Monday, 30 May 2016

Where Did Napoleon Keep His Armies?

...up his sleevies!
Ok, so it is a very old joke - but part of my May declutter involved using up wool in a good cause. - and sleeves were involved.
I've mentioned the Knitting Cupboard at church before [that is, a cupboard for kntting, not a cupboard which knits!] Last time the lady came to get the stuff for the Romanian Orphanage, she mentioned that they no longer want sleeveless/short sleeve tops, only long sleeve jumpers.
Which is OK - except that we had about 3 dozen baby jumpers using this pattern













It is always popular with knitters because 

  • front and back are the same 
  • it is knitted all in one piece 
  • you can use up oddments of yarn
  • the sleeves form part of the pattern
  • it is easy to add your own modifications to stitch patterns [rib, moss stitch etc]
As we didn't know which kind soul[s] had supplied all these - and we didn't want to appear ungrateful and say 'they won't do, sorry' a few of us decided to add extra sleeves. Some knitted, some crocheted, some a combination. I added sleeves to six of the jumpers












Here's hoping some needy little children are kept warm this winter.



3 comments:

  1. That's great that you were able to add sleeves to the ones that were already made! Such a practical solution!

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  2. What a fab thing to do :)
    I knit for NHAP who distribute them to prem and angel babies.
    x

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  3. Thanks Fishcake - I found NHAP here https://www.facebook.com/angelsandpreemies/timeline. What an amazing, generous, loving group of craftspeople.

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