{"id":10772,"date":"2022-01-03T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=10772"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:08:24","slug":"knitting-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2022\/01\/knitting-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting & nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s now a bit over a week after Christmas, but I can’t yet share the photos of the gifts I made. I’ll be visiting a friend who will receive one this coming weekend, and can post all the photos after that.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I was totally inspired by last month’s Evening Meeting of the Weavers’ Guild of Rochester. I got myself some yarn and started knitting mittens to donate to people who need them. Thanks to Suanne Pascarella, my Evening Meeting co-chair, for suggesting this topic (making to donate) and for subsequently providing a vintage 2-needle mitten pattern.<\/p>\n

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The photo shows them in the order I knit them. The brown, maroon & gray stripe, dusty rose and light blue pairs were made from that 2-needle pattern.\u00a0 The little purple ones and the (solo at the point the photo was taken) white were made with 4 needles from a free pattern available online.\u00a0 I’ve since finished the mate to that white mitten and am knitting another child-sized pair on 2-needles.<\/p>\n

Although I intended to hang the mittens in a bus shelter, I’ve changed my plan slightly.\u00a0 As soon as I finish this post I’m going to call a local church that has a community garden in the summer and a food pantry year round.\u00a0 While I\u00a0could<\/em> just hang my donations from their railing and\/or bushes, I’m going to see if they would prefer that I bring them in for them to distribute.\u00a0 Either option works for me.<\/p>\n

I planned to knit a few hats to accompany the mittens before I\u00a0brought in the donation, but it is C*O*L*D today, so if the church would prefer to get the mittens now while I keep knitting, that’s okay with me, too.<\/p>\n

Parting shots:\u00a0 yesterday morning was just a stunner.\u00a0 We’d had rain overnight and then the temperature dropped and it changed to snow, so the white stuff clung to every branch.\u00a0 Just beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it’s now a bit over a week after Christmas, but I can’t yet share the photos of the gifts I made. I’ll be visiting a friend who will receive one this coming weekend, and can post all the photos after that.<\/p>\n

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