Hope You Enjoyed World Kindness Day

Has anyone spotted these lovely knit items?  These were all placed in front of the Salvation Army on Simcoe Street in Peterborough, ON last night (November 13th, 2014), by some of our Kninjas.

A hat made by The Detangler

A hat made by KnitMama and a scarf made by The Knotty Knitter

A scarf made by The Knotty Knitter

Mittens made by Knitting Diva

Alright, let's start at the beginning.  So, you know how we've been talking about the secret part of our plan?  That secret was to knit charity items to use for yarn bombs (we got the idea from this yarn bomb which took place just last year in Ottawa, ON).

Cowl/Ear-Muff made by Knitting Wonder Woman,
Knitting Mermaid & KnitMama

We chose to yarn bomb these items in a high traffic area yesterday, just in time for some snowy weather to hit (that was just a coincidence!).  But we did choose the day because it was World Kindness Day... what a better way to spread some kindness!











We've got a selection of hats, mitts, cowls and scarves.  We hope that those in need can find their way to them to use.

A hat made by E.C.K.nista

Fingerless mitts made by KnitMama

Mittens made by Knitting Diva

And who knows, maybe we'll be leaving more... somewhere... sometime!  You'll have to stay tuned.  If you've been following the story in the past week, you'll know that you've seen pictures of some items that weren't left at the Salvation Army!

And the cowl made by me, KninjaNeedles8

I'm Worried About The Tag - Guest Post By Knitting Mermaid

We have a big group tag coming up... soon.  Very soon!

The plan was to make a tag... a long knit piece.

I'm not sure if I will make it:

I need it to be about 15 inches... do you think it will get done on time?

What We Left In The Park On Friday

So... this is what you've all been waiting for.  We are going to finally reveal to you what all our beautiful tags look like.

You know the story of our night's adventure... but now you can see what everything looked like when we were finished.

Without further ado...


Piece By Knitting Wonder Woman And KnitMama:

Piece By Knitting Mermaid:

Piece By Knitting Yoshi AndThe Detangler:

Pieces By TINKerbell:

 

The two pink ones are one and the same... we just thought it was so great we wanted to include two pictures!

Piece By TINKerbell And Mother Of Purl:

Piece By Knitting BlackOps:

Piece By KninjaNeedles8:

Piece By E.C.K.nista:



Piece By The Detangler:

This is the same piece... just in the dark
with the light reflecting off of it now!

Pieces By KnitMama:

Pieces By Mother Of Purl:

A beautiful piece like Mother Of Purl's cabled tree cozy deserves two pictures too!

Piece By The Purl-ice:

Piece By Winged Warrior:

Again, this is the same piece... we just wanted two pictures.

And we want to share just one last picture.... this is of one of the benches... one that managed to get four tags attached to it.  Check out how cheerful it is:

And remember... due to the rain, some of the Knitting Kninjas were not able to make it out... there were more tags left later on last weekend!  But if you want to see them... you'll have to check back another time (a classic Knitting Kninja cliffhanger!).

My Very First Tag - Guest Post By Knitting Mermaid

On Friday night we were going to our big tag night in the rain.

Beforehand, I had knit my piece. It was done and ready to go to it's new home.

I was going to put it on the arm of a bench.

It was going to be a nice place for my tag.

I couldn't wait to see it in place.

KnitMama started to seam it first to show me how it was done and then she let me, Knitting Mermaid, have a turn.

And then after I had done almost all of the seam and I was almost at the end, KnitMama took over and finished the job.

Then it was complete.

It was so great see it.

I hope you enjoy it.

I hope the Man In The Tan Coat comes and visits the park and sees how the rainbow comes to life!

Uh Oh! - Guest Post By Knitting Mermaid

I am Knitting Mermaid.  I have been working on a tag for the bench.  Soon we are doing a big group tag.  My piece is pink and purple and dark pink too and there was kind of some lightish purple in it as well.

This is my very first time knitting a tag.  I was having fun knitting my tag.

Friday afternoon, I was knitting my tag on our new couch.  I knit two rows!

But, I had gymnastics and I didn't want to be late so I put down my knitting and left.

I don't know what happened.  My knitting was left safe and sound sitting on the couch.  But... when  KnitMama came to pick me up from gymnastics, she had an awful story to tell me.

KnitMama was vacuuming on the floor in the living room and KnitMama heard an awful noise coming from inside the vacuum.  She immediately stopped the vacuum, but it was too late.  She saw my knitting all tangled up in the vacuum.

Here is my piece stuck in the vacuum

It was even worse.  I had been using cabled needles from an interchangeable set.  Those needles also got vacuumed up.  But since the needles couldn't go around, they snapped off of the cable.

Here is the cable

Here are the Needle Tips

They can no longer be attached

What was going to happen???  Could my knitting be rescued?  What a mess!

Do you think this can be saved?

So KnitMama took the vacuum apart and saved my knitting!  She changed my needles to a different set (which ended up being a bigger size, but that's okay).  I didn't worry because the new needles are my favourite colour and I have used them before.

Here is my saved knitting:

Phew... it wasn't broken forever!

I'm so happy that my knitting wasn't damaged and ruined forever and ever.  Keep your eyes opened for this piece.... I'll be done it soon!  You'll see in on a bench.