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May 21, 2004

Lunch Break Notes

While sitting on her lunch break, having a Subway Sandwich, the author writes these notes:

Quick Knits

What is it about that Hot Head Hat? I've knit it again! This time for someone I don't know though. "Huh?" you say.

I emailed Mercy Ministries about whether I'd be allowed to send knitted items for some of their girls. Just some kind of way to help. Mercy Ministries helps a lot of young women who want to be rid of drug addiction or are unwed mothers as well as young ladies with other kinds of personal crisis. It's a Christian ministry so they don't get any government support. They rely on friends of their ministry and what not. I think I like what they're doing for a lot of reasons. I happen to be a single mom myself, for one. But also because I think they do what they do from the heart. They really want the young women to know that they are special and that is something I think all young women need to know. So I planned on sending the keyhole scarf, the Chunky Knits scarf, the Hot Head Hat and this nifty little felted tote (maybe someone can use it as a smallish diaper bag?). I knit things and then I put them in this little white paper bag that I got from my fave yarn shop. They just sit there when they could be being used. I had thought about sending things to this ministry for at least six months or so, but I kept getting cold feet about it. Then I decided to email. What's the worst they could've said, "We don't want any!" But it turns out, they can accept gifts such as these so...I get this little fuzzy feeling thinking about it!

I'll post the pic of the tote in progress when I edit this later. It's so cute! I want one of my own! I don't even know if I'll use it, I just like the way it looks...So?

Okay. So here are the pics of the tote unfinished and finished.

draw_string_tote_progress

draw_string_tote_finished

Isn't it just adorable?! I did have to pick out a lot of lint though. Whoa baby, did I! But the lint-picking made it a bit fuzzier and I think that was good. The kit was on sale at SWS and so I got it for like 28 dollars when I bought it. It's made with the very beautiful Noro 100% wool yarn which I've never used before but was really nice to work with. It had a lot of variation along the strand, not just in color but diameter. The texture was very nice and it was so fun seeing the colors change on their own. If you haven't tried that stuff, this kit is a good one to sample. This bag was done in about two days so it's not a whole lot of knitting (so I guess if you didn't like the yarn, the bag would be done before you knew it and if you do like it, I did the felted version and still had a little less than half a ball left for something else!). I hope one of the young ladies will be able to use it for diapers, pacifiers, small recieving blankets and small, baby wash cloths, and such. I would like to knit one of these for myself and incorporate a strip of a mosaic pattern to kind of branch off of what I learned from the samples. Good idea? I also saw another pattern for a lunch bag that doubles as a small baby diaper bag too. I'll have to dig it up and try it as well. This is so fun!

There's Good News, and Then There's Bad News

Which would you like first? How about I just mix it together! Bitter with the sweet kind of thing. Okay, so I went to Stitches With Style to sniff around and also to see the traveling collection of The Knit Stitch. First of all, it was so cool! The Einstein coat was just sitting on a hanger right on the door! Nice! But I couldn't take any pics of the show because of other issues. :( I did get to take pics of the shop and my fave yarn store owner though. :) I'll post them later too. I bought some sweet things though!

And here they are (uh, the pics from Stitches With Style):

sheryl_of_sws
LYS2 It's good isn't it? :) Sometimes I leave that store feeling so gluttonous...What can I say?

Knit some more!

Posted by stacey at May 21, 2004 01:12 PM

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