Super kudos, not just regular ones, to Rachel Goodgal (who, by the way, IS a good gal), for her knitting related Girl Scouts Gold Award. She's a local girl, from Wyckoff, NJ, who's project was to generate lots of knitted caps and blankets for Valley Hospital newborns and at the same time, encourage her local community members to knit as a relaxing and productive hobby. She taught Brownies and Jr. Girl Scouts to knit (and some have continued meeting with a knitting group that meets at a local library) and she led a workshop of senior citizens at the Christian Health Care Center, inWyckoff. She had meetings with both groups for several months. As a result, over 90 caps and blankets were created for the preemies.
Rachel was valedictorian of Ramapo High School in 2009 and a National AP and Merit Scholar.
I don't know her personally, but she sounds like a delightful young woman.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
great tips
I'm a pod cast freak, and in addition to listening to some serious stuff, I like to listen to BlackBerry and various fiber art 'casts. The last yarncraft podcast I heard, included some great tips from Lily Chin. She has 2 new books that are full of her tips for knitting, as well a crochet. I have implemented one of the knitting tips already. I don't know why I didn't think of it.
When swatching, to permanently record what needle size was used, Lily suggested YOK2TOG-ing for the number of your needle size! How smart is that??? So, you have your swatch of some yarn you're using again. All you have to do is count the holes created by the YOK2TOG-ing and you know. Just great!
When swatching, to permanently record what needle size was used, Lily suggested YOK2TOG-ing for the number of your needle size! How smart is that??? So, you have your swatch of some yarn you're using again. All you have to do is count the holes created by the YOK2TOG-ing and you know. Just great!
Christmas count down
Well, I've been counting down to Christmas since January 25th. I'm a Christmas person, that's just how it is and has always been. We're at 18 days. I have tons to do and probably won't post more until after Christmas. I will be taking pictures of everything I have knitted, as they get wrapped etc. I still have a few projects to make, but if I work on them in my down time, I should be okay.
Aside from weaving in ends and sewing on buttons, I have 1 project in progress and am swatching for another. The project I'm swatching for will result in at least 1 and perhaps 2 of a particular item. There is an optional set of projects I would like to finish but they are not absolutely necessary, so I'll work on those last. Last year, Christmas blew by me, as we were still recovering from our August move. I love this time of year and want to drink it in. It's always over too quickly. When I finish the few blog posts I'm making today, I will do some long desired decorating before I go to work.
Have a beautiful celebration of Chanukah and Christmas and I wish you lots of creative expression in 2010.
Aside from weaving in ends and sewing on buttons, I have 1 project in progress and am swatching for another. The project I'm swatching for will result in at least 1 and perhaps 2 of a particular item. There is an optional set of projects I would like to finish but they are not absolutely necessary, so I'll work on those last. Last year, Christmas blew by me, as we were still recovering from our August move. I love this time of year and want to drink it in. It's always over too quickly. When I finish the few blog posts I'm making today, I will do some long desired decorating before I go to work.
Have a beautiful celebration of Chanukah and Christmas and I wish you lots of creative expression in 2010.
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