Blankets for Baby Rhinos

“This group of 3,000 plus asks members to knit or crochet blankets for baby rhinos and elephants that have been orphaned by illegal poaching. They also want beanies, toys, scarves and blankets for the guards, air patrol, and children that live on the reserves. Not long after I joined, one of the admins posted that they are going to allow stuffed sewn toys as well as crocheted ones because so many people had offered to sew toys. I was so happy to see this as I am a fashion design major and a seamstress since the age of 5. I immediately started looking for patterns and found a cute Simplicity pattern for a giraffe. I sewed 2 and posted them on the Facebook page. I got 264 likes, yikes! Very soon after the post I was contacted by the founder of the group asking me to make as many giraffes as I could. To date I have 27 of them.” explained Sharlene Newland