HAPPENINGS

I know - it's been awhile......however, things are happening! What, you ask? Well, let's just say there is some excitement in the making.....and it has to do with a possible "new" venue for knitters and crocheters in Rogersville, TN. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, check out this picture that I ran across. Hard to believe someone attempting such a project - would definitely be something to see up close.

WHERE DID THEY GET THE PATIENCE?

I just had to share this article - talk about an inspiring work of talent, patience and imagination - could you do this? Enjoy!!

Cambridge (Ontario) gives its Main Street bridge a knitted hug:

CAMBRIDGE — It was an unexpectedly beautiful sight for many Saturday on Cambridge’s Main Street bridge.

The entire concrete structure was wrapped in a warm, knitted hug courtesy of the Knit Cambridge installation.

“They’re keeping it warm for the winter,” 10-year-old Isabel Skinner said.

The official opening of the art project in the Galt section of Cambridge attracted hundreds of visitors to see Sue Sturdy, artist-in-residence at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts, unveil her impressive knitted vision.

“It’s so unusual, it’s beautiful,” Sturdy said.

About 16,000 plastic zip ties hold thousands of knitted afghans, scarves, socks, hats and blankets to the cold concrete of the bridge. Some of the pieces arrived from as far away as Australia and New Zealand.

Volunteers helped Sturdy sew together all the knitted scarves to wrap around the arches, totalling nearly 830 metres. Between Tuesday and Friday, about 30 volunteers helped Sue attach the pieces to the bridge.

It is a truly collaborative piece of community art.

Many in attendance at the opening were impressed by the scope of the project.

Bruce Scholl and his brother Robert said they just had to stop to see the bridge on their way to a Cambridge Winterhawks game.

“Where did they get the patience?” Robert asked.

Aside from offering knitting fans a way to exercise their passion on a massive scale, Sturdy intends the piece to remind people of Cambridge’s strong history in the textile industry.

It was also a way for people to “declutter and decorate,” she said.

Friday night, before the official opening, a few hats were stolen from the bridge, but Sturdy wasn’t fazed.

The entire installation will be up until Sept. 27 when it is to be removed — with the help of many volunteers, Sturdy hopes — to be laundered.

Afterwards, many of the pieces will be distributed to local charities.

The scarves will be refashioned to be auctioned off at the Tie One on Party, benefitting the Arts Guild at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts, the YWCA and the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank.

For now, residents of Cambridge can enjoy a warmer bridge as the month gets colder.

“Cambridge will never be the same,” regional councillor Claudette Millar told Sturdy.

WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?

Hello!!! It's been quite awhile since I've posted on this blog!! Our knitting group has since moved venues as well as decreased in numbers for one reason or another. First let me say that we lost one of our special members, Mary Ruth. She was such a very kind lady - she will be missed by all.