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Prime Publishing Raises Money for the Addus Hope Foundation February 26 , 2024

Northbrook, IL – From February 19-February 25, 2024, Prime Publishing raised money for the Addus Hope Foundation through its quarterly Clicks

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Prime Publishing Hosts 3rd Annual Cards for Veterans Charity Drive November 17 , 2023

Northbrook, IL – From October 1 through October 31 2023, Prime Publishing hosted their third annual Card Drive for Veterans through its websit

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Prime Publishing Raises Money for the American Red Cross of Hawaii September 15 , 2023

Northbrook, IL – From August 28-September 3, 2023, Prime Publishing raised money for the American Red Cross of Hawaii through its quarterly Cl

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Prime Publishing Hosts Security Blankets Charity Drive

From November 16 – December 17, 2018, Prime Publishing hosted a Security Blankets Charity Drive through its website AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns.com. Prime partnered with Project Linus, an organization that donates handmade blankets to sick and traumatized children, while Lorna’s Laces, a Chicago-based yarn company, sponsored the drive. Prime Publishing received 111 handmade blankets from nearly every state in the Union, thanks to AFCAP’s generous and talented readers.

“This charity drive was my first at Prime,” said Jaji Hammer, the drive’s organizer and AFCAP’s newest editor. “I didn’t know quite what to expect, given blankets can take a while to make, whether you’re crocheting, knitting, or sewing. But the blankets just poured in! I’m so beyond grateful for Prime’s community of crafters!”

Hammer worked closely with one of Project Linus’ local chapter coordinator’s, Judi Goldman, who has run the North Chicago, IL chapter for decades, and has facilitated disbursement of many of the over 170,000 blanket donations it has received.

“Last week, Jaji Hammer brought 111 of the most beautiful handmade blankets to my home,” said Goldman. “Each one is beautifully handmade with lively colors and cozy patterns. One hundred and eleven children will be comforted by these blankets, as well as their family, friends, and medical staff.”

And, as an added bonus for the crafters who donated blankets, each was entered to win a beautiful yarn bundle giveaway from Lorna’s Laces worth $50.

Prime Publishing and Project Linus plan to collaborate annually on this charitable endeavor, and strive to collect more and more blankets each year. Goldman said, “We are so grateful to Prime Publishing, their staff, and all of the crafters who donated their time, talent, and love to make blankets for the children Project Linus serves.”

And we at Prime are so grateful for Project Linus.

For more information on Project Linus, click here.

Prime Publishing Participates in Letters to Santa Program

In December 2018, Prime Publishing participated in the annual Chicago Sun-Times’ Letters to Santa program, which collects toys for under-served children around the Chicagoland area. Each year, thousands of elementary and daycare students from all religious backgrounds write letters to Santa, asking the jolly old elf for Christmas presents. And each year, the Sun-Times reviews those letters and sends them to individuals and companies that sign up to act as “elves” to help fulfill the children’s wishes. The Sun-Times sent Prime 15 letters from a daycare located in Garfield Park, an under-served community on Chicago’s west side, and Prime employees got busy buying toys for the children. The Prime Christmas tree certainly looked very festive once everyone nestled their wrapped gifts beneath its boughs!

“It’s such a happy sight!” Jaji Hammer, Editor, said upon seeing all the presents piled high. As she examined the beautiful wrapping, she remarked, “Everyone wrote their kids the sweetest, encouraging letters from ‘Santa’!”

Many at Prime also donated money directly to the Sun-Times’ Empty Stocking Fund which uses the funds to purchase gifts where needed.

“I am so grateful for your partnership and support,” said Nykia Wright, Interim CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Trustee of the Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust. “Because of your generosity, we were able to give a gift to every single child who wrote a note to Santa this year.”

Together with thousands of other generous individual participants and companies around Chicago, Prime employees helped make 11,596 wishes come true!

Prime Publishing plans to make this charity event a yearly endeavor so we can help even more deserving children next Christmas!


Interested in participating in the Letters to Santa program? Click here for more information.



