We Have Yarn!

Bah Bah Brown Sheep 

Yesterday, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 the Big Brown Truck showed up at my door and brought me a lovely box from Brown Sheep Company, Mitchell, Nebraska. As I unpacked the box I was thrilled to handle 22 skeins of some of the finest wool that is made in the United States. How interesting that the "red string" has traveled from Nebraska to Upstate New York only to go back to Nebraska again. There is so much karma in this project!

To those who have contributed: thank you for letting me pass your contributions back to the kids, in our third grade. I know that the teacher will find a good use for the cash for a little "something" extra. Perhaps a map to plot out where all the hats have come from. Yes, I am still going to embroider state and country tags for each hat.

I have been working on a prototype from yarn I have in my endless stash. That hat will be given to the local historical society for their up and coming Chinese Auction fund raiser event, at the end of September. Nothing gets wasted, nothing. Imagine, a third grader walking around in North Country with a hat very similar to a third grader in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Along with the yarn, came another addition to my life. He's black and huge and his name is Black Jack. He's a teenager, 14 in dog years. Unlike White Jack who was a very old man, 84 at the time of his demise. Black Jack is full of energy and is very interested in my knitting, but only after he's had his morning run. Life is good here  in North Country! Fall is on its way. Blanket nights and sweeping leaves off the deck.

I have figured it out, the shipping date back to Nebraska will be 1 November 2012, just a short 9 1/2 weeks away. If I knit 2 1/2 hats a week I will accomplish the deadline. As the hats are knit, I will be showing you the results, as well as adding my 2 cents worth to the post.

As always, thank you all  for being part of this project. The Red String is working its magic.  Shalom.