Knit One Save One 

Just by knitting a 20cm square you can help to save a life.  Get your friends and loved ones in on it too and help us piece together warm blankets for children in countries that need a helping hand.  A 20cm knitted square is all we ask.
Actually, we need 80,000 squares – enough to make 5,000 blankets to go to countries like Australia, Cambodia and India.  

Follow us 

Follow the progress of our Knit One Save One project on our blog. You can leave us a message, ask us a question, share your knitting tips and sign up to receive updates as our tally progresses. Click here to see how the Knitters of Australia are making a difference.

Learn to knit

Don't know how to knit or just need a refresher? Click here to download our pdf instructions, or to view video instructions. 

All you need to do is:

1. Use whatever wool and needles you have and cast on enough stitches to make the square measure 20cm wide  
2. Keep knitting until its 20cm long
3. Cast off leaving a long (30cm approx) piece of wool at the end (so we can sew the squares together),
4. Then send your completed squares to us (see below for address details).

As a guide, we use size 6mm needles and a ball of 8 ply wool. We cast on between 30 and 35 stitches (depending on the tension) and knit in plain.

If you’re really keen (or extra talented) you could knit a whole blanket.  Just sew together 16 squares (4 x 4) and send it to us to admire and pass on to a child in need.

We’re not looking for perfection; we’re looking for knitted squares.  So send us whatever you make because every bit counts.  

We prefer 100% wool because it is more fire retardant than acrylic.

There is no limit to the number of squares you can knit, colours or patterns you can use.  Let your creativity go wild, have some fun and know that you are making an important contribution to helping children around the world Survive to Five.

Please send your squares to us at:

Knit One Save One
Save the Children
Level 6
250 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne VIC 3002

Don’t forget to have fun...

We’re serious, we need 80,000 squares so we’ve thought of every opportunity for you to knit:

• Knit and Sip - Invite a group of friends for morning tea (or a glass of champagne) and before you know it, you’ll have made a blanket - or two!
• Twit and Knit – tell all your crafty friends about Knit One Save One via twitter or Facebook and help spread the word (whilst knitting of course).
• A Stitch In Time – wherever you can - on the train, in a tram, in the park or in the dark – every little stitch helps.
• Tuesday Night Knitting Club – book clubs are so yesterday.  PS you can make it any night.
• Hang out with our online community at our Knit One Save One blog.

Want to do a little bit more?

If you’d like to make a donation as well as knit squares, we’d be delighted.  Click here to donate now! 
We are also looking for passionate knitters to help us sew our squares into blankets.  Please contact us via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 1800 76 00 11 to find out how you can help us!