It’s time to mail off another batch of sweaters to Knit for Kids. I sent the last batch in November and it seems as though hardly any time has gone by since then. However, the knitting closet was starting to fill up again, so I’m sending another batch of nine sweaters, most of them in larger sizes, to the organization in upstate New York for distribution. This will bring my total of sweaters shipped to 35, although I have a good start already on the next shipment and am currently knitting no. 38 in a lovely springtime pastel apricot color.
The last time I got a postcard acknowledging a shipment it showed children in Grants, New Mexico wearing hand knit sweaters given to them by the project and that made me wish for a more local distribution center so the sweaters wouldn’t have to go back and forth across the country. However, the organization ships according to the needs of children all over the world, so I depend on them to decide where the current need is the greatest.
At the same time, I’ve started volunteering with a group that makes baby blankets and hats for newborns for local distribution, so I know that these are not being shipped all over, therefore saving on transportation costs. I’ll tell you a bit more about them another time.
The last time I got a postcard acknowledging a shipment it showed children in Grants, New Mexico wearing hand knit sweaters given to them by the project and that made me wish for a more local distribution center so the sweaters wouldn’t have to go back and forth across the country. However, the organization ships according to the needs of children all over the world, so I depend on them to decide where the current need is the greatest.
At the same time, I’ve started volunteering with a group that makes baby blankets and hats for newborns for local distribution, so I know that these are not being shipped all over, therefore saving on transportation costs. I’ll tell you a bit more about them another time.
2 comments:
Bless you, clairz!
I have found so little time for knitting lately. I finished the first sweater and have started the second ... all in the time that you have completed NINE of them!!!
I have a lot of work to do if I am going to catch you ... hahaha....
I'll be interested to find out more about the organization that makes blankets and hats for newborns.
Well, Towanda, I happen to know that you've been a bit busy with fixing up your house to sell it, and looking for and buying your new house in New Mexico. I can't stop smiling about that. There will be plenty of time for knitting and looking at your wonderful new mountain view...
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