Charity Knitting

I heard about this from Cara’s blog, but if you want to get in on it too, go over to Kate’s and check it out.  It had been a long time since I knit for charity.  Actually, I’ve never knit for charity, I’ve only crocheted for charity, and it used to be the only thing I really did.  I used to crochet hats and scarves to sell for our Relay for Life team.   I decided it was time to  do something good for the soul.

I made both of those last night.  (Sorry for the blurry pic, the light just wouldn’t work with me today.)  Since I’m a childhood cancer survivor myself, this is a particularly important cause to me.  The left hat is Lion Brand Homespun and the right one is Bernat Eye Lash that my dear friend Roma gave me.  I remember a time when Homespun was the Bee’s Knees of yarn for me.  How times have changed….  It is incredibly soft, and I really enjoyed knitting these up.  Hopefully I get another done tonight.

I’m also donating a hand dyed skein to the prizes.  Kate is compiling knitted goodies to hand out to the hat knitters.  The hats take a little over an hour and are well worth it.  If you live in Eugene, I’d even be willing to ship them for you.  So go check it out.