While it isn't practical or helpful to actually knit for Ukrainian refugees during this war (please donate money for that if you can), the war sure has been making my fingers itch to knit something to show solidarity with Ukraine instead of finishing last year's temperature blanket or all the socks or even start the green sweater I want to get going so I can wear it around the garden when needed.
During wartime, I tend to knit helmet liners for soldiers. I've lost track of how many I've knitted. I have a friend whose son is finishing up basic training in the US Army, and the likelihood of him getting sent to Europe for whatever reason is going on by then is very, very high. So, I got some of the superwash Wool of the Andes on sale at KnitPicks, and I cast on. When I'm reading the latest updates on Twitter, I pull that one out and keep knitting the ribbing (6" of ribbing to start) around and around, making sure to check for mistakes, and I think of the young man who will end up wearing it. I think of the Ukrainians fighting to protect their democracy, their land. I think of the Russian soldiers, just kids, sent to die for no good reason. I think of how wars are won with other people's children, never with the kids of the rich or powerful, with people in my family who have proudly served. And so I knit around and around, hoping the movement of my fingers will calm my heart as it breaks for all those involved in fighting and fleeing this horrible, horrible war. I have a sock pattern and Ukrainian colors in KP Palette, but my hands haven't been okay with the size 0 needles, so a helmet liner it is. May he never actually need it to wear in a battle, and may he know he's been prayed over by his mom's friend miles away.
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CarinaI go by Bina on Ravelry, have for years, and used to have a knit blog ages ago. With everything going on with Ravelry and elsewhere, I think it's time to bring back the knit blog. Archives
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