red scarf dollars at work

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good news! we are a little more than halfway to our goal of equaling last year’s scholarship amount of $3500.00.

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baci scarf patterns  and baci scarf/cowl kits are flying out the door; many of you reading this have already participated—thank you from the bottom of my heart! i hope you will tell a friend, mention the event on your blog or your favorite ravelry discussion groups, or start an impromptu  KAL at your weekly knitting group—this event doesn’t end on the 25th, but goes all the way to december 31; there is still time! if each one of you told one other person or group, i think we’d get there.

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and to inspire a great finish, someone special wants you to know how much she appreciates your participation in making our red scarf scholarship a reality. that’s brandy on the left below, who is the recipient of our 2012 scholarship. many of you have been following her notes from western washington university throughout the semester, where she is enrolled in the curatorial studies program. throughout the fall semester, she  has compiled a photo essay to take you on a walking tour of the campus and some of her favorite places nearby.

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this is me with my best friend Emily from when I went home over Thanksgiving!

These are center pieces of art work in the main square of the schools courtyard.

These three photos are things I thought were rather pretty looking just walking around Bellingham.

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This is the view from my apartment window on the day it began to snow, sadly it didn’t stick or come around again.

These three statues are just a few of many in a local art garden that my roommate showed me the first week I moved.

here are a few of the neat looking Volkswagens from this car show I went to with a friend.

These were my two favorite pieces in an art gallery show we went to for my Art History class. The Exhibit was called Vanishing Ice, The black and white photograph was my favorite because of the description that accompanied it; it told how inside the cave it looked blue and green and was all lit up it just gave me a great color visual that went with the black and white photograph. I like the other watercolor picture because of the simplicity of it and the colors in it.

These are pictures I took walking around my school, the tree is across the street from where I catch my bus, and the other is a view from the Viking Union where I sit and study sometimes.

This first picture is of the waterfront called Teddy Bear Cove, and the second is at Boulevard Park at sunset with the sailboats that are moored there.

This first one is in a park down by the waterfront near Teddy Bear Cove, the second is of one of the waterfalls at Watcom Park.

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These are all of my schoolbooks from this quarter’s classes, except for my online book.

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This is the apple and pineapple pie I made to do to a dinner party at a friend’s house.

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My roommate brought a kitty to be our houseguest. He’s so silly, he’s afraid of almost everything that makes noise or is red in color.

isn’t it great to see how well brandy is making out at school? i especially like the passage about visiting the art gallery. i’m hoping that when i go to seattle for vogue knitting live!, i will have a chance to get together with her to do some catching up in person; maybe we can even visit a museum together.

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the knitspot red scarf scholarship, funded each year by december sales of a specially designated scarf pattern, is our contribution to foster care 2 success, an organization that helps students aging out of the foster care system to navigate a continuing education and advancement into independent adulthood. they provide guidance and counseling, classes in life skills, scholarships, and other types of support that a family would normally provide.

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the baci scarf pattern includes this gorgeous infinity scarf/cowl as well—it’s a great way to support a good cause and to queue up a terrific gift accessory; you still have time to knit one before the holiday.

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this year we have added a fundraiser scarf kit as well, with the hope of raising a little more and get us faster to our goal amount. this makes a great gift for another knitter or one to add to your own list—order now and we’ll get it out the door tomorrow!

7 thoughts on “red scarf dollars at work

  1. Oh thank you for sharing that with us, it’s so good to read how Brandy is getting on at school. I do hope that the two of you can meet up and spend some time together. I’m hoping to knit the cowl over the holidays!

  2. Thank you for letting us get to “meet” Brandy – God bless her in her efforts to move forward. And God bless you for your generosity towards this project that is helping her and others to achieve their goals. It warms my heart.

  3. I love this photo essay. Thanks so much. What a neat way to show us all she’s doing. Hope you guys get a chance to meet up and share some time together.

    This is such a great program…I’m glad you give us the chance to participate in it.

  4. What a lovely and grounded young woman. You inspired me to send a link to today’s post to my knitting homies (that’s what my students called them). As I said last year, this is such a great cause. Thank you for doing this, Anne!

  5. All of the notes and letters from Brandy this year have been wonderful, but this one really made me smile as I spent two summers at Western Washington University a long time ago working on credits to continue teaching. I didn’t recognize anything in Brandy’s pictures–the campus has become more beautiful. I hope Brandy continues to send you notes and pictures so we can see her progress. I have Baci and beautiful Studio June yarn waiting for me to finish two Christmas socks and an All Boxed Up hat by Dec. 25.

    P.S. I have already signed up for two of your classes at Vogue Knitting Live. I’m looking forward to meeting you.

    Margie

  6. this post inspired me to order a kit to give to my daughter for Christmas. She graduated from Williams College in 2002 and will love the “story” behind her knitting gift. We are both fans of Knitspot -as a matter of fact there are alot of Knitspot finished goodies under the tree! Happy Holidays

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