Knitting with Company

What a great response!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the auctions that we’ve been running over the past few days. We are still collecting the proceeds for the Blankenship Children’s Education Fund, and once we have all the payments we will let you know the totals.   We’ll be contacting the winners over the next couple of days to arrange for payment and shipping.   Dorie is deeply touched and very overwhelmed by the generosity of so many people and would like to thank you all.

In the meantime here is the list of high bidders … thanks again for your participation.

Everyone has been so generous, and we have about 20 items that will be on display over the weekend May 8-9-10.  Along with the bid sheets.

Come on down this weekend and place your bid … bidding ends at 4pm Central on Sunday, May 10th.

All the money we raise will be donated directly to the education fund for Dorie’s kids – without any deductions.

The online auction has been a blast … and the three items that we’ve listed so far will probably help us to raise about $200 (at the time of writing) … thank you bidders … and there’s still time to bid on those items.

Plus, we’ve just added two new items, that will only be available for purchase through the online auction.

There’s a barn raising blanket (approx. 56″ x 46″) that has been knit by a Wool and Company team that comprises staff, customers and local guild members.

Barn Raising Blanket

There’s a beautiful silver bracelet that was hand-crafted by Val Adelsheim.

Silver Bracelet - Hand Crafted

A really inspirational book comes from Lorna Miser, she of Lorna’s Laces fame. It is called Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting, and is just the most delightful collection of stories, patterns and inspiration. One of those books you will return to again and again.

For those of you in a huge hurry to get a baby gift made, we have found some lovely little kits, which are blankets made of soft flannel, that come complete with crochet cotton, hook and instructions to crochet a really pretty edging, and voila! a gorgeous gift for that special baby. We have them in white, pink, blue and green. Sooooo cute.