Spinners At Your Wheels - Right Foot, Left Foot, Go !!!

OK.  The lists are ready.  We have 33 spinners at this point, and over 40 knitters.  Here are the spinners:

1. Dianna-Margene
2. Amie----Patricia
3. Rissa  and her friend
4. Loraine Guritzky spinning --Rachel Sunshine knitting
5. Lori <bonjourlori...>

7. Sarah Bell
8. Kathy Ryan
9. Denise Stevenson
10. kelly <thegabby....
11. JoShell Koliva
12. Annie      knittygr
13. Kate/Massachusetts
14. Gretchen Lieb
15.  Janel Laidman
16.  Tina Shaddox
17. Robyn <irrob...
18. dez
19. Mary     cisco...
20. Cheryl  newhue...
21. Veronica Velasco
22. Jeanne     blossom...
23. Anjeanette Milner
24. Jackie Joy
25. Lisa Milliman
26.  Chris Hadaway
27. Mary Tucker
28. Lola    lolajl
29. Gwendolyn M
30. Shelley
31.  Sandra    Thistlecove
32.  Susan Rachel

The spinners need to use BLACK fiber only, or over dye the yarn once spun to BLACK.  These women will only be wearing black during their one year mourning period, so any other color will not be able to be worn for at least a year.  Thank you!   If you thought you had volunteered and don't find your name on the list, please E-mail us asap!

If we should need additional spinners or knitters, we will post again with that information. For now, please hold the offers, and that we thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for all the volunteering of spinning, knitting, fiber, and other assistance, including thoughts and prayers!

The shawls will be the Simple Garter Stitch Prairie Shawl shown on page 53-54 of Cheryl Oberle's book, Folk Shawls.  It has simple garter stitch, is triangular, and has a border fashioned by a yarn over eight stitches in from the edge.  Very simple and unadorned.  Easy to knit, and comforting.  The pattern calls for 750 gms of worsted weight, but is easily adaptable to virtually any weight yarn.  Since these shawls for the most part are worn in place of a coat, I would think sport, DK or worsted would be the best weights.  I am thinking in terms of 1200 - 1500 yds of worsted for the project.  Thank you!

Comments

[Teyani]

oooppsss, fingers were typing too fast last night after a long day.. that should have read 6 ounces

[Teyani]

I am definately spinning, and have finished about 46 ounces so far... somehow, am not on your list. but then again, my computer might have a glitch, as number six on your list is blank on my screen....
give me a shout and let me know where to send the spun yarn to okay?

[Heather Joins The Round]

What a lovely thing you women are doing together.

[Tina Shaddox]

I am on your spinner volunteer list but I don't have the book Folk Shawls so can someone email me or post to the comments with what weight yarn you need and how many yards? When will I know who to send the yarn to? thank you for all your help on this and I apologize for adding to the chaos with my questions...Tina