Sunday, May 13, 2012

A New Look

  It never hurts to update things and make them a little more attractive.  Today is the day for this blog.  I had the opportunity to change the look a little and hopefully make it a little more attractive and easier to read and find things that you might be looking for.  I hope you like the new look.  Stay tuned because more great crafts, knitting projects, and events are coming soon.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Day of Caring=Day of Knitting Love

  WOW!  When was the last time something went better than your wildest dreams?  This year's United Way Day of Caring Knit-In brought in more people than we expected and we were thrilled they were all there.  We knitted caps, booties, blankets, and prayer shawls and had a blast of a time.  Taking over the showroom at Lumberton Chevrolet I am not sure all the sales people knew what was going on with yarn, needles, hooks, and patterns flying everywhere.  Not only did we have a great turn out for the knit-in but we had a pile of items that were donated.  More are still coming in and all have to be tagged.  Thank you to everyone who came out to knit and donated items.  Especially those first timers who had never knitted before and are now knitting wizards.  Stay tuned for the final tally and check out our knit in page on Facebook.
  The United Way Day of Caring also involved other projects from around the county.  Projects ranged from landscaping to wheelchair ramps building and even a huge canned food drive.  To learn more about the Day of Caring check out this article in the Robesonian.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Getting Ready for a Day of Caring

  Tis the night before the Second Annual Robeson County Knit In and I can't think of a thing to rhyme with this.  Truth is I've been busy getting a head start to make sure we have lots of baby caps, and booties to share with little babies this year.  Using my knitting loom (yes I realize this is a little like cheating but it is so fast and easy and the caps are so cute) I whipped out a 4-H green hat.  The one thing I have learned is that thicker yarn is better when it comes to the loom.  Since I knocked out this cute little cap I decided, like babies a second should be on the way.  I  picked a more baby like yarn for the next cap.  It too is machine washable and will work for a boy or girl.  It is white, fluffy with pick and blue specks all around.
  Both caps will be part of the items collected as part of the 2nd Annual Robeson County Knit In which was created as part of the United Way Day of Caring.  Each year the United Way holds a day where industries volunteer manpower to help families in need and nonprofits with a host of projects ranging from building wheelchair ramps to painting buildings.  For the second year running a group of us will meet at a predesignated location (Lumberton Chevrolet this year) to knit our hearts out.  Knitters and non knitters are welcome we will add some lessons and lots of looms to our list of supplies.  So if you would like a day of knitting come on out to Lumberton Chevrolet starting at 9 am tomorrow and we will help you make neat and awesome items that will be donated to either the Cancer Center (for adult items) or Southeastern Regional Medical Center (for babies).  Last year we had about 100 items donated and hope to exceed that this year.  Any questions give Margaret Crites a call at the Robeson County Rape Crisis Center.  You can also follow us on Facebook at Robeson County's Second Knit-In.