Snuggles Project

Welcome to the Snuggles Project!

Do you love to crochet? knit? quilt? sew? If so, I would like to tell you about our Snuggle Project.

The Snuggles Project was founded by our president and founder, Rae French, in 1996 because of her heartfelt need to do something for the innocent victims who find themselves in animal shelters without a bit of comfort to call their own. Picturing them in their hard cold cells made her heart ache to do something to help. So she got the idea of security blankets for shelter animals. The security blankets are called "Snuggles." Each animal would get a Snuggle to cuddle up with to feel warmth and comfort. Most shelter animals are kept in areas with stainless steel braces and hard plastic flooring or even bare concrete floors. The Snuggles would allow them to have a little reprieve from the coldness of the pen they are kept in.

Snuggles not only give physical comfort but psychological comfort as well. And not only for the animals -- the tens of thousands of kind-hearted people around the world who make them for the animals receive so much satisfaction from their work as well. Many have experienced the thrill of getting their friends, their family, their school or camp children, the elderly in their community involved in the Snuggles Project. The wonder of the Snuggles Project is how it bridges generation gaps and opens doors to community involvement.

New Pattern: Oscar's Journey

We are happy to announce the creation of a new knit Snuggle pattern called "Oscar's Journey."

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice ...
though the whole house began to tremble
and you felt the old tug at your ankles.
'Mend my life!' each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers at the very foundations ...
though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late enough,
and a wild night, and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.

But little by little, as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice, which you slowly recognized as your own,
that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world,
determined to do the only thing you could do ...
determined to save the only life you could save.

The Journey by Mary Oliver

We hope that you too, like Oscar, will recognize your journey as you make this wonderful new Snuggle for a very deserving shelter animal.

Click here to get the pattern.

Become a Member

We have created a special membership for the Snuggles Project to help support the project financially and creatively. Members receive access to a personal members area, have access to create their own Snuggles Project blog, chat with other members, receive special discounts from craft manufacturers and retailers, member privileges in events, and more.

Make a minimum* donation of $10.00 to the Snuggles Project to become a member and receive all of the privileges available only to members.

So what are you waiting for? Join today!

* If you would like to donate more, please feel free. All membership donations made on the above link are ear-marked for the Snuggles Project.