Pin this: Annual Holiday Awareness Calendar for Crafters. I don't know about you, but to me, January/February is that time of the year that I crave order so I can get a massive amount of work done. Chances are: I am always busy in January, so it's really after Chinese New Year to get organised with my knitting & crochet projects and blog articles for the year.
For me, a calendar is paramount to being able to hold all balls in the air, and to be in-time to join the fun of annual celebrations. To bring you all along with me, today, I am posting the calendar I made with Holidays, Observances, Remembrance and Awareness Days for the remainder of the year. Please contribute, if you have ideas how to make the listings better for crafters. Love to get a few more creative entries, such as 'knitting in public' days and the like.
Annual Holiday Awareness Calendar - Crafters
Holidays, Observances, Remembrance and Awareness Days
January
| January 1 | New Year's Day |
| January 2 | New Year's Day' observed |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Day |
| January 1-31 | National Mentoring Month National Blood Donor Month National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month |
February
| February 1, 2020 | National Freedom Day |
| February 4, 2020 | National Sweater Day (Canada/International) |
| February 4, 2020 | World Cancer Day |
| February 14, 2020 | Valentine's Day |
| February 15, 2020 | International Childhood Cancer Day |
| February 16–23, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness Week |
| February 17, 2020 | Random Acts of Kindness Day |
| February 17, 2020 | Presidents' Day |
| February 26, 2020 | National Wear Red Day (heart health) |
| February, 2020 | National Cancer Prevention Month |
April
| April 7, 2020 | World Health Day |
| April 13, 2020 | Thomas Jefferson's Birthday |
| April 16, 2020 | Easter Sunday |
| April 22, 2020 | Earth Day |
| April 27, 2020 | Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | /tr>
May
| May 1, 2020 | International Labor Day | |
| May 14 –20, 2020 | National Women's Health Week | |
| May, 2020 | Helping American Youth Month Scholarship Month Social Media Month | |
| May 14, 2020 | Mother's Day | |
| May 29, 2020 | Memorial Day |
June
| June 18, 2020 | Father's Day |
| June 18 -ish, 2020 | Knitting in Public Day |
July/August
| July 1 – 31, 2020 | Christmas-in-July Month |
| July 4, 2020 | Independence Day |
| July 30, 2020 | International Day of Friendship |
| July 1 – 31, 2020 | Purposeful Parenting Month |
| Mid-August, 2020 | Back-to-school |
September
| September 4 | Labor Day - USA |
| September 22 | September equinox |
| September 23 | Native Americans' Day (California) |
| September 29 | World Heart Day |
| September 1 – 30 | Childhood Cancer Awareness month |
| September 1 – 30 | Children’s Good Manners Month |
| September 1 – 30 | Self-Improvement Month |
Native Americans' Day - celebration
October
| October 2 | International Day of Non-Violence |
| October 3 | Rosh Hashana |
| October 3 | Child Health Day |
| October 4 | Feast of St Francis of Assisi |
| October 5 | World Teachers Day |
| October 10 | Columbus Day Native Americans' Day Indigenous People's Day |
| October 12 | Yom Kippur |
| October 15 | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day |
| October 16 – 22 | National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) |
| October 17 | Boss's Day |
| October 29 | Diwali/Deepavali |
| October 31 | Halloween |
| October 1 – October 31 | ADHD Awareness Month |
| October 1 – October 31 | Bullying Prevention Month |
November 2020
| November 1 | Tuesday All Saints' Day / All Souls' Day |
| November 11 | Veterans Day |
| November 13 | World Kindness Day |
| November 24 | Thanksgiving Day |
| November 25 | Presidents' Day Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day |
| November 25 | Black Friday |
| November 25 | American Indian Heritage Day |
| November 27 | First Sunday of Advent |
| November 28 | Cyber Monday |
| November 1 – November 30 | Runaway Prevention Month |
December 2020
| December 1 | World AIDS Day |
| December 10 | Human Rights Day |
| December 6 | St Nicholas' Day |
| December 8 | Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian |
| December 12 | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| December 13 | Christmas Jumper Day |
| December 21 | December Solstice |
| December 24-27 | Christmas |
| December 25 | Chanukah/Hanukkah |
| December 26 | wanzaa (till Jan 1) |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve |
Got something to contribute to our holiday awareness calendar for crafters?
If you have a cause you feel strongly about and would like to add it to my calendar, please contact me. Let's add it. And... any other community day theme relating to knitting or crochet? Let us know.
First published September 14, 2016. Updated 2024.
