The Crochet Bible Giveaway
By Rachel Choi – 288 Comments| We have a copy of The Crochet Bible to giveaway! Big thanks to Tina, a Crochet Spot reader who accidentally bought an extra copy and thought a fellow Crochet Spot reader might like it. What a great way to give back to the crochet community!
To enter into the giveaway and win a FREE copy of the Crochet Bible you must… Leave a comment on this post describing a random act of kindness that you have performed. Like Tina, it can be crochet related, but it doesn’t have to be. Please leave only 1 comment on this post, duplicated comments will be deleted along with comments that are not on topic. |
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All participants must be either a Crochet Spot Newsletter subscriber or a Premium Pattern Member at the time the winner is drawn. If you are neither, feel free to sign up for the newsletter or a membership.
Giveaway ends on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 11:59PM EST, where a winner will be randomly selected.
Good luck everyone! I can’t wait to read all the acts of kindness that everyone is doing 🙂
If you would like to learn more about Tina, feel free to visit Tina’s knit and crochet website.
If you would like to lean more about the book, you can vist Amazon where you can look inside the book and flip thought the first few pages.
P.S. The giveaway is for The Crochet Bible, not the Crochet Stitch Bible as I first wrote (silly me). All in all, they are both great books!!
Giveaway is now closed. The winner is announced here: Crochet Bible Winner
This is so encouraging and just goes to confirm how awesome I have alway thought crocheters and other crafters can be. I also regularly make warm items for homeless people. They really love getting gloves and I might make wrist warmers but beyond that is more than I want to attempt. So I bought a lot of gloves at a discount store for them.
4 of my relatives, 1 firend, and I have been making blankets for the babies are our local hospital. We made over 35 sets of blankets/booties/hats to donate – 2 big bins packed full! We almost have 2 bins full again and are still deciding which place to donate to this time. It’s so fun to make theings for others and to know that our hands are making something to keep others warm! We plan on doing this every year!
Mine is actually part of my New Year’s resolution. The resolution was to crochet more this year. The act of kindness is a challenge to myself to make a hat and blankie to donate to the NICU at the local children’s hospital, for every project I complete for myself. It makes me feel good to imagine someone cuddling their tiny preemie in a blanket I have made.
I was in a hurry one morning to buy my coffee, and I was late for church, when I saw an older rough-looking man standing in the corner by the door of the coffee shop. I paused a moment just to make eye contact and smile at him. It took him by suprise and he shook his head and said “God sure was happy when he made you, with all respect ma’am.”
It was so small, but I’ll never forget it. I think that random act of kindness made both of our days.
Every once in awhile I make a couple crocheted ornaments and leave them randomly around my city. It is fun and super easy to do! It combines two things I love: Crochet and Suprises!
I have been crocheting afghans in bright colors for our church. This started last spring after my grandmother passed away, and I had many afghans I had made for her left with her belongings. I donated them to a hospice, but then thought of the idea of making my compassion a church-wide way to reach out to others. I knew some people were reluctant to visit someone who is elderly, sick, lonely, or in some kind of need because they did not know what to say or what they could do. So, I have crocheted about 40 afghans that are there for our church members to take at any time to anyone. All I ask is that they drop a note to the church as to who they gave the afghan to. This allows the church members to do something nice for a person in need, as well as be a part of our church’s outreach to our community. Some of the notes I have received back have been so inspirational…..especially the blind man who cried when getting one. He asked the giver to describe all the colors in it, since at one time he had vision. Or, the woman who takes her to her chemo treatments, so have something warm to snuggle in as she has the long treatment. I have one woman who had a mother who loved to crochet, and when she passed away, she left a huge stash of yarn. That has been donated to me, so I can have her be a part of my project, too. I make sure I let her know which ones have used her mother’s yarn. I also made about 50 scarves for people to give out when our weather turned cold. One woman gave some to children at her school who came to school cold. This has been a project I have loved, and it is such a great outlet for my hands that have to stay busy since I retired.
