Nine ASP volunteers, who never held a knitting needle before, completed as many as three or four rows of knitting in less than 30 minutes. They’re not just learning to knit as a hobby… their hard work over the coming months will yield a group of shawls that will be given to each family the BBPC teams will help this summer in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Knitters included Leigh Nevitt, Samantha Bruno, Linda Ferreira, Cassey Flannelly, Kalyn Nevitt, Alina Yacik, Chelsea Sebastian, Tommy Bruno, and Megan Maffettone. Joan Bloomer and Val Yacik served as knitting tutors.
All knitters learned how to dig in, yarn over, dig in, and slip it off… HOORAY!!!
Each shawl will take approximately two to three months for knitters to complete. That means they’ll be busy from now until July ensuring that our ASP families have a completed shawl when the BBPC teams arrive in Harlan County, Kentucky. If you’re looking for a way to support ASP volunteers from the Bound Brook area—even if you can’t make the trip to Kentucky—contact Linda Owens at (732) 356-3575. Or send her an e-mail, requesting more information, at Linda@bbpc.org.
