A Good Cause ~ part 2

This is how the "How to Knit" kits look now that they are wrapped & ready. Do they look like something festive & creative for a teen or a mom? Let's hope so!

A Good Cause

I made three "how to knit" kits for gifts to needy families in our area. They will be part of the toys & teen gifts collection at our church this weekend. Perhaps a teen will like a "how to knit" kit, or perhaps their mom would like it! The "kit" comes with a 14 page booklet (in a plastic envelope) with directions to cast on, knit, purl and bind off, plus a scarf pattern (shown in the picture below the yarn), knitting needles, plus enough yarn to make a scarf (or 2). One colorway is Harry Potter Gryffindor House (red/gold), and the other two are in purple and gold, local team colors. I will also donate the newly finished Sari Silk purse, as that seems like something a teen might like.

Carving Great Pumpkins

Instead of knitting tonight, we hosted a neighborhood pumpkin event for the "bus stop" families. We had a blast with 8 kids, 5 parents, 8 pumpkins, 4 pizzas and a few power tools ~ and no injuries!


P.S. We did talk about knitting, as our newest neighborhood knitter is now on row 7 of the scarf started during Monday's Yak & Yarn. Great progress!!!

Yak & Yarn

One of our new "bus stop" neighbors wants to learn to knit a scarf, so my sweetie gave her my email so we could set a time for learning to knit. Another of our "bus stop" neighbors is calling this event "Yak & Yarn" and I could not be more thrilled at the title! There will be the three of us, each at different stages of our knitting and hoping that our newest convert becomes as enchanted with yarn as we are. I told her I would get some yarn together for her to play with, sort of like a library loan... so she can decide which fibers & needles she likes best before she spends any money.... Does three baskets of yarn look appealing for jumping in?
P.S. For our neighborhood, our elementary school & middle school bus stop is the same ~ just an hour apart. I am at the earlier bus stop with middle school daughter and my sweetie is at the later bus stop with elementary school daughter.