K1H2 On Summer Break. Start up again on September 19th

Knit One, Heal Too will be on break from throughout August, until Tuesday, September 19th. If anyone is interested in information about the group contact:

Kate Jacobs Spak
Coordinator
kate@knitonehealtoo.org
513-231-1007

or you can request to join our Yahoo Group to get updates and information on our patterns and links for our project by going to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/knitonehealtoo/

Please join us at the Spiritual Practice Center, 2405 Grandview Avenue, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, OH 45206
Tuesdays 6-9 PM

Look for us at the Sew/Quilt Embroidery Festival

Thursday, June 28th thru Saturday, June 30th
10am to 5pm.

Check it out at: pcmexpo.com/dyn_events.asp?area=Events

You'll see our creations . . .and we'll teach you to knit or crochet for free.

Mark your calendars.

Knit One, Heal Too! Starts Back September 12th - Lots of Exciting Projects

Knit One, Heal Too! will start the 2006/07 season on Tuesday, September 12th, 6-9 pm at the Spiritual Practice Center, behind New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Avenue, in East Walnut Hills. Parking is available in the St. Ursula lot between the Academy & NTUC. This group is open to both knitters and crocheters.

For those of us who joined the group this past year, we were truly surprised by the deep sense of community and the friendships that have come from the "weaving of threads". It has not only reached out into the community, but through each others lives.

While we will still be knitting & crocheting shawls, we've extended our project list to include "peace socks and helmut liners" for the troups in the Far East. This project is being funded by donations we've received over the past year. Lou Kerr our most accomplished knitter is leading this project. He has done, the research, ordered the yarn, has the patterns . . .all you have to do is show up and move your needles/hooks.

We will be knitting children's clothing (hats, scarves, socks, mittens, sweaters) for the children of Kazakhstan at the Detsky Dom (Children's Home). The temperatures reach -40 degrees and they are in dire need of wool clothing to keep them warm. Our knitting/crocheting group is affiliating with "Children in Common", a group dedicated to helping children in Russia and other former Soviet countries where there a thousands of children in children's homes. While their focus is on children under the age of six. We will affiliate with Knit-On in Bellevue, KY, whose owner adopted three children from the Detsky Dom and is dedicated to getting clothing to the older children.

In addition, we will still be knitting caps, scarves, mittens for children at the Winton Hills Academy in Cincinnati. These items are much appreciated by the staff who use them as incentives for learning. These items are best knitted in acrylic fibers.

For those of us who love quick, short projects, we will still be knitting "Premie Blankets" for Children's Hospital.

As you can see, we will have lots of different projects to stir the creative juices. So join us, as we start our new season on September 12th. If you have questions, contact Kate Jacobs-Spak at kate@knitonehealtoo.org or call 513-231-1007.

Wine Maven? Hah!

The delicious wine in the blue bottle last night was Dr Beckermann's Auslese Rheinhessen and came from Trader Joe's for not much money (sorry Kate but it appears to be well below the Party Source's excellent standards). I looked it up when I got home and find that Robert Miller (a genuine wine maven) rates it somewhere between warm spit and swill. Personally, I liked it, and so did Diane and Adrienne, and I think we are much more discerning than Robert Miller. After all we are needle master and mistresses. I plan to lay in a couple cases as a hedge against alcohol deprivation. That, and Bunny and Vern's (that excelllent gene pool that produced our own dear Julie) receipt for gin/vodka martinis will see me through the remainder of my drinking days.

Knitting Poolside

Even the Knit One, Heal Too! group needs a vacation from our strenuous routine of knitting shawls, baby blankets, hats, socks, etc., etc.




Arlene in action!








Adrienne & Lou having at it!



Liz and the purple chenille purse.

Katy . . . our youngest member, and the only one to get in the pool!



Lee and Arlene competing in the shawl category!



Patty seriously untangling the "Pound o'Love" in completion of the White Blanket.



Steph on her 1,000,000 granny square. You go girl!










Our always smiling and quiet beautiful Diane, working on her baby blanket.





Julie has moved from shawls to baby blankets and has discovered a whole new world.










Of course, Mae has to get her mug in the photos. Seen here with her Godfather, Lou!

Goodbye Rev. Pat

Kate & Rev Pat . . .a study in multiple patterns . . . .



As the Knit One, Heal Too! group started their creative squares to create a special shawl for our friend Rev. Pat (who enabled us to have a regular home to meet each week), the squares started coming in.

Kathy & Steph trying on the finished product. Steph put all the square together.





Touched by our generosity.





Looking good in his new vestment shawl.



Thanks to everyone who made this wonderful project of gratitute possible. Thank you Rev Pat in your support in the mission of Knit One, Heal Too! May you and Eddie have a wonderful life in Minneapolis.
You're in our hearts!!!!!

Creating Together!

The minister who supported "Knit One, Heal Too!" in the beginning is leaving to go to a new church in Minnesota. While we are not a group that is affiliated to any one faith, we felt it would be appropriate to show our appreciation to someone who believes in our project of craft and community.


We are each creating 8"X8" squares which will be crocheted together by Steph. It will make a very long vestment shawl, as we have 16 squares promised.



Check in and see how we're doing. We have to have it finished by April 25th. The last eight squares will be turned in tonight.




We are writing our individual thoughts to present with the shawl. In addition, we will pass the shawl around and give our individual blessings, do a reading, and have a group blessing before we hand it over to Reverand Pat Williamson.




More photos to come tomorrow.

About K1H2!

"Knitting is the simplest and most ordinary of activities, yet somehow it mysteriously contains within itself the potential for expanding our conscious awareness."
Susan Gordon Lydon

We are a knitting group in Cincinnati, Ohio that knits prayer/healing shawls for those in need of a nurturing hug during times of illness, grief, loss, and major life changes. In addition, we knit hats and scarves for children at Winton Hills Academy, and baby blankets to celebrate new life.

This is a spiritually based knitting group. We are open to ALL FAITHS AND LIFESTYLES. The only requirements are: a belief in prayer, a desire to create, a need to give back, a longing for community, and a good sense of humor. This is a group that loves to laugh.

If you don't know how to knit, we'll teach you. If income is limited, we can help. We will have yarn to give or sell at a reduced price, and needles to lend. If you can afford to buy your own yarn, we strongly encourage it. We will provide patterns for prayer/healing shawls to everyone... or bring your own.

Each shawl and baby blanket is labeled with a woven prayer label that contains the following prayer:

THE PRAYER FOR PROTECTION
The light of God surrounds you.
The love of God enfolds you.
The Power of God protects you.
The Presence of God watches over you.
Wherever you are, God is . . . .and All is well.

Our group was founded with a grant from Bread for the Journey that allows us to provide supplies to attend our weekly gatherings . In addition we make a small profit from the supplies we sell. Donations of yarn, needles, money are gratefully accepted. New Thought Unity Center has provided us with the comfortable space to meet each week.

Do you know of someone going through illness? Someone who has experienced a loss? Please contact us.

The group meets weekly on Tuesday, 6-9 pm at the Spiritual Practice Center, behind New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Avenue, in East Walnut Hills. Parking is available in the St. Ursula lot between the Academy & NTUC.