Handmade With Love by Crafty Ladies.

With needles and yarn in hand, the Crafty Ladies chat while working on knitting and crocheting projects. The ladies are dedicated volunteers and meet weekly at the Norman P. Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo to make hats, afghans, blankets, mittens, booties, sweaters and warm scarves for others in need.

Recently they made hats/beanies to be distributed to homeless people in Orange County.

They are always in need of yarn. Yarn supplies are low as we are busy working on making warm items for the winter months. All handmade crafts are donated to the Marines, Veterans, Operation Baby Love and Child Abuse Prevention Center of Orange County.

A simple act of kindness like donating a handmade item to someone in need, feels great. Knowing that the item will be appreciated by someone who really needs it, is priceless.

The women are weaving friendships as they work. They are united by a sense of pride in giving back, their love for knitting, sharing stories and their laughter.

Together they have spent more than 30,000 hours in the past year accumulatively on all the items they have made.

Your donations of washable, acrylic yarn can be dropped off at the Norman Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 or please call 949/470-3062 for information.

Even small rolls of yarn can make a baby hat. To arrange pickups, please call 949/309-1235.