A lady asked me for bus fare to help her get home, her purse had been stolen while she was at work and she had no money or any way to get home. The only cash I had was a $20, but I felt bad not being able to give her anything just because I hadn’t broken it yet. So I just gave her the $20 and told her it can go into her “new purse fund”
I love to crochet things for people for no reason. Everyone is so happy to get something on a normal ordinary day. No birthday or holiday just an I was thinking of you gift. Crochet allows me to do that. I love making things for others and giving to them randomly or I love leaving it on their doorstep and running so they don’t even know who the gifts are from. Mostly I do hats but occasionally I do blankets too.
one year after Christmas my family and I went sale shopping. Then we went across the border to mexico and as we drove to durango to visit my grandmother, we handed out gifts to the homeless children out on the streets. I was the best feeling in the world.
I looked at your charity page on Crochet Spot and saw the link for Knit-a-square, a charity that makes blankets for Aids orphans in South Africa using donated squares. As a beginner in crochet, I though this would be a good idea to brush up my crochet skills as well as doing something nice. So I crocheted 3 squares, a purple, orange and green one, and then posted them to South Africa. I felt good about it.
I crochet hats, scarves, gloves & afghans for the homeless & womens shelters in town. It really makes me feel good to create something that I know will help people and give them something to handmade with love to keep them warm. It warms my heart.
I like to give Buy one get one free coupons to my fave restaurant to some unsuspecting guest behind us.
I’ve paid for the person behind me at Starbucks.
A friend of mine is having a baby in a few weeks and she has been looking for a diaper cover to have it’s firsts pictures made in. She had bought a cable knitted hat for him, but she couldn’t find the right color diaper cover. I decided to make one for her and mail it to her. I got her to send me a picture of the hat so I could match colors and made the cover. She was so happy and thrilled. She kept thanking me over and over.
Um…let’s see… I’m working on crocheting some booties to donate to a garage sale my friend is having to help raise money for her sister’s wedding!
I printed out 2 extra 40% off coupons for Hobby Lobby on Saturday and gave them to other people standing in line.
I don’t really know if you consider this an act of kindness or not, because I would do anything for my mother, but my mother was diagnoised with cancer. This past September they told us to celebrate the holidays early so my mother had asked me to crochet her a lap throw. I worked day and night to get it finished. She was so proud of it. She was able to use it a few times before she died in November.
This Christmas my husband received a Christmas bonus. So we took 10% of it and gave it to a friend of mine who is a single mom with four kids. This ended up being the only Christmas money they had. It was an amazing feeling to be able to help someone else out after receiving helps this past year ourselves.
I used to only knit for myself. Lately I’ve been knitting a lot of gifts for friends. Now I have recruited some coworkers to join me in knitting/crocheting hats for premies for Caps for Good
During the holiday season I crocheted several miniature stockings. I walked around and gave them out to people who looked like they might not be having a great day. I gave them out in laundymats, Wal-Mart, and in parking lots of grocery stores.
Looking at the eyes of strangers receiving a gift from a stranger was a very exciting and rewarding experience.
This would be great to win!
Every now and then I drop handmade softies for The Toy Society (www.thetoysociety.blogspot.com), Think I’ve done about 25 in the past two year. Also participating in Craft Hope-projects is a great way to do something for charity, when you’re not rich but sure crafty 🙂
Random. Hmmm…Most of what I do is preplanned. I crochet for different charities for every month.
But one random comes in mind. Not crochet related. I was standing in line to pay for groceries. A much much older man was counting his money to pay for staples;bread, milk, eggs, etc. He kept asking the cashier to remove items from his total. And paid for what looked like nothing. I paid for his groceries. I left there crying. I can’t imagine people going without.
Totally Random.
I saw a man who was obviously down on his luck in a restaurant where i was having dinner. I couldn’t help but notice him patting down his pockets, looking for money to pay for his soft drink (all he had ordered). My friend and i paid his tab and then invited him to dine with us. We made sure he had a meal he would not forget. He told us lots of tall tales during our dinner and then he thanked us before he left. It is a meal i shall never forget.
