Local yarn shop puts out call<\/b><\/p>\n
Knitting needles are the weapon of choice for a group of Kent women fighting to help end breast cancer.<\/p>\n
The local knitters, led by Kent\u2019s Renaissance Yarns owner Nancy Skorupa, have created a \u201cpassionately pink\u201d Aran square-knit afghan, which they\u2019ll raffle off Oct. 18 as a fundraiser for the Seattle-based cancer foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure.<\/p>\n
This will be the second-annual handmade afghan raffle at Renaissance Yarns, 207 E. Meeker St., Kent.<\/p>\n
The fundraising project started last year, when a women in Renaissance Yarn\u2019s social \u201cknitting circle\u201d group suggested they knit an afghan for charity. Skorupa picked Susan G. Komen \u2013 which is focused a breast cancer research and awareness \u2013 as the charity. She said it seemed a logical choice because most of her customers are women, and many of them have been touched either directly or indirectly by breast cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m amazed how many women who come in here are affected by breast cancer,\u201d Skorupa said.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s afghan raffle raised more than $1,600 for Susan G. Komen. Skorupa said this year she hopes to raise at least $3,000. She\u2019s counting on increased awareness of the fundraiser, combined with a longer display time for the finished afghan, to help bring in more ticket sales.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sold our first ticket this morning,\u201d she said during an interview Sept. 4.<\/p>\n
The afghan was complete except for the border by early September.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kicked this off in mid-July,\u201d Skorupa said. \u201cTwenty people started knitting (the individual squares). They had two weeks to do it, and generally everybody got theirs finished in two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
One local knitter, Lynn Jackson, completed her square with the help of her daughter, Amy Jackson, who lives in Salt Lake City. Amy heard about the project through the online knitters\u2019 forum \u201cRavelry\u201d (www.ravelry.com), according to Skorupa.<\/p>\n
After the squares were finished, 10 other knitters took over to seam the squares together, doing most of the work at a seaming party in early August at Bittersweet Restaurant in downtown Kent. Now Skorupa and Renaissance Yarns staffer Liz Arcamo are finishing up the last of the edging.<\/p>\n
Made up of 20 squares, each about a foot square and all pink (for breast cancer), the afghan covers the entire dining-sized table in the back of Skorupa\u2019s yarn shop. Each square features a unique pattern out of the \u201cGreat American Aran Afghan\u201d book: one shows a willow tree, another a raised Celtic-style design, another a whole miniature sweater. One square even incorporates the pattern of a curled ribbon \u2014 the symbol for Susan G. Komen. Altogether, the knitted throw comprises 4,400 yards of yarn.<\/p>\n
The afghan will be on display at Renaissance Yarns up to the raffle date. Tickets are $5 apiece, and can be purchased either in person at the shop, by calling 253-852-9276 or e-mailing info@renaissanceyarns.com.<\/p>\n
For more information about Renaissance Yarns and the afghan raffle, visit www.renaissanceyarns.com.<\/p>\n
Learn more<\/p>\n
Afghan raffle<\/p>\n
What: Raffle of a \u201cpassionately pink\u201d knitted afghan to raise funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.<\/p>\n
Where: Renaissance Yarns, 207 E. Meeker St., Kent.<\/p>\n
Tickets: $5.<\/p>\n
Drawing: Oct. 18.<\/p>\n
Details: Call 253-852-9276 or e-mail info@renaissanceyarns.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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