Daily Archives: May 14, 2012

Knitting for a good cause

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The guys at Me-a-Mama, makers of some pretty fashionable maternity wear (a topic I know absolutely nothing about – in fact, pregnancy is still something that very much scares the living daylights outta me… but I had a quick look at their stuff and it totally changed my perception that if you’re pregnant you’re pretty much stuck wearing bulky oversized things with no style, thus resembling a marshmallow for about 9 months. ;) ).

Anyhoo, today they launched an initiative called “knit-a-row-and-go” and their goal is to knit 1000 blankets for orphaned babies.  Seeing as we’re already heading into some seriously chilly weather, this is a cause which will make a huge impact I’m sure.

Elle yarns has already kindly donated 8000 balls of wool and 400 needles for this mammoth task and the lovely people at Knead have offered to host a series of Mad Hatter’s tea parties to launch the project.  Over and above that, Knead will also be donating tea, cupcakes and R10 coffees to the knitters for an hour at each party.

So how can you get involved?  Easy!  Either pop in at one of these Knead stores at these times:

  • 2:30pm at Knead in Palmyra Rd, Claremont, Tuesday 15 May
  • 10:30am at Knead on Kloof St, CBD, Wednesday 16 May
  • 10:30am at Knead on Surfer’s Corner, Muizenburg, Thursday 17 May

OR

A piccie from the first Mad Hatter’s party which took place earlier today at the Knead in Dean St, Claremont.

You can also knit any time throughout May and June at the “Me and You” shop @ 103 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock AND in all Knead bakeries in Cape Town.

The idea is that you knit what you can and then you simply pop your knitting into the provided Tubtrug for the next person to pick up and continue.  Just look out for the tubs of wool and needles.

Not only will you be doing a great thing for little people who really need it, but I’ve also heard that knitting is like totally hot right now.  So get to it folks! :)

xxx

PS.  If you want to keep track of their progress, “like” Me-a-Mama on Facebook or check out their website.

Cool Clifton sightings

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So this weekend, everyone was talking about the Japanese fishing ship that ran aground on Clifton 1 beach in the early hours of Saturday (apparently due to some thick fog we were experiencing).

Here’s a pic from Bjorn’s Instagram stream:

Taken around 11am on Sat. As you can see it was still very misty at that point.

We actually ended up in a Clifton 1 beach facing apartment on Sat eve for a birthday party and got to watch them trying to tow the ship out.  The efforts were totally unsuccessful as they only had one tugboat and it would seem that the ship had properly gotten sucked deep into the sand ensuring that it didn’t want to budge.  As the tugboat tried to pull it out, the chains straightened & tightened and then we heard a massive bang.  It kinda sounded like a piece of the ship had broken off.  Luckily everything was cool, but the ship was still sitting pretty.  A few minutes later, it looked like they had given up.  They probably decided to go back to the drawing board, realising that they definitely needed more reinforcements. ;)

Anyhoo… that’s all exciting and stuff and all the Clifton residents are seriously pissed etc.  Big news for Cape Town.  BUT, I saw a much cooler thing on the way back to our car after the party.  Someone had cleverly changed a sign indicating that the road narrows due to some construction going on into a “Hi” sign.  Check it out:

Come on, doesn’t that just make you smile?

Yes, it’s totally silly and doesn’t quite match up to a shipwreck – I know.  But it sure did make me laugh.  And because laughter is good for the soul, I had to share.  Hopefully it has brightened up your Monday a teensy bit. :)

xxx