October 24, 2008 - Yeaaa! Phillies!

The Phillies won the World Series! We are thrilled!

Lots of changes here at Interim House with discharges, this means admissions, which means many new knitters to teach! Here are some photos:








Zelphia, our volunteer, with short rows on either side of the above scarf.
The black and red blanket is finally done and was bound off this week. She loves it and is making another. This one is for her daughter. She is doing one for herself in shades of beige.


Here is our sock lady above with a felted bag to carry her sock projects and below she is showing us her latest pair of socks!




Linda our nurse is still learning socks, our socklady is her teacher. Below: Leslie is showing us her latest beautiful project.

Oct 3, 10, and 17, 2008

October 3 was our Graduation Celebration for the clients who completed both 6 months residential and 6 months outpatient. Our 14 graduates, their guests, and staff had an enjoyable time. The weather here in Philadelphia cooperated and we had a beautiful day. Above Yvette, who works here, is getting ready to welcome the graduates.
I am combining the following two weeks of our knitting group creations and there is a lot of knitting besides my photos! I am just behind!



Above and below: new knitters with their first projects.

Below: we have a lot of fancy blankets going!
And here is our handbag gallery:


Zelphia, our volunteer, showing us a shrug above and a shawl below.

A baby blanket in grandma's washcloth pattern!!!!!
Above, a handbag made with cotton yarn worked just fine and doesn't need to be felted.
Linda, our nurse, is still working on mastering socks.


Above: Lynn, who works here is joining squares to make a blanket.


Above: very fancy recycled yarn is being knit into an intricate shawl by our socklady.
Katie, who works here, is inspiring others to make ponchos.

Above and below: two first time scarf knitters with their first projects in homespun yarn!


Above; Linda our volunteer is showing the clients a scarf she finished using fancy ladder yarn.
Lucia is making a sweater for her husband. We are watching it get bigger each week.



Zelphia with a fancy scarf. She is always inspiring us with new patterns and projects.