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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
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 Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 11:22:06 AM
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Have you heard of this great program from Save the Children for knitting caps to send to infants in need around the world AND make your voice heard in Washington that we need to do more to help these babies and families? I'm knitting three hats and invite you to join me. They're teeny tiny and don't take very long. All of the info is on my blog. Get your friends together for a Saturday morning coffee and knit up some hats to send off together. What a great thing to do at the end of the year - and in the spirit of Christmas giving!
Catherine
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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bybiddie
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
susan
upstate
ny
USA
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Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 1:06:48 PM
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Catherine, it's a wonderful program. I knit a bunch and sent them along earlier this fall. So fun to knit fast little hats and know that they will be keeping tiny heads warm somewhere in the world!
susan
Lovin' my life
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 1:23:39 PM
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| I mailed off my 25 on Saturday! I made all in Sugar-n-Cream cotton, but knit them in the round. |
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 1:35:37 PM
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Ohmygosh you guys are awesome! Way ahead of me. You know, I had heard about this program back in the fall, but I guess it takes a looming deadline for me to really get going. Your numbers of hats make my goal of three sound so small! Twenty-five hats is so great Jennifer! Susan, it's so cool that you did this too. I'm still going to jump in with my three (or maybe more now, you've inspired me further!) and get them sent off right away. Just figuring out which yarns to use. I'm going to do mine in the round too...I hate seams!
Catherine :)
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 2:12:48 PM
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| Catherine, I've been stuck in the house with a broken foot since September, so have had a LOT of time on my hands. Literally. |
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katiedid
True Blue Farmgirl
601 Posts
Kate
West Jordan
Utah
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 5:26:14 PM
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You guys, while I have been so sick this fall, I have been reading and knitting alot...my lovely husband, Eldon bought me a great book called Knitting for Peace, it has photos of all of the projects, the patterns and stories behind alot of knitting charities...LIKE THIS ONE! and project linus, the homeless shelter blanket one, the prisoner knitter program, one to send wool socks to babies and toddlers in cold Russian orphanages....
Thanks for reminding me...count me in!!
Kate
my new blog http/www.theknifemakerswife.wordpress.com |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Dec 18 2006 : 10:27:02 PM
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I just read the information about this project - it sounds so wonderful. When I think of cold little heads being covered in caps lovingly made by women all over the nation, it brings tears to my eyes. Those soft little babies - they ALL deserve a good life, don't they? I get so frustrated when I think of all of the hurt in the world it's hard not to get overwhelmed. Thanks, Catherine, for letting us know how we can take a concrete step to help...I'll start one right away.
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 09:26:13 AM
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| PS, check out the interactive map on the Save the Children website to see how may caps have been sent from your state so far. Way to go, Minnesota - leading the pack with 601 caps so far. MN farmgirls, do you if there was a school project or the like going on? |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 10:16:30 AM
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I am going to get started on one right away too..don't know how many I will get done since the time is short....but even one baby having a warm little head would be important right??
Thanks for letting us know Catherine!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2006 : 10:21:42 AM
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Jennifer, we have a really strong Knitters' Connection here in MN and I think it literally just spread by word of mouth and at local Stitch 'n B*tch gatherings (a whole bunch of knitters at my weekly Tuesday night gathering were working on them last night!). But don't let Minnesota's numbers get you down that your states can't compete! Go on! BEAT US!! After all, it's all for a good cause!
Catherine :)
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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