Knots of Love

Making a Personal Legacy and a major impact is Christine Shively, Founder of Knots of Love, non-profit organization dedicated to knitting caps for cancer patients. However, the company does so much more for the spirit of the cap's recipients. "Making caps and brightening the lives of people who are suffering from the ravages of cancer is such a small thing to do, and the results have had a huge POSITIVE impact with the patients. Our data base has grown exponentially, and I am now contacted daily by medical institutions from coast to coast. People of all ages are in need of kindness, support and love as they battle their individual crisis."

Christine describes her inspiration for creating Knots of love; "Knots-of-Love was born out of a desire to brighten the lives of people in need in a loving and caring way." My grandmother taught me how to crochet when I was six. I hadn’t picked up a crochet hook for many many years and decided to give it a try. I made scarves and afghans for everyone I knew. My son asked me if I could please make him a cap. I said, no way, I have no idea how to make a cap. After his insistence, I decided to try. My first cap could have fit a bowling ball. I kept at it and before I knew it one cap turned into 20. Both of my sons, Geoff and Ian and ALL their friends owned caps. I kept making them wondering what am I going to do with all these caps. My dear friend, Linda Torr is a 21 year cancer survivor. She told me when she had cancer she would have loved to have had a nice cozy cap (like a pair of cozy slippers) to put on after a long day in the wig. After some research, I saw there was a tremendous need for chemo caps and thus Knots-of-Love was born on June 24th, 2007."

For more information go to the Knots-of-love website;