What Makes You Happy.
Aug 7th, 2009
Reading about the kindness of the Bea and Keith Krokes makes me happy.
His selection of television to watch when knitting for good is especially endearing: “Lawrence Welk, you don’t have to look up too much for that,” he says. But “This Old House” and “Antiques Roadshow” present more of a distraction.”
And speaking of knitting for good, I’m about to start working on a few scarves for a local drive that’s collecting scarves for Veteran’s Day for Knit Your Bit, an initiative of the National World War II Museum.
This weekend I’m going to compile a big ol’ list of knitting for good inspirations to have you thinking about whipping up a few donations sometime soon. My first scarf for Knit Your Bit is going to be done gray wool (exact yarn to be determined later today) with an off-center cable. What about you? Have any lovely wool kicking around that would make a cozy scarf?
Other things that have been making me happy lately:
*Zoo Atlanta Panda Cam: Enough said.
*Free Farm Stand: Agriculture Awesomeness
*What’s Writing Like for You?: Writers on Writing
*Metric’s album “Fantasies”: Best for summer driving!
*Craftig (Craft is Good): Social Networking for Crafters
*Not Your Grandma’s Needlepoint: Lovely not-so-normal needlepoint.
betsy, have you thought about a follow-up “sewing for good” book? I can’t knit anymore (long story, involves vomiting) and I know a lot of people who can’t knit at all. Surely the idea has come up – do you think it’ll ever happen?