Books are pleased to host author Ann Hood on Saturday October 28 at 2 pm for a conversation about the comfort of knitting, reading, writing, and more. Ann Hood is the author of The Knitting Circle, Knitting Yarns, Knitting Pearls,...
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Programs on Hold
On March 13, 2020, Project Knitwell placed a hold on therapeutic knitting sessions in observance of the public health recommendations designed to decrease the spread of coronavirus. We will be contacting our volunteers and partners when this status changes.
Reading University Study on Knitting and Crochet
Do you like knitting or crocheting, regularly or even not so regularly? Would you like to take part in a study to explore the psychological effects from knitting and crocheting? If so, please participate in the Reading University study on knitting and crochet. The...
Face of Project Knitwell: Cynthia
Meet Cynthia, an oncology dietician at Virginia Hospital Center’s Cancer Resource Center. Project Knitwell volunteers taught Cynthia to knit a few years ago at a class we sponsored for hospital staff.
Face of Project Knitwell: Judy Hawkins
Meet Judy Hawkins, Client and Community Organizer at Bread for the City. Judy worked with Project Knitwell to bring knitting to Bread for the City to help women in need of ways to cope with difficult life experiences.