Project Knitwell Competitors

Project Linus is comprised of hundreds of local chapters and thousands of volunteers across the United States. Each volunteer and local chapter all work together to help us achieve our mission which is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”

The Craft Yarn Council (CYC), incorporated in 1981, is a nonprofit trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of yarns used in knitting, crocheting and other crafts, tool and accessory manufacturers, publishers of magazines and books, and industry consultants. The Craft Yarn Council mission is to foster a community of yarn crafters by stimulating current knitters and crocheters, inspiring new yarn crafters and initiating education and promotional campaigns to ensure a healthy future for the yarn industry. The council's members include: Berroco; Boye (CSS Industries); Cascade Yarns; Clover Needlecraft, Inc.; Gosadi; Jimmy Beans Wool; Knit Pro; Lion Brand Yarn Company; Love Crafts Inc.; Prym Consumer USA, Inc.; Red Heart Yarns; The DMC Group and Yarnspirations. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Craft Yarn Council, please reach out to us at info@craftyarncouncil.com.

Evie Rosen founded Warm Up America! in the early 1990s. Evie’s vision was to provide an innovative way for yarn enthusiasts to donate 7” by 9” sections which, when joined together, made finished afghans. This idea has blossomed over the years into a national program which has provided comfort and warmth to hundreds of thousands of people in need during their most difficult times.