Prepare for Winter Weather with Our Free Patterns

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Survive Winter Storm Harper and make progress on your New Year’s resolutions at the same time with the help of AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting’s free pattern library.

Winter Storm Harper is expected to bring a lot of snow to a large area of the country through the weekend, and the Midwest is gearing up for it. Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from South Dakota eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast. Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.

Winter weather advisories and warnings are also posted throughout the Mountain West, which will feel the effects of Harper on Thursday.

Forecasters are urging residents to take precautions, including wearing layers and a hat and gloves. For those of you that might want to make your own hat or gloves, check out the free pattern library at AllFreeCrochet.com and AllFreeKnitting.com. Whether you’re looking to stay warm, learn a new skill, or improve your health, these free knit and crochet patterns can help! Recent studies have found people who participate in arts and crafts such as knitting and crochet “feel happier, calmer, and more energetic the next day.” The healing benefits range from simply calming you down and easing your stress to potentially relieving depression and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists now believe that “crafts, such as crocheting, can help stimulate that dopamine release to allow us to feel happier and better about ourselves.”

Visit AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet to find a variety of free pattern inspiration from expert designers and top yarn companies including Kristi Simpson, Heidi Gustad, Red Heart Yarn, and more. Patterns feature high resolution color photographs and step-by-step instructions; some include helpful video tutorials so you can follow along as you go.

AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet’s free pattern library includes:

Beginner’s Crochet Scarfvideo tutorial!

100 Free Crochet Patterns for Winter: Hats, Scarves, Blankets, and More

Winter Wonderland: 17 Winter Patterns to Crochet – free eBook!

Winter Cable Knit Beanievideo tutorial!

13 Knit Hat Patterns for the Winter

Knit Super Scarves: 12 Free Patterns

PLUS: Health Benefits of Knitting and Health Benefits of Crochet

Prepare for Winter Weather with Our Free Patterns

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Survive Winter Storm Harper and make progress on your New Year’s resolutions at the same time with the help of AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting’s free pattern library.

Winter Storm Harper is expected to bring a lot of snow to a large area of the country through the weekend, and the Midwest is gearing up for it. Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from South Dakota eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast. Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.

Winter weather advisories and warnings are also posted throughout the Mountain West, which will feel the effects of Harper on Thursday.

Forecasters are urging residents to take precautions, including wearing layers and a hat and gloves. For those of you that might want to make your own hat or gloves, check out the free pattern library at AllFreeCrochet.com and AllFreeKnitting.com. Whether you’re looking to stay warm, learn a new skill, or improve your health, these free knit and crochet patterns can help! Recent studies have found people who participate in arts and crafts such as knitting and crochet “feel happier, calmer, and more energetic the next day.” The healing benefits range from simply calming you down and easing your stress to potentially relieving depression and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists now believe that “crafts, such as crocheting, can help stimulate that dopamine release to allow us to feel happier and better about ourselves.”

Visit AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet to find a variety of free pattern inspiration from expert designers and top yarn companies including Kristi Simpson, Heidi Gustad, Red Heart Yarn, and more. Patterns feature high resolution color photographs and step-by-step instructions; some include helpful video tutorials so you can follow along as you go.

AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet’s free pattern library includes:

Beginner’s Crochet Scarfvideo tutorial!

100 Free Crochet Patterns for Winter: Hats, Scarves, Blankets, and More

Winter Wonderland: 17 Winter Patterns to Crochet – free eBook!

Winter Cable Knit Beanievideo tutorial!

13 Knit Hat Patterns for the Winter

Knit Super Scarves: 12 Free Patterns

PLUS: Health Benefits of Knitting and Health Benefits of Crochet

Prime Publishing Launches RecipeLion Cooking Club

Northbrook, IL—Prime Publishing, LLC recently launched its newest premium product with the RecipeLion Cooking Club with Chef Addie Gundry. The RecipeLion Cooking Club features a library of videos on a variety of cooking topics from how to cook a chicken to hosting a ladies’ lunch. Each cooking class is about 25 minutes long and includes a printable eCookbook with all of the recipes. Select classes also offer helpful infographics to hang up on the fridge. A new class will be added each week.

