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About Us

The Scrappy Project gives new life to leftover yarn from projects once made with love. We help crafters upcycle the yarn they already own by processing their bags, sorting and preparing the yarn, and offering meaningful choices for what happens next. Some choose a tax-deductible donation, some choose store credit, and some have us turn their scraps into a mystery skein but every option keeps yarn out of landfills and in circulation.

We also donate high-quality yarn to nonprofits and community groups who knit or crochet essential items for people in need.

Our work is powered by dedicated volunteers and fair-wage opportunities for individuals who are often overlooked in the workforce. We honor the stories behind every skein — and prove that even the smallest scraps can make a big difference.

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Your donation fuels second chances. It supports skill-building, dignified work, and the nonprofits who use donated yarn to help people in need. Together, we stitch hope back into our community.

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Giving Yarn a Second Life Support and People a Fair Chance

At The Scrappy Project, we believe every skein has a story — and that story doesn’t end with leftover yarn. We collect the scraps and remnants from projects once made with love and transform them into meaningful new creations. Through upcycling, community, and creativity, we prove that even the smallest scraps can make a big difference.

Our Mission

The Scrappy Project gives new life to leftover yarn while creating fair-wage opportunities for individuals who are often overlooked in the workforce. With the help of volunteers, knitting machines, and a commitment to sustainability, we reduce textile waste and strengthen our community one skein at a time.

Our mission is a full 360° from donor to maker to worker to buyer to the final recipient showing how even scrap yarn can create real, lasting change.

Your donated yarn becomes part of a continuous impact cycle:
• It may teach someone to knit or crochet for the first time.
• It may warm a homeless person’s head with a handmade hat.
• It may comfort a grieving loved one with a blanket stitched from care.
• It may employ someone who would otherwise struggle to earn a wage.

Every skein creates opportunity. Every scrap completes a circle of impact in our community and in yours.

On our homepage, we track this impact in real time: grams of yarn saved from landfill, humans directly supported, and groups who receive our donated creations. These numbers grow with every bag we process.

About Our Founder

The Scrappy Project was created by Debra Schwartz, a lifelong knitter, community builder, and believer in second chances for people and for yarn. What began as a simple idea to make use of the leftover scraps piling up in project bags quickly became something deeper: a way to reduce waste, empower others, and build community through creativity. Debra’s passion for crafting intersects with her passion for people. With years of nonprofit work, entrepreneurial leadership, and a heart wired for helping those who are often overlooked, she saw an opportunity to combine all three. The Scrappy Project reflects her belief that small things scraps, moments, opportunities can lead to big transformation. Whether she’s knitting, dreaming up new ways to upcycle yarn, or rallying volunteers, Debra leads with warmth, humor, and a deeply rooted sense of purpose. Her hope is simple: to create a community where creativity, dignity, and sustainability all thrive together. The Scrappy Project is a division of Chana’s Light, a 501(c)(3) created to uplift individuals and families in need through community support, kindness, and meaningful action.