Monday, March 16, 2009

March 6 and March 13, 2009

Thanks to everyone who stays in touch with us. We all appreciate hearing from you. We received a note that I wanted to share from someone who said she is an avid knitter. She said "she learned to knit four years ago and the meditative process of knitting has given me much peace during some difficult times. I have grown up in a family of addiction and found help through Al-Anon and taking care of myself. I have great respect for the volunteers, employees, and mostly those working on their recovery at Interim House. Happy Knitting."

And here are some of our photos that I have taken during the past two knitting groups. Our volunteer Neil is here on his birthday! He is with Yvette who works here.


Here are blankets of many yarns.


Jean, our volunteer, knitted this hat for baby Maddie. Jean learned to knit as a child in Scotland. We are going to add rosettes and a satin ribbon.



This client is experimenting with some of the fancy yarns making a summer scarf.


This isn't quite knitting but I wanted to add it. This is Mikey who came to our pet therapy group. Mikey came with Pals for Life and loved his tummy rubbed. Some of the ladies want to make little blankets for shelter dogs. We also need a good pattern for cat toys for some of the kittens that have visited us through our pet therapy organization.


Here is Leslie with a shawl with mohair and yarn mixed.


Here is a first project.


And another. I wish you could see the smiles when a new knitter "gets it."







Lucia, our volunteer, is knitting for her grandbaby to be here soon. Look at the little sweater and booties.




Here is another blanket of many yarns.

Lynne, who works here, is joining squares she knitted.

Here is a felted handbag.



She finished a scarf using size 35 needles.


Jean, our volunteer, is showing us a stitch she learned in Scotland.



Jean made her first mobius scarf, head covering.






Linda, who works here is working to learn how to knit socks.



















Leslie, our volunteer, is proud of her entralac project.





This lady has taken stitches out of this hat many times. She gets an A for persistence. She is a new knitter learning circulars, decreasing, and double pointed needles. Above: she also made the above scarf and a hat to match.