Annie's Gifts for Chemo, Snowballs and Miracles!

Annie's Gifts for Chemo Ravelry Group

Pictured above are basic knit slippers, adjustable neck scarf and leg warmers with a note of encouragement, item care and description of how to use the item if necessary.

Today a few more hand knit and crocheted goodies went to Annie's Gifts for Chemo, a Ravelry Group started by Kathleen Greco (bluesmoothie on Ravelry) and JellyYarns.com.  This group provides small gifts for chemo patients.  Please contact Kathleen (if you aren't on Ravelry, visit her contact page) for a complete list of items they need or if you have any questions about this wonderful gift of love for cancer patients. 

You might also enjoy reading Annie's Gifts for Chemo.

One of my most treasured books is by Kathleen...

The Knitter's Guide to Combining Yarns: 300 Foolproof Pairings

Make a decision to enjoy every moment and allow the small miracles to occur.  The big miracles are on the way.  It's that rolling snowball thingy kicking in for you.

Margaret (wishing I had a nice icey snowball today)

 

Are you enjoying knit and crochet friendships?

Projects, projects, projects are crashing into daily duties, stresses and a serious migraine this week.  I've missed my usual blogging days and apologize for the inconvenience of an almost daily knit fix from my corner of the world.  Maybe it's the universe telling me to slow down and enjoy my stitches more.

One of the things I love most about meeting many of you in knitting/craft communities and at events is the good news you send to me, learning about new products or charities that you're working on and funny stories that happen in your knitty and crafty lives. 

Silver Cotton Slippers from Knit outta the Box

New from my friend Laurie Gonyea...
Here's a new product from Laurie Gonyea at Knit outta the Box called Silver Cotton Slippers made with "100% natural Turkish cotton spun with 5% pure silver. The healing properties of silver have been claimed for centuries, not to mention it is also an anti-bacterial."  I was excited to snag a kit when they became available.  The Turkish cotton and silver is super smooth and easy to knit with and I had so much fun with the easy double knit pattern.  Another feature of the kit is that it has everything you need for the project. Yay!  I'm thinking a wonderful gift for a loved one or a treat for yourself.
Laurie has recently updated her website - take a look!

Kathleen Greco of JellyYarns has some exciting projects coming up.  Kathleen is quite the artist and one of the most talented people exploring and creating sculptural crochet pieces.  You may remember her Interview(Part I)(Part 2) and Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef.  Here's her link on Ravelry that shows her latest creation, Jelly Yarn Freeform Coral Reef Cone.  This pieces wascreated for The Institute for Figuring Hyperbolic Reefs, Rubbish, Reason Exhibition, Art Center’s Williamson Gallery, June 7 - August 21, 2011.I love that Kathleen is an intuitive artist who follows her intuition and combines her skills to create such unique pieces.  She also has an exuberance for crochet and the creative process. Kathleen is on Ravelry.com as bluesmoothie and the JellyYarns Group and Annie's Gifts for Chemo.



Enjoy your friends, share the creative energy and watch your world change right before your eyes.  Pretty cool, huh?  It's a lot like that pay it forward thingy that's all the rage.  I'll leave you today with two thoughts on friendship that I like.

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.”  Brandi Snyder

And...

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
unknown.
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Margaret (working on being a better human to my friends and kicking back in my new slippers)

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Annie's Gifts for Chemo

©MargaretNock, 2011. All rights reserved.

©MargaretNock, 2011. All rights reserved.

These items were made for Annie's Gifts for Chemo on Ravelry.com and founded by Kathleen Greco of Jelly Yarns. 

Nicole's Neckwarmer, Creating The Hive Spring Challenge: Spring Tootsie Warmers, and Spring Fling Wristlets. 

My favorite thing that I enjoyed about making these items is that it was a chance to create something different for the patients.  This group needs an array of items, so please contact Kathleen if you would like to create something from your heart for these brave people.  They will not be sending chemo caps because the hospital already receives them.

You can follow Kathleen on Twitter for updates.  If you'd like to participate, please join us on Ravelry if you would like to knit or crochet small items or contact Kathleen for details if you create small jewelry items, for example.

Thank you Kathleen for inspiring all of us with your efforts.

Margaret (always amazed by the power of open hearts)

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All photos taken by Dave and Margaret Nock, 2010.

A Kathleen Greco contribution, made with JellyYarn

If you get the chance to go to D.C., take a stroll down Constitution Aveune and please make the effort to see the Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian (National Museum of Natural History)  Dave and I had the most fun visiting on Sunday and took lots of pictures.  Here are a few.  Remember the Interview on knit1fortheroad with the super talented Kathleen Greco of JellyYarns.com? Kathleen's work is included in this traveling exhibit. Read part one here and part 2 of the interview here. It will be at the Smithsonian until April 2011.  You can also see the Hope Diamond and the Logan Sapphire Brooch on exhibit.  Just a little eye candy to brighten your day.

Marg (I love it when art meets science and bling!)

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