PokeKnit, Halifax Hero – Fiber arts news
Something to Poke-care-about
Pokemon GO, it’s the phenomenon-phone-game that you can’t help hear about but that none of us here have played. We’re not critical or humbugs, we just haven’t needed an excuse to “get outside”… Well, perhaps we’ll have to actually pay attention now that it has jumped into the fiber-arts news this week. Nichole of Nichole’s Nerdy Knots (find her on Ravelry and Facebook) has started crocheting tangible poke-monsters and leaving them at “pokestops” for people to find and to be delighted by, which they are. We’re delighted to see Nichole’s altruistic nature. What’s cooler than someone inspiring / delighting kids with yarn-tastic creations, and delighting crocheters with her free patterns!
Halifax Hero
Speaking of altruistic fiber-arts, June Feswick of Halifax Nova Scotia has opened our minds to something that we hope becomes “a thing”: Knitting for the visually impaired. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind helped Feswick and her husband adjust to his vision loss a decade ago – a wonderful story in itself. That experience led them to realize that knitters need not give up knitting even with severe vision loss, and June has been hosting a group that helps vision-impaired or blind knitters to socialize and knit ever since. For a great story, and some tips on knitting without looking, checkout the story in the Halifax Metro.
