In 'my world' the knitted or crocheted square figures prominently. I've sewn donated squares into blankets a number of times and while people keep donating such squares/rectangles, I'll keep sewing them up!
One I sewed up earlier this year... |
It just so happens that I'm currently surrounded by squares...and loving it! :-) The bags in the photo below are full of knitted squares. They have been given to K4BN by a teacher from a northside school. I brought them home yesterday to begin sewing them into blanket sized rugs.
I tipped some of the squares out of the pink bag to show how bright and colourful the squares are |
More squares at my house... |
Squares in indigenous colours |
I also had some much smaller knitted squares which were donated. So I've been picking up stitches and knitting a black border on them so that 'they go further'. I put this project aside when the indigenous project was more urgent and only work on it occasionally.
Last week I got an email from the organiser of K4BN describing the need for warm items. I thought about putting some excerpts from her email in a blog post. However, I think 'Jan Mac' (also a member of K4BN, but who lives in Vic and does an incredible amount of knitting, crocheting and sewing/quilting for needy people) wrote a very eloquent blog post which included excerpts from the same email. Here is Jan's post.
So just at the moment our home has become 'square land'...hopefully it will be 'blanket/rug land' soon. :-)
3 comments:
Thanks for the link to the ABC podcast - I found it amusing and certainly shows the PM in a different light.
It's HIP to be a Square" as they sang on Sesame Street a number of years ago. You are a wonderful person for putting those together. HUGS!
You're doing a great job Maria, especially as most knitters really dislike that part of the process. Well done you. I had a look at the JG link, and i'm trying to work out what stitch pattern she did, i couldn't quite hear it even tho i replayed it 3x. Seemed like a stockinette/garter combo? Good that she joined in.
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