The basics

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What am I doing?
Sending English kids' books to poor schools in Israel, particularly to the Bedouin schools in the Negev.

Why am I doing it?
Because I believe in giving a hand up to needy kids and in the power of communication to break down barriers.

How does this work?
I collect books from whoever has them available (maybe you?) and mail them to my contacts in Israel.

How much does it cost?
Lots! Please donate to this worthy cause and you will get a hand-knit gift for your trouble.

Who am I?
I am just a person with piles of books in her living room and an infinitely-supportive husband. Any people or organizations who want to help out are welcome to join me.

What is I want to read about your knitting and book reviews and cats?
Check out Nina's Books and Stuff. But please come back here for more Israeli Bedouin news and B4I project updates!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

It's St Patrick's day..

... plus we've had another donation, so Connor is working hard on a new cozy in shades of green:

This cozy is in a log cabin pattern, inspired by the geniuses of Mason-Dixon Knitting.


Sadly, Connor is having to pick up some new skills for the occasion, mainly around joining yarns. A lot of the joins are not as smooth as one would have liked. Sometimes I suspect he'd rather chew the yarn than join it:


(That precious expression says, "Mom, another minute of your silly attempts at a photo essay and I bite!")

Here's hoping we all celebrate the day with a maximum of genuine craic and a minimum of green beer, plastic shamrocks, and miscellaneous Irish cheese.

Update:
We are included in this week's Friday Ark at the Modulator's.

Upperdate:
We are in the WCB, too, at I Got Two Shoes. The local cat there is gorgeous, black, and HUGE. He may be huger than Connor, amazingly enough.

Uppestdate:
And there's the Carnival of the Cats, over at Pet's Garden Blog. We are hosting the Carnival on April 15, and we are looking forward to it.

6 comments:

alan said...

I came across a wonderful Irish company that catch Leprechauns

www.catchaleprechaun.com

Happy St. Patrick's day

Artsy Catsy said...

Hi Connor! We saw you on Weekend Cat Blogging and came right over. It's nice to meet a fellow artistic cat. Drop by and see us sometime!

Rocky
CEO (Cat Executive Officer)
Artsy Catsy

MDK Kay said...

Hi Nina, I made a small contribution to your great project but want to tell you not to knit me anything (you've got enough to do!). Would have emailed but couldn't find an address (didn't look very long either).

Yasher koah! (If that's appropriate for this situation.)

xox Kay

Jelly said...

A knitty kitty! Awesome! Thanks for joining WCB this weekend!

Dragonheart said...

Connor, you are a very talented cat! :) Nice job helping out with the knitting. :)

Kitikata-san said...

I agree with Dragonheart! Talented and quite a cutie pie to boot!