October 26, 2007 part 1

Above: this new knitter has only been here two weeks. Below: cascade yarn to be felted.

Above and below: new knitters working on scarves.

More scarves above. A client is designing a sweater in progress.


Our graduate who comes back every week for knitting knitted the gloves above and felted the hat below. How cool!

Above and below: Zelphia is our volunteer who always brings beautiful knitted creations giving us all inspiration.


Above: a new knitter who proudly is showing the world her first scarf.

Above and below: Leslie our knitwear designer who comes every week as a volunteer showing us her completed knitted bags with embellishments.

Here is Leslie explaining how you need to experiment sometimes with different sized needles to get the look and feel that is right for you.
Abby: Here is the blanket completed. It was great to hear from you and we can't wait to see you again.
Megan is our volunteer turned employee showing a woven knitted scarf/belt which she called a barf.







I have lots of scarves and projects above by new knitters.
Here is Amy. She used to volunteer here and moved to Wisconsin. She surprised us today with a visit and explained how she used to be an antiknitter but peer pressure got her knitting. The clients loved hearing about what she is doing now and her knitting story. She also taught a brand new client here how to knit.

Above: the prayer shawl is growing.

October 24, 2007 - Knitters in Recovery

We received beautiful purple wool and our client added a special fun fur touch to her felted handbag!

This blanket is for her daughter! She put ties on it and it also becomes a cape!
Here is a first project washcloth! She moved on to purling and is now working on a ribbed scarf.

Above: two newly felted bags!


Above: scarves for presents, a blanket for her daughter, and below, a beautiful crocheted blanket.


Above: this is a prayer shawl. Everyone here it doing some rows sending good wishes to our client's mother who is very ill.


Above and below: scarves and blankets.


Zelphia our volunteer always is working on something that gives ideas to all of us.

Lucia: finishing the sweater for her husband during our knitting group. Here I am with Guy. Many of you have seen Toby through the blog years. Toby was almost 14 and died on September 10. Guy seems okay with modelling scarves!

Below: a soft pink scarf for a mom who is very ill.


Hi! Thanks everyone for the kind wishes and support for our knitting program. With everyone's help we have lots of new knitters in recovery! We have had many clients complete residential this past month and move to outpatient and now we have many new residential clients and all are learning to knit. It is always fun to knit in the fall because of the need for scarves and hats and holiday gifts. It is thrilling to watch people learn the joy of being able to make something out of a ball of yarn. Many of our clients are learning about blogs through this knitting blog and they have such fun seeing their creations on the computer. We are always looking at the map to see how far and wide our blog has been!