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November 05, 2005
Ten more blankets heading to Hurricane-Land
Fellow knitter Rachel Evans in Ocean Springs, MS, has offered to distribute our baby blankets in her neighborhood, which was swamped after Katrina.
Rachel's house survived fine, as did a couple of others on her block...but not so much for the whole rest of the neighborhood nearby. She says the topic of the hurricane and what everyone has gone through is still on everyone's minds, and some areas are still collecting food for the needy. Many are still in shelters. Many are staying in friends' RVs. But the atmosphere there is upbeat, with people saying things like, "Oh, we're doing fine, we only got 5 feet of water. We'll be fine."
We are sending Rachel the last of our current stash of finished items:
•4 baby blanket + hat matching sets (so cute) and 4 baby hats made by Edna Hart knitters with Edna's donated yarn (thanks Edna!)
•1 adult hat made by me
•6 crochet/sewn baby blankets, including ones by Millie from the Bronx, the sewn one from Alice in Denver, and the crocheted ones by Michele from the Bronx and the Mystery Crocheter from Silver Spring.
So, that's 10 baby blankets and 9 hats in this shipment going to Mississippi, which totals 29 blankets and 12 hats that Knitzilla! and Knitzilla!Worldwide have donated to help those in need since September.
Good work!
Posted by sedda at November 5, 2005 11:45 AM