Another two beautiful rugs were finished for Wrap With Love:
The first was made by Indrani - this is Indrani's second rug and a major achievement as she only learnt to knit in the group, and to complete this rug, learnt to crochet. Congratulations, Indrani - it looks great, and the green you chose for the crocheted joins looks really good.
The second is a wonderful example of how nothing is wasted. Amongst the wool donated by Cecilia was a large piece of knitting. Rather than frogging this to reuse the wool, Genni who has an amazing eye for colour, took it home and knitted coordinating squares and strips of knitting to make a complete rug. It looks amazing:
And the third - knitted by Jen for Winter Warm. We all want to get some lesons on the construction of this rug - made from "leftovers", the squares are knitted together into strips - the strips are grafted together, and the rug is finished with a knitted border done on a circular needle, with mitred corners - not to mention the way the colours go together so well. In the first photo, the rug is displayed by Elizabeth, the voluntary JP who is available on a Thursday morning at the Library. The second photo is a closer view of the detail:
We also today, passed a number of knitted items over to Brigid for delivery to Mahboba at West Ryde. A container is going to Afghanistan shortly, and these will be warmly welcomed by the mothers and children. A feature of Mahboba's work is helping women to establish their own cottage industries to help lift them out of poverty. This help is conditional on the attendance of children at school - education being the key to breaking the poverty cycle and to economic independence. Some of the items:
That's all for today - more photos to come!
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