Valley volunteers knitting clothing to those in need this winter [Video]

More than 1,100 clothing items made their way to families in need Thursday thanks to the people who made the items by hand.

As a volunteer at The Lamb’s Loom, Aylen Valladares said she has one goal when she picks up her knitting tools to create clothing that will be donated.

“To better the world,” Valladares said. “I love that they can be warm and they also know people who really care about them.”

Valladares and other Lamb’s Loom volunteers are making that happen one stitch at a time.

“Our phrase around here is we stitch it forward,” Lamb’s Loom co-founder Jeanie Rowell said.

Rowell said Lamb’s Loom started 16 years ago as a group of friends knitting and donating clothes. 

Now they have a permanent location in McAllen where they collect donations and teach others how to knit. 

All the items knitted are donated to over 25 different organizations, …