I’m so thankful for the great variety of people that are helping make Threads of Compassion OKC possible!
This is a stack of 4 or 500 cards!
It was waiting on my desk when I got to work today.
I suspect it will be enough to get us through 2011.
I had mentioned to a good friend and co-worker how the expense of the cards was adding up over time.
She has a relationship with a printer here that has provided great service over the years for her work projects. She contacted them and they were able to donate the cards that we need for next year!
What a blessing to have such good friends, and such generous companies here in Edmond/OKC!
This month we got a box of 20 scarves from a group.
I asked one of the ladies to tell me more about them so that I could share about it here. Below is the information she sent.
Our group is called “Knit-Wits” at Putnam City United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. We started our group in the fall of 2007. We have approximately ten members and meet every other Thursday morning at the Church. We started knitting prayer shawls for our Church members who are hospitalized or in nursing homes or confined to their homes and in need of comfort.
Over the last three years we have made baby caps and blankets for the Infant Crisis Center. We have made hats and scarves, pot holders, hot pads, dish cloths, baby blankets and sold at our Church bazaar in the fall and contributed the money to our Daily Bread food pantry. We have donated knitted and crocheted items to Skyline, a Methodist Mission in Oklahoma City.
Our Church secretary became aware of Threads of Compassion through a television ad she had seen and mentioned it to our group and I contacted you for information. About that time, we were looking for other projects to knit and crochet.
I’m so glad that they found Threads of Compassion OKC and I look forward to future gifts from the “Knit Wits”!
Here are the 20 scarves, packaged and ready to go!
We’ve been trying out a pattern found on Lion Brand’s website lately and decided we like it!
It works up quick and looks great. The only trick is that the yarn needs to not be too thin –the ones designed for baby blankets aren’t great for this pattern. But any regular medium weight one looks good.
Not too long ago one of my great aunts asked if we could use yarn for Threads of Compassion OKC. I told her yes, we definitely could. So, she got my address and I came home one day to the above package at our front door.
Talk about exciting! I was so curious to see what was inside. After unwrapping it, I discovered it was brimming with skeins of yarn.
Then, I dumped them out so I could see them all! Here they are:
I find it so encouraging that through an email I sent to much of my family about something unrelated to Threads my aunt found out about it and wanted to help. I love that technology allows me to share about important things with people, no matter where they live. I think it has been 6 years since I saw this precious lady, and we’ve never even talked about Threads. But she read about it, and wanted to help. How cool!
I look forward to seeing the beautiful scarves that come out of this yarn!
At Hobby Lobby I saw Christmas decorations already!
Yep, they were just across from Halloween and Thanksgiving ones. Seeing all that made me think that “the holidays” are going to be here before we know it.
While that can mean some really yummy food and good times with friends and family, I’m concerned that the general busy feeling of November and December may make it difficult for some people to keep going on making scarves for Threads of Compassion OKC.
And, I’d hate for someone to be at the hospital and not get a scarf and note from us!.
So, I’m hoping that the rest of September and October will prove fruitful for scarf making & donating.
Of course, I’d still love to take packages to the YWCA in November and December, but I’m hoping we can get ahead in the next 6 weeks or so.
Our next work day is October 10th –if you can make scarves by then please drop them by the Memorial Rd. church building that day. Or, we can meet up any other time that is good for you, just let me know.
