dear readers

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my snow tire infinity scarf is really growing now; i’m starting to wonder if it will be the right length before knitting all the repeats i originally predicted. the patterns says thirty nine, but since this is my prototype and we’re all test knitting this together (HA! gotcha), i won’t know for certain til i get there.

measuring it would help, huh? but it’s all the way downstairs and i’m too lazy to go fetch it. plus, i might get distracted yet again from writing this post (i started it hours ago and do you see how far i’ve gotten??).

i do have some numbers for you—are you ready?

it looks like so far, we have sold approximately 143 snow tire patterns and 39 kits for a grand total of just about $1400.00!
we are doing GREAT—if we can keep up this momentum, we should be able to reach or surpass last year’s final tally of $4000 with no problem. we still have a way to go, so we’d be über-grateful if you’d please take a moment to text, email, or share on your facebook page with any and all friends who would be interested in our effort (or who just might like this scarf!). they can purchase a copy just for the love of a good cause or to gift away to a knitter they know (it’s really easy to gift a copy using this link to purchase in our ravelry pattern shop; i the upper right area of the listing is a live link for gifting—easy peasy)

by the way, our annual fundraising does not just go into a big pool of money that some administration committee sorts out and divides up—the whole sum that we raise goes directly to a single student, who knows where it comes from and maintains a steady communication with us to the best of their ability.

you might remember that last year, our student brandy did a wonderful blog presentation for us in which she wrote about her life at school (that’s her on the left in the photo below; how much do we love her hair, purple clubbies?). she is the current recipient of the knitspot scholarship, which we funded last december; she is working hard to get to her goal of graduating with a degree in curatorial work.

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brandy has written and emailed me a few times during this past school year as well and today, she surprised me by sending a note to share with all of you.

Dear Anne and Knitspot Bloggers,

I am sorry it has been so long since I have written; this fall quarter has been very busy but exciting. I have recently found out that I was accepted into my major of Art History. This year I am in a new apartment and have a new roommate who has been great! Just days after I came back to school my sister had my baby niece, and I was just able to visit for Thanksgiving and meet her for the first time!

The past few weeks have been rather hard and stressful for me, I have two big papers due at the beginning of next week and I have been working hard on them both. One is almost done, and the other I am waiting for the teacher’s feedback about it. I am also an intern at the art gallery on campus, and this has taught me many valuable things in a short amount of time.

I have been looking through the past few months of entries on the blog and I just have to say, there are so many beautiful creations. And the scarf pattern for the scholarship fund is beautiful, and I love that it is done in red! A few of the other pieces I was admiring were the bocce cap, the pyro and sugar dance sets, all of the cowls. I had no idea that’s what those were called, but they are beautiful. I want to thank you all for your campaigning for the scholarship and your continued support of me both through your gifts, kind words, and picking me as the recipient of your scholarship. This support has helped more than I can say. I hope all of you are having pleasant holidays!

Brandy

well, i had more to add but now it seems wrong not to end here; i can’t follow that up with anything better or more styling. i will see you next time!

 

4 thoughts on “dear readers

  1. Hi

    Just wondering…Falllberry mitts…should the number of CO stitches for th larger size read 48 instead of 49?

    thanks

  2. She sounds like such a sweetheart…and an articulate sweetheart. It’s great to have that connection with someone whom you’re helping. Nice work, Anne and Knitspot!

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