This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Joppa Flats Hats 25-42
Day 125: I mailed off another box containing hats #25-42 to Joppa Flats Education Center yesterday: six ladybug cloches, six bees, two Fair Isle (two-colour) and four other stocking caps of assorted fibers and weights. Joppa sells them for $25 apiece, so for a few hours of my time and a relatively minor expenditure for yarn above and beyond what has been given to me by friends for the project, I will have contributed over $1000 to their bird-banding program. Y'know, that makes me feel very proud. It would have been totally out of the question for me to donate that amount in cash, and yet I've been able to support their good work in a way which was also very enjoyable for me. With summer coming (yes, it really is!), I will be suspending hat production until they tell me they need more, but I suspect that in particular, the ladybugs are going to sell like hotcakes regardless of the season. Maybe I'd better knit a few more to get ahead of the game.
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