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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!
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vintage chair from the flea market
The past four days have been filled with sites of beauty. We spent the day in Brockton, MA at The Fuller Museum. It was an exhibit on Craft in America. I had wanted to go to this exhibit when it opened but, had forgotten about it. It popped into my head and we got to see it on its last day! A lovely museum with views of a pond outside the framed windows. A thunderstorm came up dramatically as we sat in the rock garden outdoors by the water.
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I am reading a great new little book called Made from Scratch by Jenna Woginrich. It's about discovering the pleasures of a handmade life. It's an introduction book written by a 26-year-old web designer and her adventures in living a simpler life. I am enjoying it thoroughly! While there isn't alot of new things in the book for me...what it has done for me is reawaken those feelings I had for the things in my life that began as a young girl back in the 70's. I love her enthusiasm and her matter of fact way of writing about those new things she is discovering along her journey. I have been doing many of those things that Jenna writes about for a long time now but, somehow the pleasures in it all have waned lately for me. I feel unfocused and out of touch with what is important to me. It has reminded me that I am indeed living those dreams that I started out with at an early age but, have turned them into more of a grind and chore and a race to get something accomplished. It also has made me keenly aware of what you feel at age 26 changes over a lifetime. It is important to stay in touch with those dreams...even if some of them have shifted over time.
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A Radical Act of Knitting in honor of Mother's Day!
Calling all Codepink knitters! We are creating a beautiful, quilted cozy to cover the fence in front of the White House to honor Mother's Day. The message will be “We will not raise our children to kill another mother’s child”-inspired by Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation. We’ll be piecing it together from individual squares knitted by YOU as part of the 24 hour Mother’s Day vigil for Women who live in War Zones. The best part is you don’t have to be an experienced knitter to help! This is perfect for knitters of all skill levels—and a great opportunity for those who want to learn! Celebrate the time honored tradition of the radical act of knitting. How-to-knit page here (just in case!)


What we need:
4” x 4” squares, as tightly knit as you can make them, but the stitch of your choice
Yarn in either dark green or a fabulous shade of pink- take a little inspiration from CODEPINK’s signaturePINK. Note: We will need a ratio of about 5 pink squares to 1 green square to spell out the message.
We need all pieces by May 4th so get out your needles gals (and
guys)!
Please take 1 minute to send us a quick email to tell us how many squares you plan to make and in what colors. We need to know in order to make sure we have enough to spell out our message. Email Janna at codepinkcozy[at]gmail.com
Send your knitted creations to:
CODEPINK House
712 5th Street NE
Washington, D.C.
20002
Please note:
Please remember to email us here to let us know what you sent. We’ll keep you informed as to whether we’ll need more pinks or more greens as we near the deadline for the squares to arrive at the PINK house, deadline is May 4th.
Please safety pin your name and city to each square, we hope to be able to show you where your square(s) are in the finished quilt.
Pass this invitation on to fellow knitters. It will be a beautiful start to Mother’s Day and we would love to have thousands of women present with us with the love, passion and desire for no war in sewn into their squares.
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