Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Denise’s Project Pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a time for us to increase awareness and help support breast cancer education, research, and treatment. Watching my grandmother fight breast cancer and eventually succumb to the disease has made this cause very near and dear to my heart.

Since I feel strongly about supporting companies that I believe in and respect, and because this is a cause that is especially important to me, I thought this month it would be especially fitting to acknowledge Denise Interchangeables. Denise’s Project Pink helps support breast cancer research by donating a portion of the sale of each Pink Denise product to the S.D. Ireland fund. As of September 2013, Project Pink has raised $176,896 for breast cancer research.

Want to see one of my favorite pieces from the Project Pink Collection?  This is the Pink Denise dellaQ. They offer a knitting set, a crochet set, and a combination knit and crochet set. Five dollars from the sale of each of these Pink Denise dellaQ sets goes to breast cancer research.

The set comes in a pretty silk-blend fabric case that folds up nicely for storage and is easy to stash in your project bag.

The knitting set includes:

• 14 needle pairs: 2 pairs of US5/3.75mm needles, 1 pair each US6/4mm to US19/15mm, including US10 ¾ / 7mm.
• Four end buttons to turn any cord into a stitch holder or to use as an end cap for a straight, flexible needle.
• Two extenders for cord-to-cord connections.
• G6/4mm hook – every knitter needs a crochet hook!
• 17 needle pockets, 13 labeled in US and metric sizes for easy organization with 4 marked “Etc.” for additional needle tips in your favorite sizes.
• 6 cord lengths: 5″, 9″, 12″, 14″, 16″ and 19″ (13, 23, 30, 36, 41 and 48 cm).

The crochet set includes:

• 12 hooks in sizes F5/3.75mm to 19/15mm.
• 17 needle pockets, 13 labeled in US and metric sizes for easy organization with 4 marked “Etc.” for additional hooks in your favorite sizes.
• 6 cord lengths: 5″, 9″, 12″, 14″, 16″ and 19″ (13, 23, 30, 36, 41 and 48 cm).
• Four end buttons to turn any cord into a Tunisian hook or stitch holder.
• Two extenders for cord-to-cord connections.

So if you are in the market for some new knitting or crochet tools, definitely consider Denise Interchangeables Pink Collection and know that part of your purchase goes to a wonderful cause.

Do you want to know one more thing that I LOVE about Denise? EVERY part is made in the good old U.S.A., right in Charlottesville, VA.

 I have my latest project on my Denise needles right now 🙂