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PROJECT LINUS - NATIONAL

The world grows cynical, more divisive. Epithets are slung back and forth, often without regard for the realities of daily life. Through it all are the children. Mother Nature does what she does, and families, entire communities, may be swept away in mud or water, collapsed and crushed by the Earth making itself more comfortable. Cancer, homelessness, lonely births and dying too young, life is here and now for children. There is no big picture for them.

Through the upheavals great and small, affecting one family or many, people armed only with needles and hooks and fiber and fabric have been knitting, crocheting, and sewing useful and comforting things for strangers in places far way, lives far from their own even if only just across town.

There are many different kinds of needs, not all of which can be filled by a bureaucracy. When the world goes crazy and you feel like a speck of dust, the gift of a blanket from someone who made it with love and care, someone who doesn't know you but knows your need to feel safe and warm and loved and cared for in a life gone crazy, who made this for you to hug and to hold and wrap yourself up in without asking anything in return, is huge. Huge enough to help these children work with their loss, help give them the strength to pick the pieces of their lives and move into what lies ahead.

Whoever said "nothing in life is free" never met a Project Linus blanket.

As of March 31, 2010, our Chapter made 6,051 blankets and donated 5,963.

Nationally, as of March 31, 2010, 2009, the 367 chapters of Project Linus have delivered 3,314,881 blankets.

See who received our blankets

Looking for some patterns to make your own Project Linus blanket? Check out the links below. If you need a Portable Document File (PDF) reader, you can download Adobe Acrobat for free.

Many local merchants--sewing centers, fabric stores, and yarn shops--help support Project Linus by sponsoring events and making themselves available as drop-off sites for Blanketeers to bring their finished blankets. Project Linus is a 501(c)3 organization, making donations of materials and money tax deductible. Local donors include:

Tillie Angus, of Sonoma Yarn

Several local interest groups donated blankets their members made, or materials that could be passed on to Blanketeers to make into Project Linus blankets:

Knit-Wits
Santa Rosa Sewing Guild

All Purpose Knitted Afghan PDF

Elegantly Simple Baby Blanket PDF

Wheat Ears Baby Afghan PDF

Crocheted Blanket PDF

Shell Stitch Baby Blanket PDF

Sideways Shell Baby Afghan PDF

Card Trick Baby Quilt PDF

Easy Preemie Quilt PDF

Easy Quilt Blanket PDF

Fringed Fleece Blanket PDF