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Refugee sweaters: Update and pattern links


Thanks to Roxana Bartlett, Lori Tomatz and Eleri Robinson, there were enough little sweaters (and some hats too) to fill a box to be sent to Wales, United Kingdom!

Once in Wales the knit-wear will join some 2020 other little sweaters that will be taken to a refugee camp in France at the end of the year.

Eleri plans to send a second shipment at the end of September, early October so if anyone has a little sweater to send to Wales please bring it along to the next Community Knitting gathering (September 16) and it will get to its destination!

You can find Roxana's free pattern here with a correction here.

Another easy beginner sweater pattern that's free is Flax from Tin Can Knits. And I had lots of fun with another pattern/recipe of theirs (not free), Strange Brew


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  1. Hello! My name is Kathy. I am Looking for help with this project. We are a group of crafters organizing at the grassroots level. We are looking for addresses in swing states for receiving items and distribution of items. This could be you or organizations you may know of in Co. See below my initial posts on Instagram explaining a little more- we will be refining the posts shortly. Thank you for considering this, Kathy(@katherine.kdm).

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmmhZrno_q/?igshid=1gbcmdnd9k2sy

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  2. By the way my email is katherine.kdm@gmail.com

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