Duration: 2 hours
Ages: all ages
Led by: Locally Crafted Workshop (@createatlocallycrafted)

It’s time to use our crafty skills for good! (Well, beyond the usual good of making us happy and keeping our brains busy.)

Let’s get together to crochet soap sacks for donation to shelters and other organizations that help people without homes or otherwise in need. Soap sacks are cotton pouches that hold a donated bar of soap — handy for keeping it protected, and they can also be used as a washcloth. They’re quick and easy to crochet, and a fun way to sharpen your skills and play with color.

We’ll provide 100 percent cotton yarn in a variety of colors, but if you have scraps lying around, bring them! (Yarn for soap sacks must be 100 percent cotton.) We’ll also have hooks for you to borrow, but BYOH (bring your own hook) if you prefer (you’ll need something in the size G to I range, depending on how tightly you crochet). And we’ll provide our favorite soap sack pattern for you to take home so you can keep making. Oh, and we’ll bring the soap! 

While this is not a learn-to-crochet event, we’re happy to help confident beginners get started on their sacks. And if you don’t finish one during the event, or want to make more, you can bring your finished sacks back to us for shipping.

If you’re working on other charity projects, you’re welcome to bring those to work on. Or if you’ve already made soap sacks, bring them along and we’ll send them off. We’d also love to hear about other worthy causes to which you contribute your crafty talents. Let’s make Crafting Kindness a regular event.

The ticket price will help cover yarn, tags, soap and shipping costs to get the soap sacks to their final destination. Plus, we’ll have a little something for everyone as a thank-you for joining us.

Crocheters of all ages and abilities are welcome! (But kids under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.)