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Club Charities
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SnC needs your yarn & Handmade Items!
Donate to a good cause. SnC donates to the below two charities every year. If you would like to donate yarn, granny squares, fabric, crafting supplies, finished afghans, shawls, or Lap-ghans, or any handmade items including "Snuggles," please contact us on the form below or contact us by email. No amount is too small, any handmade item, yarn, crafting items, fabric or finished item/s will be appreciated. If you are unsure see our list below of acceptable items. We can pick up your donations or you can drop them off. Drop-off location is in the 90815 zip code area.
Or you can DONATE $1.00/+ or more to SnC to purchase more yarn. THANK-YOU!
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Donate to a good cause. SnC donates to the below two charities every year. If you would like to donate yarn, granny squares, fabric, crafting supplies, finished afghans, shawls, or Lap-ghans, or any handmade items including "Snuggles," please contact us on the form below or contact us by email. No amount is too small, any handmade item, yarn, crafting items, fabric or finished item/s will be appreciated. If you are unsure see our list below of acceptable items. We can pick up your donations or you can drop them off. Drop-off location is in the 90815 zip code area.
Or you can DONATE $1.00/+ or more to SnC to purchase more yarn. THANK-YOU!
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Click on our "DONATE" button to take you to PayPal to donate $$$$ to Stitch n' Chicks charity.
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Thank you to ALL our Donators:
Dec 2022- Thank you Sheila for the Lap-blankets donations Dec 2022- Thank you Deborah & Marilyn[mom] for the Snuggles donations Oct 2022 - Thank you Lois for your lap blankets & Snuggles donations Oct 2022 - Thank you Judith for your yarn donations Sept 2022 - Thank you Debbie for your yarn donation Aug 2022 - Thank you Rick for your yarn donations Aug 2022 - Thank you Lois for your Snuggles donations July 2022 - Thank you Sharon for your yarn and supply donations May 2022 - Thank you Pamela for your yarn donations March 2022 - Thank you Lena for your yarn donation Jan 2022 - Thank you Marilyn our Arizona crafting friend who donated many Snuggles Jan 2022 - Thank you Forever Home Pet Rescue, Gloria for your generous donation Jan 2022 - Thank you Courtney for the yarn and sewing supplies donations Dec 2021 - Thank you Lois for your Snuggles and Lap Blanket donations Dec 2021 - Thank you Lee for the hats, lap blankets, and all your lovely donations Sept 2021 - Thank you Sheila for the lovely shawls and lapghan donations June 2021 - Thank you Lois for the lovely lapghans and Snuggles donations March 2021 - Thank you Lois for all your handmade Snuggles donations Jan 2021 - Thank you to Deborah's Mom for all her handmade Snuggles donation Oct 2020 - Thank you Lee and Hooks & Needles for your enormous donations of handmade items & patterns Oct 2020 - thank you Trish for your yarn donation July 2020 - thank you Wendy for your yarn donation July 2020 - thank you Barbara for your yarn donation Jan 2020 - Thank you Forever Home Pet Rescue, Gloria for your generous donation Oct 2019 - Thank you Maria for all the yarn and beads donations Sept 2019 - Thank you Hye-mi for your yarn donations July 2019 - Thank you Lesley for the yarn donations July 2019 - Thank you Nancy for all the wonderful fabric, trims, and batting donations. June 2019 - Thank you Jacque for donating the cute kitty beds for our puppy & kitty "Snuggles"donations at the end of 2019. June 2019 - Thank you Sheri for donating so many cute "Snuggles" for our kitty & puppy donations. We will be donating them at the end of 2019 to our Long Beach pet rescue. Feb-May 2019: Thank you for all those that donated to our FB Fund Raiser We raised $105.00 for our charity Yarn 1/2019: Thank you Gloria for our $100 gift to purchase yarn for our Snuggles 3/2018: Thank you - for your recent donation 3/2018: Thank you - Brenda H for your recent donation 2/2018: Thank you - Hyemi L - for your recent yarn donation and beads donations 11/2017: Thank you - Karen A - for your recent yarn donation 6/2017: Thank you - Nancy R - for your recent yarn donation 6/2017: Thank you - June C - for your Granny Squares donation 5/2017: Thank you Maria for your recent yarn donation 11/2016: Thank you "Joanna K" for your recent donation! ---------------------------- 
Shoreline Healthcare
Long Beach Nursing Home Shoreline Healthcare Center 4029 E Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90804 Phone: (562) 494-4421 [near PCH] Contact: Johnnie Shoreline Health Care Center provides long term and short term nursing care to seniors with varying levels of disabilities in Long Beach. There are about 75-96 people living there. It is medium size and friendly and they all could use a project from us. Make them a lap-ghan, slippers, socks, scarves, shawls, wash clothes, towels, books, or buy a pair of socks, or make up a small basket with some shampoos & conditioners and we can add some wash clothes to them. Donate whatever you feel a patient might need or use.
