And welcome from me…
Hello, everyone. I’d like to take the time to introduce myself as well. My name is Lani and I’m a mature-age university student living in Melbourne, Australia, so I am one of the people handling things at this end. I’m also the mother of that “adorable grandson” Di mentioned in her post.
It has been some work to get to the point where we are right now, with the website up and running, and I have to say that the response has been fantastic. Lots of emails have been coming in from people wanting to help and we are really excited about that.
When Di (That feels strange - I normally call her Mum) first emailed me with the idea, I was very enthused because knowing there is something I can do to make a difference in the world, even if it is only small, is a very rewarding feeling. Since then, as well as working on the site, I’ve also been knitting.
Let me just confess, here and now: I am a terrible knitter. And I’m terrible at finishing craft projects. When Di was home on holiday last year, she finished 3 jumpers and 3 hats in less time than in took me to knit half a baby-sized sweater. But I am soldiering on. My contributions to our cache so far has only been 2 beanies, but now that the website has arrived I’ll be focusing on creating some more items as well as trying to get the word out and arranging more delivery options for people.
Please do let us know if you are in an area where delivering items will be difficult for you. We will be doing what we can to make it easier for everyone.
We’ll be adding our first few free knitting patterns very soon to , starting with some simple hats that even terrible knitters like me can make.
But in the meantime… Thank you again for your support.
Yours,
Lani
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