Last week I told you about the plan to cover a bridge in knitting in Cambridge, Ontario. Now the woman behind the plan, Sue Sturdy, has gotten the insurance she needs to make the project a reality. The plan is to cover the bridge with knit panels throughout the month of September.
Parents all along the east coast have probably got a bad case of cabin fever by now, wondering what else they can possibly do to keep their kids occupied during this record snow storm with its marathon of days off from school. One friendly neighbor from Frederick, Maryland, reports that she taught her neighbor kids to knit. The 10-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, have both taken to the craft, with the boy knitting a belt and the girl working on a poncho. Great thinking! (If you want to try it yourself, here are some thoughts on teaching kids to knit.)
On the charity front this week, there's news of knitting chemo caps in Minnesota, hats for preemies in Vermont and sweaters for African babies knit by big-hearted crafters in New Zealand.
This final bit of news is actually about crochet, but it's just so cool I couldn't resist mentioning it. Kate Pokorny, a New York crocheter, sought and has received funding to crochet and felt a yurt made of wool from New Hampshire. She says it will take more than 500 pounds of wool to build the house-sized self-supporting structure. Learn more and follow her progress at Yurt Alert.
Parents all along the east coast have probably got a bad case of cabin fever by now, wondering what else they can possibly do to keep their kids occupied during this record snow storm with its marathon of days off from school. One friendly neighbor from Frederick, Maryland, reports that she taught her neighbor kids to knit. The 10-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, have both taken to the craft, with the boy knitting a belt and the girl working on a poncho. Great thinking! (If you want to try it yourself, here are some thoughts on teaching kids to knit.)
On the charity front this week, there's news of knitting chemo caps in Minnesota, hats for preemies in Vermont and sweaters for African babies knit by big-hearted crafters in New Zealand.
This final bit of news is actually about crochet, but it's just so cool I couldn't resist mentioning it. Kate Pokorny, a New York crocheter, sought and has received funding to crochet and felt a yurt made of wool from New Hampshire. She says it will take more than 500 pounds of wool to build the house-sized self-supporting structure. Learn more and follow her progress at Yurt Alert.
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