flared hat pattern: for sale now with proceeds to outside in!

whoa 3 posts in 3 days, so unlike me!  i meant to get this out here sooner, but here it is now… this pattern was originally part of the yay, you voted! pdf giveaway, which is over now, so since i wrote the pattern up for that purpose, i wanted to use the pattern for good instead of for profit.  (not that me getting paid isn’t good, because food and a place to live are good, but you know what i mean.)

so i made a more detailed pdf for this flared hat pattern, with specific instructions for a floppy version, like the mustard hat you see here, and now it’s for sale for $3 with 100% of proceeds going to outside in here in portland!  from their site:

Outside In is a social service agency dedicated to serving low-income adults and homeless youth. It began in 1968, and has continually revised services to meet changing client needs. Current programs include a community health clinic, a homeless youth program designed to help homeless youth obtain independent living, and risk education.

the way i’m planning to do it is every month or few months, depending on how many sell, i’ll add up the total for that period of time and donate it in a chunk, instead of giving each individual $3 at the time of the sale.  just so you know.  if this whole thing goes well, i plan to do more patterns like this in the future, for other organizations.  for this first one, i wanted to keep it local in my community, but if you don’t live in portland you can still feel good helping because it’s a great place to support!

also, i encourage using this pattern for charity knitting – it’s a super quick and easy knit, so if you wanted to make some hats to give away, you could whip up a few of these in no time!  you can’t use it for commercial purposes, but feel free to use it either to give hats to charities, or to sell with profits going to charities. yeah!

so here’s the ravelry link, where you can buy it/queue it/etc, or you can buy it by clicking this link.