Hi everyone. I wanted to post a prayer need for a dear friend of mine. Monica is 31 and is currently battling thyroid cancer. This has been going on for the last 5 years and after visiting Mayo Clinic this week, she learned that all the efforts here at home have been for nothing. (3 rounds of high radiation.) When they removed her thyroid they did not remove the lymph nodes in her neck and the cancer had settled there and had laid dormant and is now raging. They are not sure if it has spread anywhere else. She will travel back to the Mayo Clinic on the 21st of February for removal of her lymph nodes in her neck. She has 6 children (1 passed away at 3 days old 3 years ago.)between ages 9 to 10 months and homeschools the two older children. Monica has a very strong faith, but right now she is understandably rattled. I just finished a cable scarf for her in the thyroid cancer colors. I can't wait to give it to her and especially now that she will be having surgery she can use it to help hide the scars. I know that she would really appreciate any prayers.

Here is a picture of the scarf I made for her. Thanks everyone!

I finished, it's a miracle

I finished my Red scarf Project contribution. It came out pretty well for just throwing something together. I did ten rows of stockinette and then a drop stitch and felted when it was done. there's more pictures and info about it on my blog. I'll be going to the post office on Monday to ship it. Need to write up a little note to put with it though first. Anybody else doin some more?




That's my son modeling for me by the way :)

~Elyse

New member Charity coordinator

I am Renee. I live in Minnesota and I coordinate nationally a knitting group called Sheila's Shawls and Paul's Scarves. We are a sub- group of The Silent Witness Initiative. Silent Witness worked with Sheila and Senator Paul Wellstone to end domestic violence. This was their passion. When their plane crashed in 2002, this sub group was formed to create prayer shawls and scarves in honor of Sheila and Paul. We make shawls and scarves and donate them to survivors of domestic violence and families who have lost loved ones to domestic violence. I work with several people across the country who are coordinators for their state. Each person doing what they can to comfort others. I like the idea of this group, because I work very hard at keeping prayer in the front of my life as I knit my way through. I teach school full time to special education students in a Catholic high school. So I knit whenever I am not teaching. It is almost as natural as breathing for me. I also have a knitting group at school. The students make a variety of items for the homeless, domestic violence victims, infants as well as other people in need. We currently donated over 300 items to the shelters and groups from the fall of 2006 until the end of 2006. We are starting on new projects for winter and spring.
I am happy this group is here.
Blessings,
Renee

hi from Alaska

I just wanted to tell everyone that the red scarf project still needs more scarves! I am trying to do a foot a day so I can get mine sent in by the tenth.
Please think about it!
http://www.orphan.org/red_scarf_project.xhtml
Thanks, Briana