Charity Knitting Group

Those of you in the South King County area of Washington, please join us as we knit Leprosy Bandages for use in Vietnam. We meet the first and third Monday of the month from 10-Noon. Tea and pastry served by a warm fire. Join us this coming Monday, March 1.

The Leprosy Bandage Brigade is through The D.O.V.E. fund, Development of Vietnam Endeavors. You can read more about this project at http://leprosybandages.blogspot.com/.

The yarn is 100% cotton, #10 crochet thread, white or ecru. The following manufacturers: JP Coats Royale, Cro Sheen, DMC Traditions, or Aunt Lydia's Classic Crochet Thread, are easily found at Wal-Mart and JoAnn's Fabrics. Size US2, or US3 knitting needles, depending on how loose or tightly you knit. Even if you have double pointed needles, the width of the bandage is small enough you can use 2 of those needles. If you would like to crochet them, you will need Size D crochet hook.

Finished Size of bandages is approximately 3-1/2 - 4 inches wide and 4 feet long. They don't have to be perfect either! Just join us and enjoy getting to know other people who would like to give back to the people of Vietnam.

It takes awhile to finish one bandage but that will be one more bandage on its way to people who really need them.

NEWS: We got a box of 33 finished, rolled and pinned bandages to start us off. What a great contribution Deanne Sabey's mom has done for our group. She crocheted them.