Basement Volunteers Candace Key, Emily Salcido, Annette Tancredi, and Laura Truffaut
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.
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In this show:
- An interview with Ann Rubin and Laura Truffaut, of afghans for Afghans.
- Thoughts on using creative skills to bring comfort to people in need.
- A glimpse into what it takes to run this amazing project.
The Basement at the American Friends Service Committee
Links to many topics discussed in the interview:
- Explore the afghans for Afghans website.
- Photo galleries of Afghan people with their knitted and crocheted gifts.
- Learn more about the CURE Hospital Campaign for newborns in Kabul.
- Browse Afghan themed knitting patterns – an afghans for Afghans fundraiser.
- Participate in Heidi’s knit and crochet-along for Afghanistan.
- Read How Knitting for Charity Changed My Life, by afghans for Afghans volunteer Candice Key.
- Read about Mason-Dixon Knitting’s Afghanalong.
- Read Knitting for Peace, by Betty Christiansen.
- Read Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.
- Read Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson.
- Learn a little bit of craftivism history, from the Red Cross Knitters.
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