Villager confined to rehab center continues to knit for charity

Villager confined to rehab center continues to knit for charity
from The Villages Daily Sun

Susan Heck isn�t able to attend Busy Hands and Happy Hearts meetings, where members knit, sew and crochet items for patients in hospitals and residents of assisted-living facilities � yet she contributes just the same. She�s a homebound member. Heck, of the Village of Silver Lake, knits blankets, therapy balls and baby booties in her room at Lady Lake Specialty Care � just as she�s done for the last eight years she�s lived in The Villages. �I do enjoy this and I enjoy making new patterns,� said Heck, who loves working with brightly colored yarn. Knitting and crocheting, she�s found, take her mind off her health woes. �Just for a little while,� she said. And for Heck, there�s always a sense of satisfaction once a project is completed.

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Stitching up a better life

Stitching up a better life
from Berwick Gazette

A STITCH in time may save a life if knitters from across Casey-Cardinia continue their good work. Local residents have been busy knitting woollen outfits to keep underprivileged children in Mongolia warm during the winter months. Guardian Pharmacy in Beaconsfield is running the Guardian Angel program and is offering free knitting books for interested knitters. The patterns featured have been specifically chosen by Guardian Pharmacies and World Vision to assist needy families in Mongolia. Pharmacist Chris Warne said the program was a great way to help disadvantaged children get through a chilly winter.

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On course for success

On course for success
from Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Some entrepreneurs get an idea for a home-based business by looking toward the future and trying to predict what trends might lead to profitable niche markets. But Diane M. Gracely of Ontelaunee Township got the inspiration for her venture, Kewl Tubes, from the past. �A lot of the golfers actually call them old-school head covers,� said Gracely, describing her retro product. �A lot of women used to knit them for their husbands.� Gracely�s pompom head covers protect putters, drivers and other clubs from clanging together in golf bags. She said the pompom style probably was most popular with golfers in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Senior ladies knit caps for preemies

Senior ladies knit caps for preemies
from Montgomery Advertiser

They knit and crochet caps small enough to fit an orange. Some of the blankets they make aren't even big enough to fit across their laps. Though small in size, the caps and receiving blankets are a big help to those who receive them -- babies, most of whom are premature, born at area hospitals. Once a week, the women, who call themselves the Purl & Chain Gang, gather in a sitting room at Westminster Village in Spanish Fort to knit and crochet the baby caps and blankets. They also make lap blankets for adults at Westminster's nursing facility. They make blankets and caps in matching pastel colors that range in size from caps that can fit in the palm of your hand to ones big enough for a full-term infant.

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Sharing a passion for crafts and charity

Sharing a passion for crafts and charity
from Asbury Park Press Online

It was a scene reminiscent of the sewing and quilting bees of Colonial times: a group of women gathered in a circle, knitting and sewing, chatting about their lives and sharing refreshments in the shade of an oak tree. But the 18 women at Cathy Peach's Berkeley home Aug. 6 were gathered around a large table in her air-conditioned kitchen, where they had a view of the lagoon out back, and were taking a break from their knitting and crocheting to have a slice of cake with cannoli cream filling and a cup of coffee or tea. The women, who have dubbed themselves the Happy Hookers for their penchant for doing needlework, spent the evening showing off their latest creations, the new stitches they've tried and deciding who would swap patterns with whom.

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