OK, so remember way back when Gale was visiting me? And we were all super-secretive and hinty-hinty? Well, now we have downgraded (or is it "upgraded"?) the situation to only secretive and hinty.
How about let's just say that the book Craft Activism is now available for preorder from Amazon.
I've had a sneakpeek at one of the pages, and it's so fabulous I can hardly contain myself. Damn, that Gale and Joan do good work!
The Extreme Long-Time Reader of Now Norma Knits will recall that I first met Gale at a photo shoot for the Red Scarf Project when it was really in its infancy. Those were the days when we really had to beg and scrape and worry that we might not have enough scarves. Now we just have to remind people that quality is more important than quantity, that the designs have to be truly unisex, and that yes, red is the color. The array of gorgeous soft, warm scarves that pile in each year are astounding and wonderful.
I just love the blog for being able to turn back the time machine for things like this. I looked up the post and the date of our meeting was January 26, 2007!!! Can you believe that? I can't. (Look at me with my blonde highlights! Ha!) It's so much fun to look at Gale's album from the photo shoot that day and to think how far we've come from those humble beginnings of the project.
(Photo taken by one of the students with my camera.)
We had known each other virtually for a short while before that, but it was really the Red Scarf Project that brought us together. We were fast friends, though we met on what was probably the coldest day of the century.
Didn't matter! We had all that Red Scarf love (and a hot coffee at a patisserie later) to keep us warm. It was the first day I had met any of the Orphan Foundation of America (now renamed Foster Care to Success) students, and if I wasn't already sold, that sealed the deal for me. Such mature, responsible, fun, and appreciative young women I met that day, and I have met several more in the intervening years. They are all amazing. And so are we red scarf knitters, crocheters, and weavers.
RED SCARF ON, TROOPS! (And go order the book. You will be glad you did -- I promise!)
I am ferklmenpt. Was that really 2007? Mwah Norma!!!
Posted by: gale (she shoots sheep shots) | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 08:51 AM
ahem. I mean ferklempt.
Posted by: gale (she shoots sheep shots) | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 08:51 AM
Congratulations to Joan and Gale!!!!!
I love how you put that red in your post..RED!
heee.
Posted by: Marianne | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 09:29 AM
That's how I met Gale as well - and those are my mitten designs on the cover! Working on Red Scarf brought friendship and fun to me, as well as scarves for others.
Posted by: Mary Lou | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Wait the RED Scarves have to be RED? hahahahahahaha! Off to order book!
Posted by: Beverly | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 11:58 AM
dear norma youare the one who started
me to knit for red scarf thank you
please if you have nicky epstiein's book
knitting on the edge so many
patterns and trims can be made into
scarfs., red scarf on page 97 and a
powder blue inside page ``````````````````````````````````````````````` hi gale good for you and us ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart | Saturday, August 06, 2011 at 05:16 PM
Cool!
Posted by: Kym | Sunday, August 07, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Awesome! I feel like it shouldn't be that hard for people to get into the idea of red scarves. The other colors are great, but part of the goal is to not need to sort the scarves so strenously and lots of colors would turn a daunting task pretty nigh on impossible.
Posted by: Seanna Lea | Monday, August 08, 2011 at 03:22 PM
As I grabbed the side pull, I felt the foot hold crumble. When this happens in the desert, it is best to stay put. Sand is surprisingly resilient to the right pressure and surprisingly unresilient to gravity. I stepped my left foot through and climbed to a stance where I could look down and watch the hold drift away in the slight breeze now stirring the valley. The even smaller chip is now the standard foot for this move. It still goes at the same grade, just more precarious.
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