The world has become much smaller over the past few days. I have learned some new technology as well thanks to Lisa in New Jersey (who is kindly explaining podcasting to me) and Brenda Dayne of Cast-On Podcast who mentioned us in her podcast. I have explained all of this to our clients as well and I plan to have us listening to podcasts shortly. So thanks to Brenda and to the knitters who have written to me about donating yarn to the program. We very much appreciate it and I hope I have captured some of what we are doing in our knitting program. Many of the women say it has helped them sit still, learn a new coping skill, make beautiful things, and connect with others. We have volunteers who come steadily each week who work with the women and teach and inspire us. Lucia, Zelphia, and Leslie have been coming just about every week for more than two years now. Megan has joined us over the past few months. And the clients now teach new members and new staff to knit. So, thank you all who have written, who have sent us yarn, and who have volunteered with us!
Here is a collection of scarves by one of our new knitters.
This woman completed our program and is now outpatient. She has involved herself in knitting and has taken advantage of many of lessons taught here. She now knows how to knit mittens, socks, hats, felted bags, and is proudly modeling a vertical scarf mixed with many yarns. This was her last day but she plans to come back and help teach the new clients!
This is a first project by a new knitter. A very long washcloth.
here is another collection of scarves by a woman who has almost completed her six months of treatment here.
This hoodie scarf was completed by a graduate/volunteer. She is teaching one of our staff members how to knit and purl .
This is a baby hat among many other things!
These scarves were completed by another graduate/volunteer who comes back each week to knit with us.
One of our clients calls this her "recovery blanket". Our client has been working on it for months and says she is going to keep going until she completes her six months. It is beautiful with many mixtures of yarn. Often when I arrive in the morning she asks if I have any new colors for her blanket. She said when she lays it out on her bed, it is just beautiful. She has worked on this in garter stitch with a size 9 circular!
This is a first project by a new knitter using camoflauge yarn.
The above blanket is in simply soft in many colors.
This is a client/graduate/now volunteer modeling a sweater in progress.
Here is a collection of scarves by one of our new knitters.
This woman completed our program and is now outpatient. She has involved herself in knitting and has taken advantage of many of lessons taught here. She now knows how to knit mittens, socks, hats, felted bags, and is proudly modeling a vertical scarf mixed with many yarns. This was her last day but she plans to come back and help teach the new clients!
This is a first project by a new knitter. A very long washcloth.
here is another collection of scarves by a woman who has almost completed her six months of treatment here.
This hoodie scarf was completed by a graduate/volunteer. She is teaching one of our staff members how to knit and purl .
This is a baby hat among many other things!
These scarves were completed by another graduate/volunteer who comes back each week to knit with us.
One of our clients calls this her "recovery blanket". Our client has been working on it for months and says she is going to keep going until she completes her six months. It is beautiful with many mixtures of yarn. Often when I arrive in the morning she asks if I have any new colors for her blanket. She said when she lays it out on her bed, it is just beautiful. She has worked on this in garter stitch with a size 9 circular!
This is a first project by a new knitter using camoflauge yarn.
The above blanket is in simply soft in many colors.
This is a client/graduate/now volunteer modeling a sweater in progress.
