TBT Fiber Arts Group

Community Yarn Creations is a non-profit knitting/crochet group located in Washington State, near Seattle. We make handmade items to distribute to local agencies in need. If you would like to join us, please come to any of our drop-in knitting sessions at Village Yarn and Tea Shop the 4th Saturday of the month from 3-5 PM in Shoreline, or at Main Street Yarn the 3rd Sunday of the month from 3-5 in Mill Creek. Just bring your needles, hook, and most importantly, yourself. If you are unable to attend one of our gatherings please feel free to email Nan here and she will get the most recent newsletter and patterns out to you!

Knit for Life™ is a network of volunteers who use the healing experience of knitting to enhance the lives of cancer patients and their caregivers during treatment and recovery. It provides a program of instruction for beginning and experienced knitters in a nontraditional therapeutic environment.

Through knitting, patients escape isolation as they share their experiences and concerns. They receive both mental and physical support, and they learn about the cancer process in ways that help support thoughtful decision-making and self-advocacy.

For more information, contact Tanya Parieaux at 206-938-9081 or e-mail her or visit their website.

This group in Bellevue sponsors a group knitting project for persons interested in knitting chemo caps for cancer patients. All knitters are most welcome to participate. Volunteers are free to come for an hour or two if they wish — it is not necessary to stay for the entire time. The chemo cap pattern is provided, as well as the yarn but donations are always welcome. Bring a pair of circular needles. Help with the pattern is available. The group meets every Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Cancer Resource Center, 1135 - 116th NE., Suite 240, Bellevue. If you have questions call the Overlake Cancer Resource Center at 425-688-5986 and ask about the chemo caps knitting circle.

Warming Families can help you put your knitting, crocheting and quilting skill to good use by giving handmade afghans, shawls, crib quilts, other warming items to kids, adults and seniors in local shelters and senior programs. They also accept donations of your leftover and overrun yarn, fabric and tools. Warming Families is an all volunteer not-for-profit organization with dozens of local chapters. For more information, visit their website and to locate other Warming Families Coordinators in the Puget Sound area or email Dianne Krueger on how to get started.

Quilts From The Heart is a nonprofit public benefit organization that brings caring and comfort to children, teens, and adults in our community who are most in need, by providing handmade patchwork quilts to warm the body and soothe the heart and soul. Our members share their love of fabric, quilting and friendship in a "no pressure" atmosphere of fun and camaraderie.

Wrap Them in Love Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt organization created to help needy children of the world. Our Mission is to collect donated quilts and distribute them to children around the world, so they can be wrapped in the love of a quilt. As we all know, a quilt is a very special thing. It isn't just a blanket. It has been lovingly created by a real person. A quilter leaves a part of themselves in every quilt they make. The child who receives that quilt will be able to snuggle up in all the love that comes in a quilt.