As the weather starts to get warmer it’s easy to wonder if we really still need scarves… the answer is yes, we do!
We give scarves all year long, whether it is 20 degrees outside or 105. The comforting function of the scarf is the same whatever the weather is.
So, let’s keep going; let’s keep knitting and crocheting; let’s keep donating to the YWCA; let’s keep comforting survivors of sexual assault.
Our “work days” continue, once a month in Edmond so that we can enjoy working together and seeing some of the other beautiful creations made by our participants.
We had a work day scheduled for Feb. 6th from 2-5. However, due to the snow the Memorial Rd. church has changed their worship time to 2:45 in the afternoon, so we’re going to cancel the work day.
Everyone is invited to the service at MRCC and welcome to stay & visit after it.
Our next work day is March 6th, we look forward to seeing you there!
I’m so thankful for the great variety of people that are helping make Threads of Compassion OKC possible!
This is a stack of 4 or 500 cards!
It was waiting on my desk when I got to work today.
I suspect it will be enough to get us through 2011.
I had mentioned to a good friend and co-worker how the expense of the cards was adding up over time.
She has a relationship with a printer here that has provided great service over the years for her work projects. She contacted them and they were able to donate the cards that we need for next year!
What a blessing to have such good friends, and such generous companies here in Edmond/OKC!
It’s amazing to look back and realize that Threads of Compassion OKC became a reality in 2010.
It went from me reading about it online in late December to contacting the OKC Rape Crisis Center, delivering 6 scarves in January to actually delivering 225 scarves by end of the year!
It’s hard to find words to share the impact this project has had on me, and on others. I’m so thankful that my husband encouraged me to go for it and that the YWCA staff was willing to give it a shot as well.
As I look back over the year, I see that 32 different people gave scarves (well, actually more than that because 1 of the 32 was a group, the Knit Wits). Many of these are people that I’ve never met – they heard about us on the news, or from friends, or other online resources. Some have been very experienced knitters/crocheters and others have just learned—including at least one who learned specifically to help with this project. So cool!
So many people have helped make this possible, and to each of them I want to say thank you! Here’s a brief list:
Those who have knitted/crocheted a scarf
Friends and family who gave gift cards, cash, yarn, and words of encouragement
This month we got a box of 20 scarves from a group.
I asked one of the ladies to tell me more about them so that I could share about it here. Below is the information she sent.
Our group is called “Knit-Wits” at Putnam City United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. We started our group in the fall of 2007. We have approximately ten members and meet every other Thursday morning at the Church. We started knitting prayer shawls for our Church members who are hospitalized or in nursing homes or confined to their homes and in need of comfort.
Over the last three years we have made baby caps and blankets for the Infant Crisis Center. We have made hats and scarves, pot holders, hot pads, dish cloths, baby blankets and sold at our Church bazaar in the fall and contributed the money to our Daily Bread food pantry. We have donated knitted and crocheted items to Skyline, a Methodist Mission in Oklahoma City.
Our Church secretary became aware of Threads of Compassion through a television ad she had seen and mentioned it to our group and I contacted you for information. About that time, we were looking for other projects to knit and crochet.
I’m so glad that they found Threads of Compassion OKC and I look forward to future gifts from the “Knit Wits”!
Here are the 20 scarves, packaged and ready to go!
We’ve been trying out a pattern found on Lion Brand’s website lately and decided we like it!
It works up quick and looks great. The only trick is that the yarn needs to not be too thin –the ones designed for baby blankets aren’t great for this pattern. But any regular medium weight one looks good.
Not too long ago one of my great aunts asked if we could use yarn for Threads of Compassion OKC. I told her yes, we definitely could. So, she got my address and I came home one day to the above package at our front door.
Talk about exciting! I was so curious to see what was inside. After unwrapping it, I discovered it was brimming with skeins of yarn.
Then, I dumped them out so I could see them all! Here they are:
I find it so encouraging that through an email I sent to much of my family about something unrelated to Threads my aunt found out about it and wanted to help. I love that technology allows me to share about important things with people, no matter where they live. I think it has been 6 years since I saw this precious lady, and we’ve never even talked about Threads. But she read about it, and wanted to help. How cool!
I look forward to seeing the beautiful scarves that come out of this yarn!