The RecipeLion Cooking Club is led by Chef Addie Gundry, RecipeLion’s executive producer and the author of RecipeLion’s 103 Recipes cookbook series, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in bookstores everywhere. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015, and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.

Users have the opportunity to test-drive the cooking club free for 7 days prior to becoming a member. A membership costs $4.97/month, billed annually, and includes complete access to the library of cooking classes as well as notifications about each new class that’s added. Classes are also sorted into collections, so members who are interested in a specific topic can explore every angle.

Potential members can check out the site now to sign up for their 7-day free trial.

Prime Publishing Hosts Fourth Annual Prayer Shawls for Charity Drive

Northbrook, IL — AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting proudly partnered with Rush University Medical Center’s Prayer Shawls at Rush initiative during the months of October and November 2018 for our fourth annual Prayer Shawls for Charity Drive.

 “There’s more to the prayer shawl than meets the eye – besides just keeping you warm, prayer shawls provide comfort during challenging times. For a patient receiving a shawl, knowing that someone out there took the time to hand make the garment means so much. Knowing that there are others out there invested in what they’re going through, it makes a difference,” said editor Julia Wiatr.

This year, hundreds of knitters and crocheters from around the world sent in shawls to donate to this charity along with personal notes to the patient who received the shawl.

The charity drive, in its fourth year, collected 503 completed knit and crochet shawls that will be shared with local hospice patients. For more information on Rush’s Prayer Shawls at Rush initiative, and to learn how you can make a difference, please check out Rush’s page here.

Prime Publishing Hosts Food Drive with Greater Chicago Food Depository

Northbrook, IL – From November 12th to November 16th, Prime Publishing hosted its second annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The company-wide food drive, in which employees were encouraged to bring non-perishable food items into the office or donate money online, was hosted in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a food bank which provides nourishment to the people of Cook County, IL. With Thanksgiving occurring the following week, it was an appropriate time to give back to the local community and help those less fortunate.

During the week-long event, each of Prime’s 50+ employees were divided into four teams that competed to see who could donate the most food items and money. For every dollar donated online, a team received three “meals,” or points. For ever food item donated, a team received five “meals,” or points. The competition provided a fun way to inspire and encourage employees to donate as much as they were willing!

All food donations were dropped off at the Northfield Township Food Pantry in Glenview, IL, a local partner agency of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

This year’s Thanksgiving Food Drive was a huge success! In total, Prime employees collected 304 food items and raised $1,000.97 – far surpassing our goal of collecting 150 food items and raising $800. Employees are already looking forward to the opportunity to serve members of our community during next year’s food drive with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Interested in hosting a food drive with the Greater Chicago Food Depository? Click here to learn more

2019 Prime Networking Event

Don’t miss our 7th annual Prime Networking Event in January 2019! At this event, the best bloggers, designers, authors, and brands in the craft industry come together for one night to make new connections and make big plans for the upcoming year. RSVP today!

Important Info: 

  1. Admission tickets must be picked up in person
    -During Saturday show hours at the Prime Publishing booth, #851
    -At the Networking Event, anytime after 5:30 on. Doors open at 5:45.
  2. If you cannot pick up your ticket in advance, you can pick it up at the door of the Networking Event
  3. Complete and print copies of your Networking Event Cheat Sheet before January 16, 2019
  4. Event hours are 5:45-7:30 pm. It’s open-house; come and go as you please
  5. Bloggers chosen for this event will receive contact information for all sponsor companies at the event and your information will be shared with those company’s contact as well.
  6. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TICKET, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE EVENT. NO EXCEPTIONS.

APPLY HERE TO ATTEND!

 

What Bloggers Say About The Prime Networking Event…

“It is designed for brands and bloggers to connect. At booths on the show floor, I have to explain who I am, what I do, and what a blogger can do for a brand. The brands at this event already “get it”. So nice to skip to the good stuff! 😀 “

“One of the highlights of my trip to Creativation was the Prime Publishing/FaveCrafts Craft Blogger Event. It was a whirlwind evening that was over the top… great food, awesome sponsors, the opportunity to meet old and new friends while learning about new products!”

