We did it.....

After a long hard slog we have successfully received hundreds of items of clothing, hundreds of beanies and scarves...all pure wool, all made with love. The Tibetan people will at least have these warm things to help them thru the harsh winter.

We sent 5 big boxes last month and in two weeks time we will send the last 30 boxes. Glad to have been able to help in this small way....

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Another story

This one is from Christine.......I’ve been a spinner for more than 20 years. I eventually learned to weave and knit so that I’d have something to do with the yarn I make. I am a practising Buddhist. I am blessed and I know it. I am all these things and more. In order to bring all the parts of myself together I am creating knitted and woven items to go to Tibet so that I can share myself and my blessings with those in need, in an area of the world that I have a very deep connection with.

The women in my family....

I can't remember not knitting, I can't remember my Mum not knitting but Nana didn't. It was always a bit of a secret why Nana didn't knit. She sewed the most beautiful things...silly things....silk pillowslips and teatowels. But we weren't allowed to mention Nana not knitting.
The connection to the feeling of knitting started so long ago.....the feeling when I finally sit down for the day, pick up my needles and my body says aaahhhh..... or when the obsession kicks in and I keep thinking.....just a few more rows and I'll go to bed....just a few more rows.....just a few.....
I then went off and did all the things you do in a life, made a bucketload of mistakes, made a few wonderful friendships (and lost a few) before rekindling my knitting roots not too long ago.....I made a few little things for the kids when they were very small - they're still only 10 and 8 but life just became too busy and when I went to the local store the acrylic yarns were so woeful that I just couldn't get inspired.
The earthquake has reignited not only my passion for beautiful yarn but for how we as women can use our hands to make these wonderful items that connect us as people....

All of these beautiful things are going to Tibet by the end of July

The story so far.....

On the 14th April 2010 a devastating earthquake struck the mainly Tibetan region of Yushu (Kyegu in Tibetan) in China. Reports so far say the up to 10,000 lost their lives, 20,000 have been injured and 100% of the dwellings are uninhabitable.

Knit for Tibet started because we wanted something we could do for these people along with donating money. We wanted to use our hands under the premise that the hands are connected to the heart and we could send our love to these people. We wanted to start with the orphans and elderly as they have been the ones most devastated. They are an already disenfranchised people so we couldn't imagine children who've recently lost their parents having no-one to care for them. Reports were coming to us saying they were eating out of dumpsters and even though it's spring it still often reaches zero of an evening. Nine months of the year Kyegu experiences winter temperatures - sometimes dropping to -20 celcius.