Before I forget, I posted an incorrect link to Afghans for Afghans earlier. It should be http://www.afghansforafghans.org.
Anyway, I shipped out that vest I made (I took a pic, but it'll probably be 6 months before I get the film developed) to Afghans for Afghans. The vest is mostly gray and black, with a single burgundy stripe across the chest. I think it'll look good on either a boy or a girl. I also sent 3 wool hats. I originally was going to give the hats to that knitting guild, but since I'm not going back, I won't have the chance to give them the hats.
Also, at least with AfA I know where the hats are going--3 schools (2 in Kabul and 1 in Wardak) that have recently been rebuilt after being destroyed by the Taliban. Last year, that knitting guild collected almost 100 hats, and I have no idea where they went. Us rank and file members were merely told that they went to "homeless shelters." Well, which ones and in which neighborhoods? I thought we should have gotten some sort of acknowledgment--not because I expect the shelters to be grateful, but because it's just good business practice to account for all donations. I also think that the guild's leadership owed us a full accounting of what happened to the hats. We put a lot of time, effort, and yarn into making them. Most of them were simple stocking caps (like mine), but there were some that were absolutely stunning and obviously had taken a lot of skill and talent to make. I think those ladies deserved better than a brush-off answer. *grumble*
Now that I'm done with my charity knitting (I might make a few more small things, but not another vest), I need to finish a few things that have been languishing undone in various bags--including a pair of mittens for myself. Cold weather isn't that far away....
Anyway, I shipped out that vest I made (I took a pic, but it'll probably be 6 months before I get the film developed) to Afghans for Afghans. The vest is mostly gray and black, with a single burgundy stripe across the chest. I think it'll look good on either a boy or a girl. I also sent 3 wool hats. I originally was going to give the hats to that knitting guild, but since I'm not going back, I won't have the chance to give them the hats.
Also, at least with AfA I know where the hats are going--3 schools (2 in Kabul and 1 in Wardak) that have recently been rebuilt after being destroyed by the Taliban. Last year, that knitting guild collected almost 100 hats, and I have no idea where they went. Us rank and file members were merely told that they went to "homeless shelters." Well, which ones and in which neighborhoods? I thought we should have gotten some sort of acknowledgment--not because I expect the shelters to be grateful, but because it's just good business practice to account for all donations. I also think that the guild's leadership owed us a full accounting of what happened to the hats. We put a lot of time, effort, and yarn into making them. Most of them were simple stocking caps (like mine), but there were some that were absolutely stunning and obviously had taken a lot of skill and talent to make. I think those ladies deserved better than a brush-off answer. *grumble*
Now that I'm done with my charity knitting (I might make a few more small things, but not another vest), I need to finish a few things that have been languishing undone in various bags--including a pair of mittens for myself. Cold weather isn't that far away....
Comments
ATWWK: What's scary is that the Taliban's attitude toward women is very similar to that of the fundamentalist American christians who have hijacked the US government. If we can't get them out of office soon, I fear that we're going to lose all the rights that our mothers fought for in the 60s and 70s.