Quiet tears of joy ran down my face this morning in happy little rivulets as I opened my email from Nazir Sabir. We all have been patiently waiting for this moment for months! Prayers were uttered frequently that it would at last be so: the nearly 100 scarves we all so lovingly knitted and crocheted [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Kathryn
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Full story here. [Note: story has now been taken off UDJ archives. Please see link to same story picked up by allbusiness.com. KH] Wednesday morning: Tomorrow night’s event at Tierra is beginning with a splash: mine. Across the front page of the local paper. A bit unnerving, I have to admit. Someone reminded me that [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Well, dearest readers, we did it! Seventy warm, beautiful scarves, four precious hats and 15 pairs of socks will shortly be on their way to Islamabad! How can I begin to thank all of you who labored with love stitch by endless stitch thinking all the while of those disadvantaged little girls who will soon [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2008 by Kathryn
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I must confess I have been going to the post office lately in heightened anticipation of that first yellow slip announcing the arrival of the first handmade scarves, and this week the first box came! From Judith. In Florida. I have very little idea who she is, or how she heard about the Scarf Initiative, [...]
Posted on October 4th, 2008 by Kathryn
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Afghani refugees studying in Pakistan– photo courtesy of Central Asia Institute A dream and vision has lodged in my heart and it will not go away. I want to adopt one of the schools Greg Mortensen has set up in Pakistan and rally the hearts and hands of readers to make scarves for at least [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Kathryn
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