November's Meeting

Hello Everyone!

I was soooooo incredibly excited to come to our last meeting and see so many people there. Fantastic! Hope to see all of you again soon.

Our next meeting is THURSDAY, November 6th from 7 - 8:30pm in Pennell.

If you're making blanket strips and they're finished, bring them with you or drop them off at the church office. Claire has 2 and Stevie and I are making them as well. (18 inches by 4 feet, three strips make a blanket). Also, if you've got one in the works, would you mind letting me know? I'm curious as to how many blankets we'll give out this winter!

Stevie wanted me to share this idea with all of you as well: the Pacific Fabric Store in Northgate is once again collecting knitted hats and scarves for the homeless as part of the Warm Up America project. A few of our knitters did this last year.

Other knitting ideas:

Based on the number of students enrolled in OWL, it looks like there will be 35 kids in Coming of Age this year! WOW! The "graduates" organize a service in the spring and in the past, the U-Knitarians have made felted bowls to give to each youth as part of the ceremony. I hope we can do the same this year, so it might not be a bad idea to start early.  The pattern is posted as another entry to this blog.

Also, I passed on 2 lap blankets to Alicia and the Care Ministry Team to give to members of our congregation who need comfort. She LOVED them (I'm sure you can picture her excitement) and many more such things would be GREATLY appreciated.