Stitches Midwest and What Bex Found There
There is proof that Bex, Chrisma, and Shella attended Stitches Midwest - here's a picture posted to the Panopticon blog. Wearing their one-of-a-kind yet very-similar fiber t-shirts. Bex promises to post more about this later.
In the meantime, here's a new book and project that Bex found at Stitches and brought back for us.
Knitting Nell. It turns out that Knitting Nell knits. and knits. and knits. But she doesn't talk very much. The story explains why she isn't very talkative and goes on to tell about her MANY knitting projects!
An outgrowth of this book is the Good Scarf Project. Child knitters are invited to knit a scarf and send a picture of it to the Good Scarf Project's Web site. The scarf can be for anyone and made of any material. The only requirement? Well, here's how the Good Scarf Project explains it.
With the good scarf project, Nell and her friends hope to promote the idea of doing good while having fun knitting. An individual or group* knits a piece of what will become a "virtual" scarf. That's a scarf which is "knit" together with other pieces on this website. Each section is knit in honor of something good, and this information, along with your name or your group's name, is attached to your knitting at the website. Something good can be:
This whole idea fits in with Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe's Knitting for Peace concept. Project Linus, afghansforAfghans, Warm Up America, and local charity projects all find a home with the knitters here in the shop.
Come in and check out Knitting Nell - and find your own project to knit!
In the meantime, here's a new book and project that Bex found at Stitches and brought back for us.
Knitting Nell. It turns out that Knitting Nell knits. and knits. and knits. But she doesn't talk very much. The story explains why she isn't very talkative and goes on to tell about her MANY knitting projects!
An outgrowth of this book is the Good Scarf Project. Child knitters are invited to knit a scarf and send a picture of it to the Good Scarf Project's Web site. The scarf can be for anyone and made of any material. The only requirement? Well, here's how the Good Scarf Project explains it.
With the good scarf project, Nell and her friends hope to promote the idea of doing good while having fun knitting. An individual or group* knits a piece of what will become a "virtual" scarf. That's a scarf which is "knit" together with other pieces on this website. Each section is knit in honor of something good, and this information, along with your name or your group's name, is attached to your knitting at the website. Something good can be:
- a good thought (knitting each stitch for peace)
- a good cause (a charitable organization, maybe in your community, or maybe even in your school)
- a good person or persons
This whole idea fits in with Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe's Knitting for Peace concept. Project Linus, afghansforAfghans, Warm Up America, and local charity projects all find a home with the knitters here in the shop.
Come in and check out Knitting Nell - and find your own project to knit!
----Denyse for Bex of Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe
posted by Knit with Bex at 12:41 PM
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