Create-A-Thon 2025
CREATE-A-THON AUGUST 4-18,2025
Since 2022, K4P has held the CAT to raise money and gather items for the cold weather months. This is our BIGGEST fundraising event of the year and we need the support of our Peace Pods, makers, and community members to help us reach our goal.
What Items Do We Need?
While this is a MAJOR fundraiser for Knitting4Peace and funds raised during this event help us continue our mission, we know that not everyone can support us with a financial gift. That's why this year we are putting EXTRA emphasis on sending us items.
During the Create-A-Thon we are making a call for the following 3 items:
kid's hats
kid's scarves (we have plenty adult)
Peace Pals
Each donation of items sent to our Denver HQ between July 1 and September 1 will be entered to win a door prize! Winners will be randomly selected in September and we will send you a prize. We have tote bags, great mugs, yarn, notions bags, and more!
How Much Do We Need To Raise?
This year we need to raise $7,500!
Each financial supporter of the CAT will be entered into a drawing to win one of several amazing door prizes!
The Create-A-Thon (August 4-18, 2025) is a virtual event held on Givebutter, a safe donation site where you can donate to help support the mission of K4P. This is the time to ask your church groups, coffee friends, and family members to support the nonprofit you care so deeply about. There won't be awards for highest fundraiser this year, but instead ALL who donate are entered into the prize drawing set to take place in September.
You can donate by going HERE.
What Free Workshops Can I Attend?
This year the CAT will have more 2 FREE WORKSHOPS! The first is a talk with Hannah Thiessen, one of the creatives behind By Hand Serial. This journal explores different travel locations and the creatives who live there. We will also have a Finger Puppet workshop with Ravelry maker, Natasha. This is your chance to meet the other change-makers in the K4P community.
You can register for those virtual events NOW by going HERE.
Can I Buy Merchandise?
During the Create-A-Thon we also offer some fabulous merchandise through the online retailer, Bonfire. Bonfire produces and ships our merchandise for us, which saves us a ton of time and money. This year's items are quite chić! There are a ton of new offerings and you can choose from hats, notions bags, baby onesies, and MORE! Each item you purchase through Bonfire helps support K4P.
Wear your K4P pride wherever you go! The Bonfire campaign is LIVE so you can start ordering your goodies NOW. Items will ship by the end of August!
By Hand Serial with Hannah Thiessen Howard
Register for this FREE workshop HERE
Hannah Thiessen Howard has been working behind the scenes in the fiber industry for nearly two decades with some of your favorite brands: Malabrigo Yarns, Shibui Knits, KnitCrate, Bare Naked Wools, Shalimar Yarns and more. Through it all, her passion and commitment to the people who make and use fibers and fabrics has remained steady, and is showcased clearly in two books: Slow Knitting and Seasonal Slow Knitting. In 2022, Hannah took the helm as the new Editor of By Hand Serial, an independent magazine dedicated to telling the stories of makers and the places they call home. Visit studios, hear their stories, and explore their cities and countryside through the pages of this beautiful publication.
Find Hannah's work at www.slow-knitting.com and www.byhandserial.com.
By Hand Serial is a series of beautiful, thoughtfully created Lookbooks, authored by Andrea Hungerford, a maker with a deep love of travel.
Andrea and the By Hand Serial team produced over 15 volumes from 2016 to 2022, each centered around a different location and exploring the creatives within.
The By Hand Serial books are knitting-forward, but have a mixed-craft focus across each book, featuring knitting and sewing patterns and projects for a variety of handcrafts.
Each issue highlights regional designers, makers, shops, interesting locations and more, making them wonderful travel guides for crafters and creatives.
Embroidery on Knits & Bespoke Finger Puppet Patterns with Natasha Hanson
Register for this FREE workshop HERE
Natasha is a Kiwi stay-at-home mum currently living in Minnesota. What makes her smile is knitting wee folk and photographing their big adventures in her backyard.
We will learn about Natasha's childhood in the countryside of New Zealand and how it inspired her to create Wee Folk Valley designs. She will also talk about the inspiration behind her Fingerprint Puppets and her big hopes for them.
During the workshop, Natasha will show some examples of how she has used embroidery in her own designs and why she encourages others to give it a go. She will also give ideas for how people could decorate their finger puppets using embroidery.
Community Craft Circle
Join members of K4P’s community from around the country for a virtual craft circle. You don’t have to be making an item for K4P and you don’ t have to donate. This is about creating community, fighting isolation, being heard, and coming together for a good chat.
After the first event on August 18, the Craft Circle will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month. You can join the meeting by signing up HERE.
Community Craft Circle
Join members of K4P’s community from around the country for a virtual craft circle. You don’t have to be making an item for K4P and you don’ t have to donate. This is about creating community, fighting isolation, being heard, and coming together for a good chat.
You can join the meeting by signing up HERE.
