October 16, 2009

This is Leslie, our volunteer, showing off her endless shawl. it is almost finished and needs a few final touches!!!! it is amazing.

This is a new knitter just finishing her first project. And one of our ladies wanted to show all of her projects together (above).

Lots of scarves!!!

Lucia, our volunteer, is working on a holiday stocking for her granddaughter.

Here is Amanda, our student intern, working on her scarf.

Here is our socklady showing us a new creation. We can't wait to see the laundry bag felted from last week!!!

These are our clients going around as we begin group and talking about what they are working on. And here is Allison, another of our volunteers, showing us a stole she is working on.

This lady loves to crochet and here are some of her projects.

Above, we can't wait to see the shawl, above, and below we have Liz, who works here, showing the clients some of her completed projects.

And this is baby Maddie, showing off a hat that I finished for her.

October 9, 2009

Thanks to everyone who has helped us with yarn and needles. We have so much gratitude that we can continue to offer this amazing craft that helps our ladies in early recovery. There has been so much knitting and crocheting going on this week.

Above: Amanda our new student intern learning to knit and purl from our "socklady".

Below: Leslie, our volunteer, inspiring everyone with her beautiful knitting.

Above: this lady just learned to purl and she is working on a shrug. Below, this is what our knitting group looks like.

People are getting ready for the cold weather!!!

Above: Alison, she was teaching one of the clients this scarf pattern.

Below: Stephanie, one of our volunteers!

Above: our knitting drawer got a little messy. One of our clients decided to straighten it all out. We use it all!

This is Michele, one of our student interns, learning how to knit.

This is our socklady. This is the biggest grocery bag we ever saw. it is unfelted so stay tuned for the final product.

Zelphia, our volunteer, inspiring us.

Zelphia is making a shawl and we are watching it get bigger each week.

Above Lynn Making her own fancy yarn tying together pieces. Below, Liz, showing off one of Lynn's scarves. Both Lynn and Liz work here.

Wow: she worked so hard on her bohemian pattern scarf which created the loops down the sides.