Group Mixes Knitting With Charity In Labor Of Love [with video]
WCCO - December 10 2006
A relatively small yet dedicated group of people in the Twin Cities are using their homespun skills in knitting, needlepoint and crochet to create clothing, garments and keepsakes for the needy that provide warmth and comfort within the twisted strands of wool and cotton, with a goodly measure of love in every stitch.The notion of "knitting for a cause" is nothing new. Mothers and grandmothers across the nation's heartland can, no doubt, recall the weekly quilting bees of their childhood that brought together a community's womenfolk in a prairie ritual that was part social gathering, part coffee klatch and part community chest.
Nowadays, the knit goods could just as easily be woolen caps for newborns or afghan blankets for Afghanis, or anyone else seeking insulation from the cold.
"We have found that people are just more conscious of what you might consider more important things…conscious of not losing sight of those who might really need a little extra help," said Mary Colucci, executive director of the Warm Up America! foundation, based in Ranlo, N.C. [more]
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