Wool-Aid partnered with F.I.R.E.’s Dulaan Project to send warm, handcrafted woolen clothing and blankets to the children of Mongolia. The shipment included more than 130 pounds of sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, socks, neckwarmers, and blankets — 230 items in all — enough to warm many, many children!

A heartfelt thank-you to all of the wonderful knitters and crocheters who gave so generously to help warm the children of Mongolia. It is exceptionally difficult to provide aid to children in such remote places, but you did!

Our Wool-Aid community joined together to create some beautiful blankets for afghans for Afghans — Oddball Blankets, Odd-Block Oddball Blankets, and a few by individuals — 13 blankets in all! They were delivered to the afghans for Afghans HQ in February and went out in the February shipment. The campaign has been extended by afghans for Afghans into May 2011, so we continue our campaign, too. See the Wool-Aid a4A Blanket Campaign announcement for more information.

Thanks to all who made it possible to send such beautiful, warm woolen blankets to the children in Afghanistan!

Our Sock Blitz campaign began in early August, 2010, and ended 100 days later, on November 15, 2010. Our goal was to collect 100 pairs of warm handknit socks in 100 days. By October 26, we had collected 103 pairs of socks.  So we set a new goal of 120 pairs, and we reached that on November 3. Then we set a revised goal of 150 pairs, reaching that goal on November 13!

After 100 days, our final count was 182 pairs of wonderfully warm handknit socks to warm the feet of children who live in desperately cold conditions. It has been decided that these socks will become the first shipment to the children of Kyegu, as part of our Knit for Tibet campaign.

A warm thank-you to all who participated in the Sock Blitz, making it possible to send so many warm pairs of woolen socks to the children of Kyegu!