Knit4Charities

NSW

http://www.wrrc.org.au/contactus  NSW Women's Refuge Resource Centre.   Contact numbers for refuges all over NSW.  Donations of new knitted or crocheted items are gratefully accepted and very much needed.

AUSSIE KNITTING SITES

http://www.patons.biz  The home of Patons yarns -- information and free patterns

http://pandayarns.biz  The home of Panda Yarns -- information and free patterns

http://shepherdyarns.biz  The home of Shepherd Yarns -- information and free patterns

http://cleckheaton.biz  The home of Cleckheaton Yarns -- information and free patterns

http://www.freewebs.com/alexknits This is a new site created by a fellow knitter - check it out

http://www.lincraft.com.au/default.asp?contentID=613#top Lincraft have some great free patterns here

 Premmie Patterns can be found at the following sites

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com - not only premmie patterns - lots of other charity based patterns as well.

http://www.fibergypsy.com/patterns/swtrpatt.shtml - 5HourBabySweater - great pattern!!!

http://cuddles-uk.org/ - lots of patterns to choose from.

http://danettesangels.tripod.com/pknitp.html - Links to loads of sites with free Premmie patterns

 OTHER GOOD INFORMATIVE SITES

http://www.lionbrand.com - Sign up for their great newsletter and then you can access a huge range of free patterns as well as lots of other things.

http://www.bellaonline.com - This great site is a forum for Women and has all sorts of information including links to knitting and other craft patterns - it is easy to navigate your way through the indexes, you'll be amazed at what you find.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com - there are patterns for everything here.

http://www.knitting-and.com/  - all sorts of goodies on this site -- on top of my favourites list!

http://www.knitting-crochet.com

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com - crochet patterns gallore

http://www.jpfun.com/ - Interesting crochet patterns here

 CHARITY KNITTING/CROCHET SITES with free patterns.

www.crochethooksyou.com - Lovely easy crochet patterns with video instructions *NEW*

http://www.headhuggers.org  - A great source of Chemo Cap Patterns both knit and crochet

http://www.p2designs.com/Links-CharityPatterns.htm - both knit and crochet patterns here.

http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/index.html Look around this site for other issues and the patterns they contain.

http://www.warmingfamilies.org/patterns.html

http://www.carewear.org/index.cfm?pid=patterns/knit/_knit_patterns.cfm

http://www.charitablecrafters.org/knitting_patterns.htm

http://www.inknitters.com/ - Look for their Charity Booklet

Crochet Patterns - Loads of patterns here to crochet for charity - this is an Aussie site but the patterns use American stitches and hooks so have your conversion table handy.

Links to patterns for Breast Prostheses for Mastectomy Survivors 

Crochet: http://fiftytwoacts.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/act-16/

Knitted on two needles:

http://www.geocities.com/earlyangelsproject/boobappeal.html

http://arpelia.blogspot.com/2007/10/knitted-boob.html

Circular knitting versions:

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTbits.html

http://stormopzolder.blogspot.com/2006/10/gouden-tiet.html (English language instructions further down the page a bit)

 Aussie Outback Party is a great new Childrens Book illustrated by a friend of knit4charities, Sue aka Penny.  If you are looking for a special present for a little one aged between 2 and 5 please have a look at this. 

 Take your pets on a holiday at the Gold Coast Bali Hai is a great place to holiday with your pets.  It's not the Ritz but it is clean and comfortable, 200 metres from the beach, bus outside the door --- handy to everything basically.  We spent a week there with our 4 grandchildren and Ralph the dog and loved it!  Well worth a look if you want a holiday at the Gold Coast and dont want to leave your pets at home.