Hi! We are Creatures for Care (or CFC). Welcome to our blog! 2014 is the third year we have done our organization. In 2012, we created 22 creatures. The past year, 2013, we made 30 creatures and donated 16. So far for 2014, we've made 2 creatures; a fish and a jellyfish. All in all, we've made 54 animals. Our goal for 2014 is to make 100 total creatures.
The most fun part about CFC is donating the creatures. We donate them to a homeless shelter around once a month. We can all agree that it is rewarding to see the smiles on the children's faces as they take a toy out of the basket. When we donate, it also inspires us to create more animals, which, sometimes we really need, as working can often drag on. Since we love it so much, we are always looking for new places to donate our animals.
There are 2 ways we make our creatures; knitting and crocheting (kro-shay-ing). Most people think knitting and crocheting are similar, and they're right, but there are a few differences. For starters, knitting is created with two pointed needles, and crocheting is created with a hook that has a curved end. Knitting is stretchy no matter which way you pull it, whereas crocheting only stretches in one direction. Knitting takes longer than crocheting. In our group, 2 girls knit and 2 crochet, so we have about an even number of knitted and crocheted animals.
This year, we are trying to make our animals more colorful. We were lining them up the other day, and we noticed that we used dark colors to create them. We're trying to make striped animals, or just use a bright color, so they're more vibrant.
Thank you for reading our blog!
The members of Creatures for Care
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