A couple of weeks ago we went to downtown Mesa, they had a street fair with steampunk theme. We stumbled upon a yarn shop that I had no idea was there. I had to check it out. After all I learned to crochet before I learned any other crafty techniques. It is how it all started really, with crochet.
The yarn store was like a candy store, with caddies of colorful soft yarn. They also had several looms and yarn spinners (I think that's what they are called). But most important of all there was a table of knitters, knitting red scarfs.
'Are you all knitters?' I asked.
'Are you a knitter?' one of them asked me back.
'No, I am a hooker.'
These yarn enthusiasts got my joke. See there is other types of hookers, the ones like myself who use crochet hooks. I asked about the red scarfs they were making. It is all part of a project called 'Red Scarf Project'. It is supported by Foster Care to Success, a group who sends care packages to kids who are no longer in foster care, but are now out on their own to college.
I volunteered to make a scarf and finished it on Thanksgiving. I now have to drop it off at the yarn store. The red scarf will be part of the care packages the group will send to former foster kids for Valentine's Day.
I like making things and gifts and giving them away. Maybe part of it is out of some sort of 'guilt' I can't explain; that I am well and fortunate to have kids, a husband, parents that are alive, a brother, a niece and a nephew, sister in laws, and many other family and friends who I keep in touch with. Knowing that there are people out there who don't have all that I have....it makes me sad. I know I can't fix sad things in this world, but perhaps occasionally I can make a little difference to someone. Because in this big, loud world, it is the small things that count the most.
The yarn store was like a candy store, with caddies of colorful soft yarn. They also had several looms and yarn spinners (I think that's what they are called). But most important of all there was a table of knitters, knitting red scarfs.
'Are you all knitters?' I asked.
'Are you a knitter?' one of them asked me back.
'No, I am a hooker.'
These yarn enthusiasts got my joke. See there is other types of hookers, the ones like myself who use crochet hooks. I asked about the red scarfs they were making. It is all part of a project called 'Red Scarf Project'. It is supported by Foster Care to Success, a group who sends care packages to kids who are no longer in foster care, but are now out on their own to college.
I volunteered to make a scarf and finished it on Thanksgiving. I now have to drop it off at the yarn store. The red scarf will be part of the care packages the group will send to former foster kids for Valentine's Day.
I like making things and gifts and giving them away. Maybe part of it is out of some sort of 'guilt' I can't explain; that I am well and fortunate to have kids, a husband, parents that are alive, a brother, a niece and a nephew, sister in laws, and many other family and friends who I keep in touch with. Knowing that there are people out there who don't have all that I have....it makes me sad. I know I can't fix sad things in this world, but perhaps occasionally I can make a little difference to someone. Because in this big, loud world, it is the small things that count the most.
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