Lauria, here. When Monday’s bombings hit, I was stopped dead in my tracks. Everything I had been working on that day ground to a halt as a I desperately checked twitter for my dozens of friends that were running, volunteering at, or watching the Boston Marathon. I live just north of Boston, you see, and work at a non-profit that had three people running the marathon to raise money for our education program. This is the only time I was not in the slightest irritated with Facebook. With cell signals down, and many of the runners don’t carrying cell phones, there was little point in even texting friends I knew were there. But if they DID get a message out, it was quickly relayed throughout Facebook. I passed SO many messages of people being safe on. One of my co-workers passed the finish line 30 seconds before the bomb went off, while his family watched at the finish line and another co-worker was near the finish line to try and get a photo of his finish. The minutes between realizing that he was at the finish line when it went off and finding out through Facebook that he was okay were some of the more dreadful of my life. And then as soon as the wave of relief washed over me, I started panicking about my co-worker photographing the event. I soon after saw that he was okay on Facebook, but when he also answered the text I had sent off a half hour earlier pleading with him to tell me that he was okay, I could help but cry tears of relief.
I feel so fortunate that everyone was safe and sound and managed to escape being injured or worse either by the bomb, or by all the people running. Brad not only finished the marathon (a feat in itself!!), but then walked 5 additional miles to the car which would have been just a few T-Stops away if the subways were running. The other runners weren’t able to finish and instead were told that they had to stop. One had a difficult time finding her husband, who had the phone of a friend whose husband was also running the marathon. Facebook let everyone know that they were all okay and looking for each other.
Yesterday, we all got together and had lunch together and celebrated how good it was to be alive and how happy we all were to be with each other because we desperately needed to be together. There were so many hugs given yesterday. And in that spirit, I give you Yarned by You, the chock full of love gallery. Just a projects that I would love to give to my own friends to show them how much I love them!
Traceyknits5 made these Toasty fingerless mitts using Moonshine in 15 Under the Sea. I’ll bet that they are toasty warm, too!
There’s nothing that says love more than wrapping someone up in a handknit shawl. This Little Sparrow Shawl knit by martinezknitter in Findley 10 Hyacinth. I love the more-than-half-circleness of it. It seems like it would stay on the shoulders well!
This Rikke Hat was knit in Marlowe’s Riparian by mravenblack. This looks like a great mindless knitting project for when you want to whip something out fast and infuse it with love instead of swearing at stitches!
innersparkle knit this Les Sillons in Findley colors Hyacinth and Serendipity. Again, a shawl is a mobile hug. I think this one might have the yarn held double, although it doesn’t say so on the notes.
I LOVE these Herriot fingerless mitts knit by cpotion. She made up the pattern herself using colors 1 and 2. The stripes make me so happy! And the alpaca is super warm.
It would be a real labor of love to knit this Three of Cups sweater for anyone, which is what dawnloveswings did! It’s for her and her daughter to share. She knit it using Frog’s Back in Findley.
What do you like to knit when you want to show someone that you love them?
