Today is kinda blah...
I'm not feeling really well. I think it's due to the travel and being home again. Or allergies. Or weather. Or all of the above. It's rainy and nasty outside today, and I'm congested and having unhappy stomach issues... and well... I'm feeling rather blah. So I've been catching up on DVR'd tv and my MaryJanesFarm magazines on the couch. That's what really prompted this post. Nothing makes me feel better than spreading news of the good deeds of others and worthy causes...
So... since I know there are crocheters and knitters among my friends (hi, y'all!! :D) and I know first-hand that knitters at least always have a very large stash of yarn and yarn leftovers, some of which is totally unusable and/or even downright ugly for any reasonable purpose that the stash owner can think of, and yet this yarn remains taking up space and doing nothing productive... I bring you the following:
I just came across an article in MaryJanesFarm about a home for troubled teenage boys that teaches the boys to crochet to help relieve the symptoms of anxiety and anger issues, among other behavioral and emotional problems. They make lap-quilts to donate to old folks' homes and they make and wear their own slippers. Some of the slippers have pom-poms. With deepest sincerity (in case anyone might think I mean to mock because I certainly do not), I think this is very cool and utterly delightful, and it makes me extremely happy that these boys can be helped and that they help others in turn. They make all this stuff with donated (mostly scrap) yarn and there's an address where yarn can be sent. I'm so raiding my stash for them.
If you'd like to send them some yarn as well, the address is:
Northwest Children's Home
P.O. Box 1288
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
So... since I know there are crocheters and knitters among my friends (hi, y'all!! :D) and I know first-hand that knitters at least always have a very large stash of yarn and yarn leftovers, some of which is totally unusable and/or even downright ugly for any reasonable purpose that the stash owner can think of, and yet this yarn remains taking up space and doing nothing productive... I bring you the following:
I just came across an article in MaryJanesFarm about a home for troubled teenage boys that teaches the boys to crochet to help relieve the symptoms of anxiety and anger issues, among other behavioral and emotional problems. They make lap-quilts to donate to old folks' homes and they make and wear their own slippers. Some of the slippers have pom-poms. With deepest sincerity (in case anyone might think I mean to mock because I certainly do not), I think this is very cool and utterly delightful, and it makes me extremely happy that these boys can be helped and that they help others in turn. They make all this stuff with donated (mostly scrap) yarn and there's an address where yarn can be sent. I'm so raiding my stash for them.
If you'd like to send them some yarn as well, the address is:
Northwest Children's Home
P.O. Box 1288
Lewiston, Idaho 83501