Well, maybe not rumors but something is. (Bonus points to you if you recognize my title tonight.) Anyway, there's something in the air. In the midst of frantic holiday knitting, you know, the several projects literally surrounding me as I ignore them, write this post and watch ID4 for roughly the... I don't think I can count that high, I watch some part every time it's on.
Anywho, I was thinking about doing some knitting for charity (good causes, not my SIL) after the holidays. Cold hands and heads will still be cold in January and if I start anything else now I won't finish anything for anyone, besides, it seems everyone gets the spark to donate before the holidays and it tapers off afterward. Kind of like immediately after Katrina and the much later, huh?
So as I was musing and surfing and still not actually knitting I hit Rabbitch's blog because I do that at least once a day and I found the perfect way to start. Pay It Forward. I'm snitching this part from her because, well, it's already so well said.
“It’s the Pay It Forward Exchange. It’s based on the concept of the
movie “Pay it Forward” where acts or deeds of kindness are done without
expecting something in return, just passing it on, with hope that the
recipients of the acts of kindness are passed on. So here’s how it
works. I will make and send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who
leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join this PIF
exchange. I do not know what that gift will be yet, and it won’t be
sent this month, probably not next month, but it will be sent (within 6
months) and that’s a promise! What YOU have to do in return, then, is
pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.
I will now Pay It Forward to you THREE, I wonder who you will be?! Please, be a PIF! You will enjoy it just as much as we do!”
And,
remember…you have 6 months to get your gifts done! Come on, you know
you would love to be one of my angels. Then, one day, but you don’t
know when….you will get a gift that I have made especially for YOU!
Please remember, you don’t have to knit or crochet to participate, anyone who can make a nice handmade gift is welcome to join.
Okay gang, the first three comments get... something nifty and handmade. Around here that means knitted and quite possibly dyed as well. So y'all comment, I've got to go knit, I think I'll ignore all the other stuff and start a scarf for Covenant House, got some yummy yarn that needs a new home.
