Knitting for Peace

Many years ago, I started knitting-I was about 5 or 6. In fact, my grandmother was the person who started me. I was not very good in the beginning which is not a surprise, we all have to learn sometime and that was my opportunity. I made many button holes at that time. She taught the European way to knit which I am now thankful for. It is much faster than the English or North American method although the important point is that we all end up in the same place with a completed project.
During the years that followed, I would often give up knitting because other things took precedence then something would encourage me to start again. One of those things was Knitting for Peace. I still remember knitting squares for a friend's mother. She was part of a group that took all those squares and made blankets. It seemed very strange at the time to be doing this but I persisted.
If you have a look at the book "Knitting for Peace: Make the World a better Place One stitch at a Time", (listed in Keep toronto Reading 2008-yup this booklet was in the library in 2009)you will see Lil Greene listed. She was one of the force behind this particular knitting project. Good to have been part of something positive.