I've been filling a box with charity knitting for several months now and it was starting to get in the way. I also reasoned it wasn't doing anyone any good sitting on my bedroom floor so I finally got my act together and posted it off today.
In the box were 3 children's waistcoats, 1 baby blanket, 6 boobs and 3 birds' nests. The boobs are used by midwives and health visitors to teach breastfeeding and the nests are used at animal shelters as bedding for small mammals and birds. Quite a mixture this time!
I sent this box to Loving Hands http://www.lovinghands.org.uk/ from where they will be distributed to various good causes. They promise to find a good home for anything and regularly create wishlists for quirky items such as boobs and nests as well as the more mundane baby items.
I kept back a pile of knitted hats and scarves which I will eventually send to Operation Orphan http://www.operation-orphan.org/initiatives.htm for their "Keep a Child Warm" initiative. I just need to build up a bigger collection to fill a good size box. That will mean I can use a courier instead of the Post Office. Today I used the Collect+ service http://www.collectplus.co.uk/send and saved over £2. That equates to another 2 balls of wool. That is how I tend to think these days whenever I save money on anything. Does that make me a knitting addict? My name is Una and I'm a knitaholic.