“My thanks for hosting such an amazing event, to all of your staff for the hard work and most of all to you, our hero, heart emoticon for giving us a place to connect with these great manufacturer sponsors.” “Best event at CHA!” “Thank you so much for an amazing event and for the wonderful goodies (I too did not get the list attachment), but most of all for being the largest driver of traffic to my blog.”

2019 Prime Networking Event

Don’t miss our 7th annual Prime Networking Event in January 2019! At this event, the best bloggers, designers, authors, and brands in the craft industry come together for one night to make new connections and make big plans for the upcoming year. RSVP today!

Important Info: 

  1. Admission tickets must be picked up in person
    -During Saturday show hours at the Prime Publishing booth, #851
    -At the Networking Event, anytime after 5:30 on. Doors open at 5:45.
  2. If you cannot pick up your ticket in advance, you can pick it up at the door of the Networking Event
  3. Complete and print copies of your Networking Event Cheat Sheet before January 16, 2019
  4. Event hours are 5:45-7:30 pm. It’s open-house; come and go as you please
  5. Bloggers chosen for this event will receive contact information for all sponsor companies at the event and your information will be shared with those company’s contact as well.
  6. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TICKET, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE EVENT. NO EXCEPTIONS.

APPLY HERE TO ATTEND!

 

What Bloggers Say About The Prime Networking Event…

“It is designed for brands and bloggers to connect. At booths on the show floor, I have to explain who I am, what I do, and what a blogger can do for a brand. The brands at this event already “get it”. So nice to skip to the good stuff! 😀 “

“One of the highlights of my trip to Creativation was the Prime Publishing/FaveCrafts Craft Blogger Event. It was a whirlwind evening that was over the top… great food, awesome sponsors, the opportunity to meet old and new friends while learning about new products!”

“My thanks for hosting such an amazing event, to all of your staff for the hard work and most of all to you, our hero, heart emoticon for giving us a place to connect with these great manufacturer sponsors.” “Best event at CHA!” “Thank you so much for an amazing event and for the wonderful goodies (I too did not get the list attachment), but most of all for being the largest driver of traffic to my blog.”

Prime Publishing Joins Craft Yarn Council to Celebrate I Love Yarn Day

Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing LLC joined the Craft Yarn Council to celebrate the eighth annual I Love Yarn Day on October 13, 2018. I Love Yarn Day, the second Saturday in October, is a day for yarn enthusiasts to share what they love about yarn crafting. The day engaged crocheters, knitters, and general crafters around the world to share why they love to craft with yarn.

Prime Publishing’s I Love Yarn Day campaign featured a collection of easy-to-make Christmas crafts that required little to no knitting or crochet skills whatsoever. These designs were created by our in-house team of crafting experts with the general crafter in mind to encourage using yarn in their everyday crafting projects. Projects included including a Yarn Wrapped Tabletop Tree and a 5-Minute Peppermint Wreath Ornament, which was also demonstrated during a special FaveCrafts Facebook Live event.

“I Love Yarn Day is a chance for yarn crafters to reflect on what their craft means to them and share it with others,” said Jenny Bessonette, executive director of the Craft Yarn Council. “Whether you learned when you were five or 85, these are activities that anyone can learn and enjoy.”

Yarn crafts are not only meaningful and fun, but they provide numerous health benefits too. Studies have shown that knitting and crochet can help reduce stress and provide a sense of pride and accomplishment. The crafts can even help with pain management.

“A survey conducted by the council in 2018 confirms the numerous health benefits of yarn crafts like knitting and crocheting,” Bessonette said. “We invite all of our followers to participate by posting and talking about how yarn has affected their lives.”

Visit AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting to learn more about I Love Yarn Day. Plus, visit the Craft Yarn Council for additional inspiration, ideas and tips for teaching others how to knit and crochet, free patterns, yarn party ideas, contests, and more.