We have met our group goal for Knit The Rainbow, however they are still collecting all winter gear. We still have other partners that we have not met our goals for. 

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The following information comes directly from Austin Rivers, Founder of KtR. While you are welcome to use any color yarn for your projects, we are not literally "knitting the rainbow". LGBTQIA+ youth living on the streets are trying to blend in. They have been thrown out of their homes for their sexuality or gender identity. They don't want a rainbow on their body to further target them on the streets. 

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Also, while unsheltered, they have little access to wash their clothing, so dirt shows. We recommend for these two reasons, using darker color yarns that will allow these youth to blend in to their surroundings and also retain dignity by not having dirt show.

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Dark greys, dark blue, navy, forest greens, dark purple, black. Variegated yarns in this color family are strongly recommended. While we won't "forbid" yarns of other colors, we hope you can see why we suggest these colors. 

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Washable wools and acrylic are ideal for this project.

 

While our focus is on fingerless gloves and headbands/earwarmers, they are accepting the following items during their winter collection and we hope you will consider sending in any items you have made:

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Hats

Scarves

Socks

Neck Warmers/Cowls

Sweaters

Gloves

Scoodies

Earwarmers+++

Fingerless Gloves+++

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+++Our focus this year as these items are the ones they receive the least of from other volunteers. 

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