At this time of year, the knitting charity that I belong to, has the main focus on mini Christmas stockings rather that blankets, rugs, gloves, beanies and scarves. Many of our members, their friends and the members of the Australia wide knitting group K4C, work all throughout the year, on making the huge amount of stockings that we need...6000 this year I think it is!!
A trip to Costco with a cousin who is a member netted this lot; our cousin, a knitting friend and I bought these to donate. It's the best way to buy the lollipops; 100 for just under $20!
Joining in with Janine over at the Rainbow Hare blog for Wool on Sunday. Janine's post this week was about making things for the approaching winter; whereas here in Australia we're looking for ways to stay cool! lol
This year, I have already been given bundles of mini stockings that my friends have made...
The popular Jean Greenhowe pattern...
Another friend makes some in lots of pretty colours.
At the Zillmere Knit and Natter at the end of last month, a friend from Sisters of Stitch arrived with 135 stockings she had made for the group. She was able to see her stockings packed with sweets and bundled up ready to hand over to one of the many community groups that give these away as gifts to the needy.
Thanks to more generosity from friends and family, I was able to take a LOT of sweets to the Zillmere Knit and Natter!
And to finish the post, here is a photo from December 2013. I was recovering from an op and unable to drive. So sweet DH gave up golf for the day and drove me to the Scarborough Knit and Natter...where everyone was packing stockings...so he helped. 💕
8 comments:
the children are sure to love these mini stockings
What a wonderful initiative. My goodness that is a lot of stockings! They are very sweet; love the pretty colours!
That is an amazing lot of stocking! I'm sure they will be very well received. It was very nice of your Mr to help that year. It looks like he was doing a great job :)
Happy Spring to you and thank you for linking up with Wool on Sundays :)
The stockings are so cute!!
What a great donation of Christmas stockings. They'll surely bring joy to folk at Christmas time. Love the pic of your DH filling the stockings.
Love this, those stockings will bring great joy to any that receive them.
God bless.
What a wonderful thing to do. Bravo to you and your colleagues.
Such cute little Christmas stockings. It is interesting to see the different candy you have in Australia. I don't think I recognized a one!
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