Knit Healing Squares for VA Tech

Saturday 12 May 2007
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

"We are so tired of crying, so we knit."
Gina Bonomo, Owner, Mosaic Yarn Shop, VA

Join us to knit or crochet an 8" x 8" square in the colors of Virginia Tech (VT). These squares will be mailed to the Mosaic Yarn Shop in Blacksburg, VA. They will put the squares together as blankets — one for every VT victim's family, for every injured person, and one for the family of the shooter.

We have purchased the VT colors of maroon, burnt orange, black, and white in Lamb's Pride Bulky and we are offering it at a 20% discount for anyone knitting for this cause. You can, however, use any fiber of your choosing in the VT colors.

2100 squares are needed. If you can't make it on Saturday, just drop your squares off at The Grove any time before May 31st and we'll send them along. Any gauge yarn will do and any pattern of your choosing!

Read Mosaic Yarn Shop's 22 April 2007 blog entry for more information.

Follow-Up

15 June 2007

Many thanks to those who contributed squares for Virginia Tech blankets. The response was overwhelming. We were proud to send an oversized box of these squares to Virginia where the Mosaic Yarn shop will assemble them and gift them to families of the victims.

Special thanks to:

• 10-year-old Victoria for making one;
• to Lucy, who came out of a 50-year knitting retirement to make one; and
• to Susanna who learned to knit just to be able to contribute to this project!