Shoreline Health Care Center
4029 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 494-4421 Contact: Ericka Gomez [email protected] www.shorelinehealthcare.com Shoreline Healthcare offers rehabilitation to the elderly and health care. There are 69 beds. Friendly and many different levels of disabilities.
Charity Drop Off 2021
Charity 2019
Charity 2019 - lunch did'nt take any Nursing home photos but it was really nice sang in the community room Shoreline Healthcare
Charity Healthcare Nursing Home 2018
Charity Giving and Coroling for Healthcare Home December 2017
2017 Charity Items Made by SnC Gift Bagging
Debb Linda, Patty & Pam at Shoreline Healthcare - 2016
2015- Pam, Debb, Diana, Patty, & Denise singing carols at Bel Vista
SnC Charity 2014
SnC load all the bags for Villa Marie & Snuggles charity Nov, 2013
2012--Donated 48 gifts to Villa Marie Care Center
SnC Santa Helpers deliver gifts
December 20th, 2012
Marcia, Patti & Kay
What are SnC "Lap-Snuggles?" They are smaller afghan blankets made with One yard of Cotton fabric and one yard of Fleece. They are then edged with yarn in crochet or knit or sewn trim. We use many different edgings. They are long enough to cover the patient's lap and legs and if they are in a wheel chair can still use them as they are shorter than a full size afghan or blanket and will not drag on the floor. They are very soft and warm. We make them for our Shoreline Healthcare facility patients. If you would like one made for a loved one we will gladly make one, just tell us your favorite colors. Cost: $35.00. Contact: HERE
Charity Donations
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Stitch n' Chicks donates Snuggles to a local Pet Rescue
What are Snuggles?
Snuggle Websitehttp://www.snugglesproject.org/
Snuggles Donation Form Lots of patterns; FAQ, Pattern Library, and more..... Our Snuggles Shelter- Forever Home Pet Rescue Petco Unleashed 600 Redondo Ave Long Beach, 90814 Gloria email: [email protected] Mailing Address: 11432 South Street #366. Cerritos, CA 90703 Main Office message number: [562]257-3663 
Snuggles Donations 2021
73 handmade Snuggles
Snuggles January 2020
62 handmade Snuggles
Snuggles Jan 2019
50 handmade snuggles
2018 Forever Home Pet Rescue Donation
Snuggles 2017
SnC donate "Snuggles" January 2016
Snuggles 2015
Snuggles 2014
Snuggles cute kitten card with $100 gift card for yarn. 2019
2019 - Calendar from Forever Home Pet REscue, Gloria
2017 Appreciation Award given to SnC by Forever Home Pet Rescue for our donations,
THE SNUGGLES PROJECT
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Example of a crochet 18" x 21" Snuggle made with Bernat "Blanket" yarn
What is a Snuggle?
The official definition of a Snuggle is "a security blanket for shelter animals." The term "security blanket" is based on the psychological effects it provides to the animals. A Snuggle can be used as a blanket, mat, or bed. The primary purpose of the Snuggle is to provide physical and psychological comfort at a time when the animal feels the most vulnerable and hopeless. It could possibly be the last piece of comfort an animal may feel in his life. It is the intent and purpose of the Snuggles Project to make sure that each and every shelter animal has this comfort to help them get through this period in their life.
The great thing about doing snuggles, is they're not that big and you can use up any left over skein or "ugly" or scrap yarn you have. About 1 skein will make a good size kitty Snuggle.
Participants in the Snuggles Project should be aware that a “Snuggle” is an animal bed/mat/blanket which is created with the intention of donating to a shelter to provide comfort and security to a homeless pet (essentially, created for the purpose of the Snuggles Project).
The great thing about doing snuggles, is they're not that big and you can use up any left over skein or "ugly" or scrap yarn you have. About 1 skein will make a good size kitty Snuggle.
Participants in the Snuggles Project should be aware that a “Snuggle” is an animal bed/mat/blanket which is created with the intention of donating to a shelter to provide comfort and security to a homeless pet (essentially, created for the purpose of the Snuggles Project).
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What sizes are needed?
This depends on the shelter you are planning to give Snuggles to. If in doubt, ask the shelter manager what their needs are.
The guideline is:
The guideline is:
- SnC popular size = 18" x 21" [fat 1/4 size]
- 12" x 12" or 14" x 14" for kittens and small dogs
- 24" x 24" for cats and small to medium dogs
- 36" x 36" for medium to large dogs
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How many stitches do I need?
Question:
You say "Chain/cast on a length to equal desired width", but how many stitches do I need to make a certain length?
Answer:
The width of the Snuggle [must be at least 12" x x12"] otherwise it is up to you, so it doesn't matter how many stitches you use as long as they are within the additional requirement of multiples indicated in the pattern.
