This message was sent to our secretary Chris
Heather has asked me to pass
on the following to you regarding your generous gifts of bras etc and the
wonderful knitting that has been done. I have a few bags of bras from our
last meeting that I will be giving to Heather at our next Craft Club
meeting. Also please remember that although Heather makes reference to
the grey jumpers for the new school they still need V Neck acrylic jumpers in
red, green or royal blue for the original school to which knitwear has been
sent.
I took our donations of jumpers,
hats, bras, knickers and curtains to Sylvia yesterday for the families in
Kisil. She was absolutely delighted with everything so please could you
let WI members know that their donations are VERY much appreciated and will all
be put to good use?
Sylvia is currently making school
bags and pencil cases from curtains so was very pleased with our curtain
offerings. The jumpers and hats are much needed for the children and help
them to attend school and the underwear will be much appreciated by the ladies.
Sylvia has suggested that I keep the
cone of grey four-ply - partly as a shade guide but it can also be used by us
to make jumpers, although any shade of grey is acceptable for the new
school. If anyone wishes to have it (I am not sure whether anyone we know
has a knitting machine) then I will be very happy to pass it on.
As usual, jumpers etc really need to
be in Acrylic wool as this will not shrink when washed - washing facilities are
rudimentary. Everything gets used, however, and Sylvia told me that if items do
shrink then they are used for babies or dolls, so nothing is wasted.
Please do thank everyone and
encourage everyone to keep thinking of Kisil when knitting or when sorting out
their underwear and curtains! I am very happy to be the one who collects
the donations together and takes to Sylvia so if there are any queries I am
happy for you to contact me.
