Soap Sack Social + Yarn Drive
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What if a ball of yarn and a bar of soap could directly impact someone’s life?
This Earth Week, The Common Thread is serving as a central drop-off hub for community donations in partnership with The Scrappy Project and S.A.C.K. (Supporting A Community with Kindness).
Together, we’re turning handmade items and unused materials into something tangible for our community—supporting individuals experiencing homelessness and expanding access to creative resources.
S.A.C.K. provides handmade soap sacks filled with soap to those in need, offering access to hygiene in a simple, dignified way.
The Scrappy Project is a creative reuse center that keeps materials out of landfills and reinvests them into programs that teach knitting and crochet to underserved communities.
Ways to Participate
1. Join the Earth Day Stitch Social
Wednesday, April 22
Drop in and stitch with us and Stacy from S.A.C.K. We’ll be making soap sacks using cotton yarn donated by The Scrappy Project.
Bring your needles or hook—we’ll have patterns and guidance ready.
2. Come to Scrappy Hour (Friday Night)
Join our weekly stitch & sip and bring your donations with you.
✨ Bring a full Scrappy Bag of yarn
→ get a free Scrappy Hour ticket
Debra from The Scrappy Project will also be there collecting donations and hanging out with the community.
3. Drop Off Anytime (All Week)
April 21–26 during business hours
Stop by whenever it works for you—we’ll be collecting donations all week long.
We are accepting:
- 🧶 Unused yarn (we’ll provide Scrappy donation bags in-store)
- 🧼 Full-size bars of soap (in original packaging)
- 🧵 Handmade soap sacks
You can also download free soap sack patterns from S.A.C.K.’s website, make them at home, and drop them off anytime during the week.
Cafe Perks
✨ Bring in a full Scrappy Bag of yarn OR 10 donated items (soap sacks and/or soap)
→ receive $5 off in the Common Thread café that day
Where It Goes
All soap sacks (with soap) will be donated directly to a local organization doing on-the-ground work with our unhoused community.
Yarn donations go to The Scrappy Project, where they’re reused, resold, and help fund creative education programs for underserved communities.
Whether you stitch with us, donate, or just stop by, you’re part of it. We hope you'll join us to help stitch together a positive impact!