Help for Haiti Update--deadline extended!

Thanks mostly to Ravelry's Help for Haiti program and the extra exposure it's provided to designers who are taking part in it, Rope Knits has able to raise $420 for Save the Children's relief efforts. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has bought a pattern from me over the last two weeks. I could not have afforded to donate this much money on my own and it is a wonderful feeling to be able to do something.

My 400 bucks is just a drop in the bucket though in terms of overall money raised through Ravelry. Hundreds of patterns are part of the program and at least three groups have held auctions. When all is said and done the overall amount donated to good causes will be in the tens of thousands of dollars. It's very exciting and humbling to be a part (even a tiny little part) of something this big.

Sadly, though, the needs in Haiti just keep mounting. Children especially are at risk. Thousands have been orphaned and are at risk of abuse and abduction as well as disease and hunger. Save the Children and other organizations are doing everything they can to provide safe places for the littlest victims and need all the help they can get.

So I'm going to extend my Help for Haiti deadline. 100% of profits will go to StC until midnight tonight; after that, I'll be donating 50% until Valentine's Day. I'll be offering a new pattern tomorrow (sneak peek to the left) so check back soon!