Help a Reader: Knitting Afghans for Organ Recipients

6 Comments for Help a Reader: Knitting Afghans for Organ Recipients

• 1. Vicky  |  October 16th, 2009 at 7:36 am

  Try lionbrand.com for patterns for free in both knit and crochet.

  good luck with your project.

• 2. Cheryl Spurlock  |  October 16th, 2009 at 9:15 am

  If you are asking if we can help make an afghan, I can knit. I’ll need the pattern that you are doing though and to know what kind of yarn you will be using. Let me know.

• 3. Michaeleen Anderson  |  October 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am

  I received a heart transplant in July 2008, and think this is a great idea. I’m also love to knit. If you log into lionbrand.com you can find numerous afghan patterns to download. I have a pattern that I made that knitts quicly on #17 needles using to stands of a worsted weight yarn.

  Cast on 98 sts:
  Rows 1-10: Kint across
  Rpws 11-27: K4, *K15, P15*, repeat from * to * across, ending by knitting last 4 sts.
  Rows 28-45: reverse pattern from rows 11-27. K4, *P15, K15*, across thne end by knitting last 4 sts.
  Repeat rows 11-27 and 28-45 until there are 8 squares lengthwise.
  End by kntting the last 10 rows ( as in rows 1-10). Bind off and weave in the ends.

  Size is approx. 55″ x 48″. Due to the number of stitches a circular needle works well. Yarn is worsted weight, use 2 strands throughout. Uses approx. 1,800 yds of yarn, I usually by 3 of the “Pounder” size yarns.

  If you want to make a smaller size decrease the number of cast-on sts accordingly. Happy Kntting !

• 4. liz mcnenny  |  October 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

  It’s not clear to me what you want; one of the other comments indicated similar confusion. There are numerous free patterns listed on favecrafts.com as well as linobrandyarn.com; googling, “free knitting patterns”, “free afghan patterns”, etc. will yield similar numerous results. I would be more than happy to knit an afghan for you. Perhaps you are looking for monetary donations to defray the cost of the project? Perhaps local church
  and synagogue groups would be interested in getting involved by knitting or contributing money? Good luck; let us know how you make out!

• 5. Robbie Britt  |  October 16th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

  I wound be glad to help if you can tell us what size, pattern and so forth you need help with.

  If you are looking for someone to help make these afghans, I’ll volunteer to make a few crocheted afghans for your group too if you let me know where to send them, what size you need and if they have to be a special color.

  I knit caps for cancer and kemo patients also.

  Hugs Robbie

• 6. Jean Fray  |  April 8th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

  Kidney Afghans for Kids
  Check out KAFK on MySpace or Facebook
  for addresses and specifications for squares and completed afghan…

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