Day 3 and 4

Wednesday was not a very eventful day. It was productive, yes, but in the sense where I knit all day. I could go into great detail, but I don’t want to put my followers to sleep. Wednesday was a knitting and prep day. I gathered up all of my supplies in anticipation for today.

Today was a great day! My project sponsor, Lisa Uhrin, is a nurse at a local assisted living community, Golden Crest. Today, my fellow knitting friend, Caroline, and I traveled over to Golden Crest to spend 2 hours or so knitting and taking with the lovely older ladies. I cannot deny, I wasn’t sure how much fun I was going to have. I was thinking, “Oh, great. None of them are going to have supplies, none of them are going to know how to knit and man is the learning curve steep, and if they can it is going to be a very long process.” After 5 minutes with the 12 ladies that came to join us throughout our 2 hours, all of my preconceived notions were gone. Yes, there were a few beginners, but almost everyone knew how to knit. Those who didn’t know how and didn’t want to learn simply watched, ask questions, and rolled the skeins of yarn into balls. I brought with me easily 30 skeins of yarn. I went home with all of my yarn rolled nicely into balls.

The residents weren’t the only people interested. Throughout our visit, staff members stopped in to say “Hi,” and hear about my project. One of the nurses gave me 8 hats to add to my total, and I received another hat from a resident who couldn’t make it down to our knitting circle, bringing my total to a whooping 17 hats over a 4 day period. I’m getting there!

The entire process was incredibly rewarding. Not only did I add hats to my total, but I also brought other people into my cause. None of the ladies finished hats during our visit (but that was not at all expected) but they all took the supplies back to their room and told me that they would give the hats to Lisa once they were done. Plus, I met some lovely ladies who were just a hoot to spend time with! They may be older, but they can churn out some pretty good jokes! Caroline and I had such a great time, we want to make it a weekly trip, and not just for the rest of my senior project, but for the rest of the summer. How can you not go back when you have a room full of ladies telling you that you just HAVE to come back and visit them? 

After that knitting club, I went back to the Proctor campus to host my weekly knitting club there. It’s held from 7-8/8:30 and I just great. Some of the most unlikely people come to knit. You’d be amazed how many boys varsity athletes know how to knit. They WILL deny it, but I promise you, they can knit. I spent the night knitting and helping others and selling T-Shirts that we had made up. The shirts simply say, “knit happens” on the front, with “varsity knitting” on the back. People love the humor, so they are selling quite quickly! If you’re interested, let me know! I have small, medium, large, and extra large sizes, they are $15 a piece, and the proceeds go to help pay for supplies for the actual “Knit-A-Thon.”

Today was such a great day! Pictures to come!