Charity Knitting

It's always rewarding to knit for a good cause. One of my favorite is ICROSS CANADA. ICROSS CANADA helps the poorest of the poor in Africa and throughout the World.

The project is simple. A knitted comfort doll. It's easy to knit and brings so much hope to children. Most of them having nothing to call their own.

ICROSS CANADA uses these African comfort dolls to keep the medical vials, syringes and breakables safe during the journey from Canada to Kenya. Once the medical supplies are unloaded, the dolls are given to HIV/AIDS orphans and to the families of the poorest of the poor.

What a great way to help those in needs. It's also a great way of lowering left over yarn supplies :c)

Please visit ICROSS Canada's Website at: www.icross.ca. There you will find photos of children and see the smile a simple doll can bring. The doll pattern is posted at this site. Unfortunately the posting isn't quite clear. I have reworked this pattern and if you wish to obtain a copy of it please email me at: julie.verge@cogeco.ca