Friends, I thought long and hard about this. This morning, I decided that it’s something I simply have to do. I’ve signed up to knit for 12 hours on April 5, 2025, to raise funds for Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry, and Meals on Wheels.

Here’s a link to my fundraiser team (of one):  https://givebutter.com/knitforfood25/marie-bailey/mariebailey

Please donate if you can.

Many of you know that knitting is my “happy place.” I can do other things like weave or write, but my deepest intrinsic satisfaction always comes with knitting. And that’s one reason why I haven’t been blogging very much. I’ve been knitting. Recently I completed the Elvan shawl that I wrote about here.

The first photo of the Elvan Shawl is from the designer, Florence Spurling. The others are my own photos showing more detail of the intarsia patterns. Generally, it was fun to knit, and the yarn was wonderful to work with.

After these photos were taken, I sent the shawl to a friend. This particular friend was someone I knew from high school, someone I had lost touch with until a few years ago when I heard that her mother had died from Covid. And then a couple of years later, she was diagnosed with cancer. Thankfully, she’s gone through her treatments and (so far, so good) has been doing well. I thought of her often while I was knitting the shawl, thinking of how sweet the soft wool yarn would feel against her skin.

She wrote to me when she received the shawl. She wrote all the words that makes a knitter’s heart sing.

And so I keep knitting.

For the Knit-a-Thon, I’m planning to knit socks. I have quite a stash of sock yarn, and socks can be done quickly. Plus, who doesn’t need socks?!

So, if you can, if you have the means, please consider donating to my team of one: https://givebutter.com/knitforfood25/marie-bailey/mariebailey. You’d make me a happy knitter.

Thank you for reading! As you can see in the photo below, Raji continues to perfect his SnuggleBunny persona.