I don’t know if charity work is considered “random”. I have been making Special Olympic scarves for my home state. Judy, I also printed out extra coupons a few weeks ago and handed them to the people behind me when I checked out at Hobby Lobby. It’s a great idea and I think everyone should be encouraged to do that The ladies I gave them to were so appreciative.
I had seen this one homeless man at a stoplight, and he had this funny blue acoustic guitar. Instead of begging for money with a sign, he would play guitar and sing and dance. I especially appreciated his enthusiasm and performance because it was rush hour, and I had to sit through that one light three times. I wanted to thank him for making my commute more pleasant, so I went to the Chipotle and got him a burrito.
He was so nice and grateful when I gave it to him. I haven’t seen him since then. I would love to see him performing again, but I hope that the fact he’s not around means that he managed to get off the streets and maybe is performing somewhere for a real living these days!
I bought a couple of cute star-shaped Post-it pads that I keep in my purse so I can write happy things like “You rock!” or “You’re pretty inside and out” on them and sneak them onto bathroom mirrors and chairs and such in public places. Everyone feels good when someone says something nice to them even if it’s an anonymous complement!
I love this newletter. I have made a bunch of the things from the patterns.
I crochet for several charities. And family and friends.
At a fast food place I noticed two fellows going throuth the garbage in the back. At the drive-through I ordered two extra meals. I drove around the building and stopped by the two guys. I handed them the two meals. I told them that I had made a mistake and ordered more than we could use. They smiled and thanked me.
I felt so good the rest of the day.
I don’t need the book, but I wanted to say this is a GREAT idea. I occasionally buy extra copies of crochet magazines that I’d be willing to donate as well. Let me know if you are interested!
This is not crochet related, but I’ll never forget this.
I work as a secretary at the school my young daughter attends. Each year the whole school has a huge spring program involving all the kids (k-8). It’s always held at a local venue, as the school multi-purpose room is too small for the audience. Tickets are always sold in advance and sell out long before the show.
One family had a son in the show, but his mom was in the hospital having a baby. His dad planned to see the show, but he didn’t realize that he would need to purchase an advance ticket for himself. THEN, his in-laws came into town for the birth of the baby, and they wanted to see the show also. Well, all of them came, but the theater turned them away because the family had no tickets and there were none for sale.
I had been waiting outside the theater for my grown daughter and her son to arrive…I had 3 tickets in my hand: one for me, one for my daughter and one for her son. The dad noticed this, and begged to buy them from me…..I gave it some thought, and instead of selling them the tickets, I gave them to the visiting grandparents and dad.
When my daughter arrived and I explained to her what I had done, she understood completely, because we have been doing “pay it forward” acts all her life.
We did get into the show because as luck would have it, one of the teachers saw us and asked us to help behind the scenes. Not as good as being in the audience, but it worked out! lol
‘A random act of kindness’. Well I suppose my act of kindness is not a spur of the moment thing. I am working endlessly every day ‘to be kind’ hopefully!
I am the founder of ‘SIBOL’ an online crocheting and knitting group here in the UK, and I am working extremely hard making ‘Sunshine Blankets’ for the Elderly. My members are all over the World and they are sending me 6″ crocheted or knitted Squares. When I receive the Squares I crochet them together to make Blankets.
I have delivered 44 of our Sunshine Blankets now to Nursing Homes in the UK. I have actually made 52 and will be giving the others out very soon.
I personally hand out the Blankets to the Elderly in Nursing Homes. I am doing this in Memory of My Grandmother who lived to 103 years of age. For many Elderly people sit alone in Nursiing homes for hours on end not seeing visitors. Families have very limited time these days to visit and their Elderly relatives sit for hours alone.
A gift of one of our handmade Blankets definitely brings such a smile to their face. To know that a stranger has sent a Square towards their blanket has just been so rewarding! I also give out a Gift card with the Blanket telling them who actually sent the Square.
