Wow, it feels like it’s been forever since I posted a knit-a-palooza…I have so much to share, I’m going to have to save some of it for another diary.
I saw this article earlier about some activist knitters this week, and it’s the inspiration for this week’s title:
Grannies holding a knit-in to protest the war in Iraq clashed in a shouting match with pro-war activists in Times Square on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict.
About 30 members of the Granny Peace Brigade, some sitting in rocking chairs and wheelchairs, were knitting stump socks for veteran amputees and baby clothes for Iraqi families at the Times Square military recruiting station that was damaged by a small bomb on March 6.
“You want a piece of granny?” Frederick Olbrey, 70, yelled at about half a dozen war supporters gathered across the way as the grandmothers sang “God Bless America.”
Olbrey, a 1950s air force veteran, was campaigning with the granny brigade to demand that troops be brought home now.
I love it when I see that people are still involved and out there doing things to change the world at age 70 and above. It makes me think maybe I can do the same thing when I’m their age. 🙂
I was away last weekend and didn’t pick up my knitting at all, but I made up for it in the evenings this week.
First, I made quite a bit of progress on my sweater: it has pockets and side cables now, and I just have 2 more rows until I knit the pocket stitches onto the body.
My feet were cold on Thursday, so I finally bound off my new socks. I think the colors and stripes remind me of easter eggs:
And I came home from dropping stuff off at the Obama campaign HQ yesterday to this lovely surprise in my mailbox:
It’s a little drawstring bag my mom made for me to throw my sock knitting in and take along with me – I do a lot of my knitting when I’m sitting and waiting for the boys at music lessons or orthodontist appointments. The fabric has sock monkeys all over it, and I love it!
So, what’s needling you this week?