Prayer Shawl

I just got back from my prayer shawl group, so now I am super motivated to keep on knitting.

This is about the 3rd meeting I've attended now, and love the fact that it is perfectly acceptable to sit around and knit for 2 hours, without feeling guilty for not doing something more necessary. (like cooking, cleaning, blah blah blah)

The women who leads the group informed us that they have given out 115 shawl/Lap robes since they started in 2008. Awesome!!!

Unfortunately I have only finished 1 so far. :(. I will probably spend tomorrow evening looking for patterns on www.ravelry.com. I gotta catch up!

This such a great way to give back to the community, and would LOVE to start something like this for those with mental illness and/or homeless. However, I'm thinking scarves and or blankets. Although blankets would take a lot of time, it could be very interesting to piece together a patchwork blanket made from several people knitting squares of various patterns.





Well, time to get back to my knitting! Goodnight!

Another Christmas Countdown

Now that its mid-October, the Christmas panick has set in.  This year I decided to branch out my Christmas knitting to those, not in my immediate family.  After all, my family is probably getting a little tired of the same knitted projects (How dare they!) 

 I am now working in a residential facility serving 8 adults with mental illness and substance abuse issues.   So, I decided to attempt to knit 8 scarves before Christmas time.  A lot of the people I work with have very strained relationships with their family's, and have not had a Christmas present in a long time.  Most have had very unstable housing from stays in homeless shelters, jails, hospitals, family members, and sometimes the street.  Because of this they have very few possessions.  They also have little to no money, so their only hope of new clothing is a voucher to receive used clothing from the Good Will.

So begins the Christmas knitting countdown...

Scarf #1:  the Scrunchable Scarf 

This is a free pattern found on Ravelry that is super-easy, reversable, and unisex.  This can also be used with almost any yarn or needles.  I am using Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Forrest Green Heather, and size 8 needles.