To me this is my ‘random act of kindness’. Hopefully to you too!
Hugs and thanks Suex
I am a social worker in a parochial school. I love the art of crochet so much that I have started teaching children to crochet during their recess period. Once they get the gist of the stitiches, they then crochet scarves and squares and donate them to the local charitites ( i.e. American Heart Association, domestic violence shelters, NICUs, etc.) The children get a kick out of donating and doing something good for others.
Some of my friends and I crochet many things for charitable organizations: blankets and chemo hats for hospital chemo units and their patients, blankets to cover incubators in neo-natal units where the preemies must be kept extra warm, hats for newborns in several hospitals, warm blankets and hats for social services, warm scarves for veterans, prayer shawls and lapghans for those experiencing grief, lapghans for nursing home residents, blankets and chemo caps for those with cancer and those who are sick in the community. We also make gifts for our church members during their happy times; weddings, baptisms, new births, etc. Though our number are few, 13, we know that we are doing God’s work in a big way and that our ministry is felt far beyond our community.
My mother is watching my sister’s children this weekend so she can enjoy a weekend in Las Vegas for her birthday. Last minute, my mom had to go to work so who gets all 3 of my sister children?! Yup, me! So even though things get crazy with 5 children the ages of 7, 5, 2, 1, and 10 month old it makes life exciting. I enjoy watching my nieces and nephews.
I crochet Amigurumi to give to children when we are waiting at a doctor’s office, and other places when we are out. Also newborn hats to donate to our local hospital. And crochet things for children who go through the DFCS here. This Christmas we gave all of my teddy bear collection to the DFCS office for needy children. Most of what I make is given away.
It keeps me busy and helps others too. A Win-Win situation in my book~
This is a wonderful idea. I just want to say that my Grandmother taught me to crochet when I was a young girl. I stopped smoking 4 months ago and started crocheting up a storm. I was so blessed by the talent that my grandmother and God had given me that I randomly make items to give to people who I think would enjoy or need them. Living in MO. I have been able to give out several hats that I have made. I have already been blessed, but the book would be nice so I could continue to make items to gift! By the way I love crochetspot.com., as I have been inspired. 🙂
I have heled people make their bill in line next to me at the grocery or small store.
I have given people a drink in the heat of summer who are working outside.
I have knitted or crocheted things I know people collected, just to make them happy. I have helped the blind struggling in public to get to where they need to go.
Last I have done pet therapy with my dog and made a lot of good things happen for people
My Grandmother loves to crochet and only uses crochet cotton dish cloths in her kitchen; but her fingers and joints are too sore anymore for her to do so. So now I make sure she always has a good supply of crochet cotton dishcloths in all sorts of colors. She loves them! Not only is it fun for me to do, but its really cool to have something like this that my Grandmother and I can sit down and chit chat about for hours.
I recently went through the process of signing my mother up for Medicaid. As I sat in the waiting room of Job and Family Services I couldn’t help but notice the need for crocheted items. I never thought of that service as a place to take my extra work. They were so happy to receive the hats and scarves that I brought, oh, and slippers too. I am now doing baby blankets. I feel so lucky to be able to help out. I love what I do.
I belong to a girl’s youth organization here in NY state. One of our teens was going through a troubled time, and was going to become the leader of the group. Rather than buy her an installation gift, I crocheted her a small afghan in her term colors and included a note that said “Whenever you are down, just wrap this around and get a big hug from me”. She was so thankful; she loved it. She even took it with her on sleepovers. No one had ever done that for her before.
Since I’m retired, I’m able to do a lot more crocheting. My resolution this year is to crochet for children: doll and book sets (crochet the main character and give with a book) for the Children’s Hospital, and comfort sets (crocheted animal/doll and blanket) to give to the police and fire departments for children in crisis.
I usually knit squares to give away for charity blankets.
I crochet 4-5 hours a day. I love to make things that people need-like a long fingerless glove for a gal who has a plate in her wrist. I also make lapghans for shut-ins and baby items for Options 360.
