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Show THE Page 14 OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Volume XIV Issue VI December 15, 2006 Knitting Up a Storm... on Land, Air, and Sea! They knit at home, at restaurants, at school, on the beach, on a cruise ship, around campfires, while reading, and while watching Monday night football .. . . The Knitwits of Eden knitted up a storm during the last month. Cindy Ahern even once contemplated letting her family fend for themselves and even dish up their own dinner because she had to knit! Pat Frost had to plan her hectic “getting ready for Christmas” time around knitting. And I knitted on California’s Laguna Beach while waves crashed at m Sandee Drake missed some of the big plays during Monday Night Football because she had to concentrate on her knitting. (She’s still a “new” knitter and has to look while she knits.) Sandee also knitted all the way to Grandma’s house on her way to Thanksgiving Dinner in Colorado. Over the river, and through the woods, to Grandmother s house, a knitting we would go ‘And last Thursday night snowstorm, dinner patrons during the Rus enough (along with the Knitwits) to weather the storm, witnessed five very determined Knitwits knitting like crazy. We all had to finish just “one more sweater” before we packed up another box to send off to Carmel, New Yor Why the sudden rush? Two weeks ago the Knitwits received a letter from Guideposts Knit for Kids program along with thousands of other knitters across America. The letter read: “WE STILL NEED YOU! “Tt’s not too late for Knit for Kids to reach its goal of receiving 100,000 sweaters this year (2006), bringing our total to 400,000. You can still help and we can still reach as many children as possible. Continue to tell your friends and your groups about the program. Jump in and knit or crochet your first sweater or increase your submissions if you can. Together we can do it — the children believe in us!” So the Knitwits got to work. We’re already well known for knitting wherever Cindy once knitted while cross- Another time she knitted next to a campfire while visiting Great Basin National Forest. Often her cat lies on her lap while she knits and watch- “1 es television. ne o favorite pastimes is to knit at Grounds for Coffee or Zengers on 25th Street while reading. And of course, I’ve knited crossing g} oceans on my way to Africa. Pat has also : —, knitted around The Knitwits proudly display sweaters created for‘ ‘Guideposts’” the world. For Knit for Kids program. instance, when and whenever we can. And when we canshe traveled to Romania for a mission worknot—we are uneas If, for instance, we ing in orphanages, she knitted while flying forget to bring our knitting along on a trip, on the plane, and riding on a train. Pat also we'll stop and buy needles and wool at the knitted a little sweater on a cruise to Alaska! first yarn shop we see. For Sandee, Janet Thompson knitted many a time on that meant that during that brief period of her way to lowa while visiting her sick sistime when we could not knit on planes ter. She also knitted sitting next to a because of security reasons, she had to read. campfire while camping in Star Valley, She felt she was wasting her time—reading Wyoming. Janet found, just like the other when she could have been knitting! Knitwits, that knitting is not only fun, but The Knitwits cannot just watch TV— also comforting; it keeps one’s mind busy. their hands need to be busy knitting a little She found this out while she sat knitting in sweater for a boy or girl in need somewhere the waiting room while her daughter was in the world. having surgery. mas" ents, 7 =a 7 One time during a vnitting deadline, I sat knitting in a movie theater while watching the movie. And while on a vdeasile vacation in Laguna Beach, California, I knitted on the beach with my toes in the ‘ o By Drienie Hattingh The Knitwits of Eden, Utah have indeed knitted in trains, planes, ships, and automoiles. How Guideposts, Knit for Kids Program Began A Guideposts editor’s heartfelt reminiscence about her childhood has grown into a global movement that has led to the donation of almost 400,000 sweaters to children in need all over the world. More than ten years ago, in March, 1996, when the story about knitting sweaters for refugee children was published in Guideposts, a stream of letters from readers were delivered to Guideposts’ office. Hundreds of women requested patterns, and those who couldn’t knit, donated yarn or sent contributions to help fund the project. Not long after, hundreds of handmade sweaters in a varietyof bright colors started to pour in, and boxes began to stack up at Guideposts’ home office in New York. oon, whenever medical relief teams, children’ s hunger fund, and other humanitarian organizations left the U.S. for far off countries like Russia, Africa; and for disaster stricken areas like those hit by the 2005 tsunami and New Orleans’ flood, they took with them boxes of these sweaters that were knitted with love, leaving them at orphanages and with other children in need. The Knitwits love what they do, and know that every sweater they knit will be a blessing to some small boy or girl. So it was no surprise that when the Knitwits got together for their yearend tea party last Saturday at The Victorian Rose in Ogden, they came armed with sweaters to add to the box. So far, the Knitwits have knitted 165 sweaters. They fervently hope that their newly knitted fourteen ae sweaters will rovide those few extra needed to help Guideposts reach their goal g of 100,000 for 2006, and their grand total of 400,000 for the last ten—400,000 colorful sweaters all knitted with love. Join us if you want to knit for a good cause. If you cannot knit, we will teach you how! The Knitwits meet every 1St and 3°4 Wednesday of the East of Eden. month at 6:30 VES a Week...Rain Snow or SULT \New-Construction Moose Hollow condos with Lake and + Snowbasin views. 41100-1600 SF CRS | _ SPRING BENGTZEN - See spring @wolfcreekresort.com Be eee in new-construction resort properties - $295,000-$595,000 Highlands Final Phases. f ‘ by Elevated View lots o Snowbasin and Pineview Lake. Restricted covenants. 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