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| Where I Hang My Hat |
The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray
Robert Burns
Update:
I ordered the yarn, the donations are in, and I got a call from the store...."We ran out of stock for the blue." Argh! For those of you who know me, I never say die. Off I went to locate yarn, the price would be higher but I am vested in this project, as I know that all of you are vested in me. After perusing the yarn extravaganza of the internet and counting the funds; I knew there would have to be some financial bullet biting on my end.
Epiphany! I use a tremendous amount of Brown Sheep Co. wool from Mitchell, Nebraska. I called and talked with the Shipping Supervisor Kathy ask about purchasing seconds yarn from them directly. The long and short of it was, no, but they would be willing to donate the 22 skeins of yarn to my little project.
I am overwhelmed by Brown Sheep's continued generosity with the knitting community and outreach projects.
Many years ago when I had started the knitting group of Old Lady Knitters, to make hats and scarves for the homeless in Providence, Brown Sheep Co. generously donated a huge amount of wool. I am totally blown away by their willingness to support this small project. The wool will be shipped out tomorrow.
For those of you who have donated, I have contacted you with options on how your contribution will be handled. Any money that is left to me will go to the class for something fun, teacher's discretion. As far as I am concerned it's a win win situation.
I am still going to put the names of states and countries on tags and attach to each hat. The support that I receive from all of you deserves to be noted. The tags will also intrigue the kids, I'm sure, how much fun would it be to have a hat with the tag of Malta in it? I would be pretty curious if that hat came to me.
So again, I wait, another week for yarn to start the project. What I do know, from knitting a sample is that each hat will take 112 yards, each segment of a hat takes 25 minutes to knit, there are 4 segments to each hat...and I know I will be able to hit my goal to send the hats to Nebraska, 1 November 2012. Thanks for your continued support...more to come. sara
Many years ago when I had started the knitting group of Old Lady Knitters, to make hats and scarves for the homeless in Providence, Brown Sheep Co. generously donated a huge amount of wool. I am totally blown away by their willingness to support this small project. The wool will be shipped out tomorrow.
For those of you who have donated, I have contacted you with options on how your contribution will be handled. Any money that is left to me will go to the class for something fun, teacher's discretion. As far as I am concerned it's a win win situation.
I am still going to put the names of states and countries on tags and attach to each hat. The support that I receive from all of you deserves to be noted. The tags will also intrigue the kids, I'm sure, how much fun would it be to have a hat with the tag of Malta in it? I would be pretty curious if that hat came to me.
So again, I wait, another week for yarn to start the project. What I do know, from knitting a sample is that each hat will take 112 yards, each segment of a hat takes 25 minutes to knit, there are 4 segments to each hat...and I know I will be able to hit my goal to send the hats to Nebraska, 1 November 2012. Thanks for your continued support...more to come. sara