I fell in love with Amigurumi in 2009 when I taught myself to crochet.
I took part in Samaritans Shoe Box Appeal, via workplace, and crocheted various items for 2 – 15 yr
old Rumanian children for Christmas 2010 – see link.
The Crochet Bible would help keep me on the straight and narrow!
Thanks for arranging this competition.
I found out a friend was driving a moving truck around because her car had broken down and she and her boyfriend only had one other car and the moving truck for his business. I told her call me if you have to drive the truck instead of the car and I will come get you because most of the time on my way to our weekly crochet/knitting group I go right by her house and there was no reason for her to drive that truck around. I have done this a few times for her now…
Not sure if this will do …. but it relates to Sunday so it’s recent……dropped off a tin of yummy biscuits and a card for my old boss who’s been off work all week because she’s upset that she’s being made redundant from work and couldn’t face going in so I left them there on her desk on Sunday for her, to cheer her up and let her now that I think she’s fab and that she would be a blessing to anyone that would employ her. I hope it will be a nice surprise for her when she does come into work
🙂
Sorry it doesn’t relate to crochet 🙁
Have a blessed week.
I crochet flowers that I give to our mailman who is a pastor at his church. He leads services for the elderly in nursing homes. I have given him many to pass out to the residents. I also gave him a dozen red ones to give to his wife. I have donated these flowers to other organizations to help them raise money. I keep saying I want to sell them one day but I give them all away so when the craft fairs come around I have no flower to sell. I think God’s plan is not for me to sell them but to use them to brighten the day of others. So that is what I do.
Before Christmas I was at a local store, there was a mature lady there admiring the poinsettia plants we were both talking how beautiful they were, she mentioned that she better not follow the temptations because she really couldn’t spend the money. As she went about her business in the store I purchased one of the nicest ones I could find found her in the store gave her the plant and the receipt and wished her a Merry Christmas. I know that made my Christmas
I don’t know if I consider it a “random” act of kindness, I feel it is my way of saying “thank you” to our soldiers who are fighting to keep us safe. One of my crochet group’s friends had a son serving in Afghanistan. She said what they needed was some type of hat to go under their helmets to keep them warm. The helmets offer no insulation and a cap type hat would add some insulation. So our I since for some unknown reason I had about 15 skeins of camo yarn, I made a bunch of camo caps and gave them to my friend to give send to her friend’s son’s unit. Other members of our group did the same.
I started a charity to donate baby blankets to hospitals and funeral homes for parents of stillborn babies or babies lost shortly after birth. I started the charity after my own son was stillborn. It was started January 2009 with just the hospital where my son was born. I now have local chapters in 11 different states and have had over 400 blankets donated among all the local chapters and their hospitals. With each blanket there is a note attached with a note from me with my personal email address telling parents to contact me if they need to talk to someone that understands their pain. I have received emails from parents that have received some of my blankets thanking me for caring so much to donate blankets specifically for lost babies. Some of the parents keep in contact with me and tell me about their rainbow babies (babies born after a lost pregnancy) and send me photos. Makes me cry every time to know that what I do means so much to the parents that they want to keep me informed of what is going on in their lives.
I had just finished dinner at a sandwich shop in DC- I had saved half of my sandwich for lunch the next day( I had just recently moved to DC fo ra new job and was still pretty tight on cash), and was walking up the street when I passed a homeless person on the sidewalk, asking for money. Unfortunately, I was living off of credit cards and had no cash so I coudln’t really give him what he asked for-instead, I offered him the other half of my peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and his eyes lit up-“really?” he asked. I said, “I’m sorry, it’s really all I can offer you, I don’t have any cash.” He smiled and said that would be wonderful, so I gave it to him, and continued on my way. 🙂
I pay for coffee for an elderly gentleman at least once a week who comes to the Starbucks where my daughter works. He lives alone and spends a few hours there every morning and visits with other customers. He doesn’t know I do this this and cannot figure out who his “bean-a-factor” might be.