The “Handmade Afghans to Thank Our Armed Forces Project” or HAP was started in December 2004 by Deborah Starobin-Armstrong.  HAP is an all volunteer organization knitting or crocheting 6″ X 9″ (arcrylic, 4ply, worsted weight yarn) rectangles to eventually form an afghan using 49 rectangles (assembled at a “Put Together Event”).

The afghans are then delivered to Walter Reed Army Medical Centers or delivered to active duty service members.

Interested in helping? Check out their website for additional information and easy to follow knitting and crochet afghan patterns:

http://www.rectangle6×9.org/