Herr Library group knitting for charities
press release
Five members of the “Special Stitches” knitting group met recently at the Herr Memorial Library to work on baby caps and blankets. From left are June Fuller, Carol Peterson, Jeannie Sawyer, Barb Zyry, and Marjorie Seidel.
Every Tuesday at 11 a.m. a group of up to ten women meet for coffee, conversation, and knitting at the Herr Memorial Library. Ranging in skill level from beginner to very experienced, the members of “Special Stitches” create a variety of handmade items for charities.
The women, many of whom completed one or two of the free knitting classes offered at the Mifflinburg library, already have made baby blankets and caps for the “Empty Arms” program at Evangelical Hospital in Lewisburg and residual limb coverings for V.A. hospitals.
The knitters hope that an ongoing raffle for a wall hanging at the library will defray the cost of shipping these items.
Members of the “Special Stitches” group also plan to create knitted wool helmet liners for troops through the “Operation Homefront” organization as well as knitted caps and scarves for chemotherapy patients at area cancer treatment centers.
More knitters are welcome to join the group. While members must provide their own needles and yarn, patterns and coffee are supplied.
For more information, call 966-0831 or visit the library at 500 Market Street.