For instance, if you want to make a Snuggle 20 inches wide, you would chain or cast on the number of stitches to achieve that width. For instance, when you crochet just measure the chain length for the desired width. For knitting, typically the number of stitches times 1.5 gives you your desired width.
Question:
Does the Snuggle have to be crocheted?
Answer:
NO. You can knit, quilt, sew or combine fabric, fleece and crochet or knit the edgings.
Question:
What is a "Lap-ghan" or "Lap Snuggle"?
Answer:
It is a smaller size afghan that fits on a lap and hangs to the patient's ankles. SnC calls their's "Lap-Snuggles" when we use fleece and fabric and crochet or knit the edgings. Our usual size is 1 yard of fabric.
Example of SnC "Lap-Snuggle" is pictured in the LEFT column.
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You say "Chain/cast on a length to equal desired width", but how many stitches do I need to make a certain length?
Answer:
The width of the Snuggle [must be at least 12" x x12"] otherwise it is up to you, so it doesn't matter how many stitches you use as long as they are within the additional requirement of multiples indicated in the pattern.
For instance, if you want to make a Snuggle 20 inches wide, you would chain or cast on the number of stitches to achieve that width. For instance, when you crochet just measure the chain length for the desired width. For knitting, typically the number of stitches times 1.5 gives you your desired width.
Question:
Does the Snuggle have to be crocheted?
Answer:
NO. You can knit, quilt, sew or combine fabric, fleece and crochet or knit the edgings.
Question:
What is a "Lap-ghan" or "Lap Snuggle"?
Answer:
It is a smaller size afghan that fits on a lap and hangs to the patient's ankles. SnC calls their's "Lap-Snuggles" when we use fleece and fabric and crochet or knit the edgings. Our usual size is 1 yard of fabric.
Example of SnC "Lap-Snuggle" is pictured in the LEFT column.
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What are the guidelines for filling a crochet or sewn Snuggle?
Example of Snuggles are pictured to the When filling crochet or knit Snuggles, you must take care that the Snuggles cannot be easily opened. Use layers of material (such as flannel or terry cloth) for filling. Polyester or cotton batting is not recommended as the batting is easily torn out by a hyperactive animals. Most shelters will not accept Snuggles filled with batting as it is too messy and may cause health problems for the animals if the animal should get at the batting.
If you are making a fabric sewn Snuggle use a very light weight 1/2" batting and be sure to stitch like a quilt [3] times across and at least two rows lengthwise to hold it in place.
But, we have found a nice way around this: double stitch the hems and stitch over the Snuggle with a cross-hatch or other pattern. This will hold the snuggle together and the shelters will accept these without a problem. [Since we donate to a facility that has foster homes rather than cages for its pets, we do not usually have problems with torn Snuggles]
Examples of our Snuggles are shown in the pictures in the LEFT column.
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Crochet Snuggles
- Basic Snuggle..... 12" x 12" minimum size
- Basic Granny Square Snuggle....
- Crochet Snuggle Tubbie...\
- Fabric & Fleece Snuggle - 18" x 22"
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Knit Snuggles
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Where do I find those clips used in the Cat Hammock?
The clips (called Carbiner clips) used in the Cat Hammock pattern in the January 2006 newsletter can be found at some craft supply or home improvement stores. Look for the nylon plastic ones instead of the aluminum or stainless steel ones. If you can't find those clips, any nylon snap hook should work. We would recommend using only the nylon plastic clips as they will wash better than the metal ones.
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Hints:
- Be sure that you consider that dogs and cats have nails that catch in stitches and also need warmth so if you stitch "loose" then you may want to use 2 strands when stitching it.
- Shop at the "Yarn Barn" for really low price yarn or use Joann's/Hobby Lobby/Michael's coupons
- Mostly you can just get yarn from Crochetoholic Debb from our Charity Donations.
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Basketweave Madness Snuggle
A NO-SEW Blanket
Designed by Rae French
This is a no-sew polar fleece project. This pattern uses a simple checkerboard-style basketweave but by altering the weave you can create your own unique masterpiece. This is a great project for kids.
Material and Tools:
1/2 yd Polar fleece
Scissors or rotary cutter
Mat
3 Foot metal Yardstick
Material and Tools:
1/2 yd Polar fleece
Scissors or rotary cutter
Mat
3 Foot metal Yardstick
Project Tip: Cut both layers of fleece at same time.
Instructions:
Layer pieces of fleece. Cut into 1" strips across.
Arrange strips next to each other. Place yardstick across end of strips to hold in place. Fold every other (even numbered) strip back.
Lay alternating strip across, fold even numbered strips back.
Continue in this fashion until all strips are laid in a basketweave.
Finishing:
There are many different ways to finish this to secure the strips in place. You may want to add grommets to each strip end to hold the layers together. You may want to use yarn to tack strip layers together (shown in model). You may want to use a sewing machine to stitch the layers together. You may want to hand sew the layers together. I'm sure that you can think of more ways to keep the layers together. Be creative and enjoy the project.
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