Topic: charity knitting
Word has just come in that 2500 folks displaced by Hurricane Katrina will be arriving at Camp Edwards in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Our thinner blood southern neighbors will be mighty cold once the New England wind starts blowing.
It is supposed that some of them will decide to settle in Massachusetts, and won't it be fun to show them all how warm wool can be? What a nice welcome a box of warm handknits would be for someone starting a new life here, eh?
This Monday the Neighborhood Knitters meet for the first time this Fall, and I am SURE they will be raring to fill up boxes with hand knit socks, gloves, shawls, scarves and hats as fast as they can. I invite all Internet Knitters to join this effort. I will post updates on items needed as information from the Air Base comes in. There are other knit bloggers who are scrambling to help. I would love to connect with someone near the base who can meet with the folks who will be living there. I'll be glad to supply yarns, needles and patterns if anyone can get there to teach/help/support them with knitting.
There is mailing info on the Neighborhood Knitters website, and if you get your things to me, I will send them on. I will have a collection box at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival at Rhinebeck, NY, in October.
Watch this space.
