Last week my assistant decided that I needed some fun, and made a big push to recruit knitters. She made up colorful posters and had them put up all over the school. The result? My office overflowed this afternoon. Four brand new knitters learned to cast on and knit, my lone young man dug out what had to be my only crochet hook and started making something. A couple of basketball players came by to get yarn to knit before practice, my freshmen girls continued to work on scarves in some of the wonderful yarn that Paul sent a few weeks ago and a senior sat in my desk chair knitting something white and fluffy. Paul's candy came out and, while it did not quite disappear, it came close.
All in all, a solid, fun hour. Our collection of blankie blocks may now be full enough for me to put together the third blanket. I'll assess it after next week and decide if they will come home with me for Thanksgiving weekend. I had about 2/3 of a blankie going into this semester.
My assistant was right, I needed something to look forward to in my day.
3 comments:
It sounds like you all had a great time, and 4 new knitters!!! Way cool!
Oh, and Sprite said you needed more needles, so you may have another box of "goodies" before the week is over. Hehehehe... Enjoy, and keep doing good things with your kids. You're an example for us all.
What size needles do you need? Maybe Hobby Lobby will put their knitting stuff on 1/2 price again soon.
That's great that so many of the kids are coming around and enjoying the activities. That in itself is a rare thing.
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