Wow!
That is almost all I can say. I’ve watched how generous the knitting community is. I’ve seen the numbers for Knitting Without Borders and the annual Heifer International Drive along with Claudia’s ride for MS. It is an entirely different perspective to be heading up one of these drives. I am in even more awe at how generous you all are.
With much thanks to Wendy, Debi, Carole, and everyone else who has shared news of the pattern in yahoogroups, ravelry groups, and on blogs the current amount raised is $436.50! You guys cause almost increased my blog traffic ten times the most current daily average of unique visitors!
Since at least a few people have already cast on and there were some comments about fit and the like I set up a Guided By Love Sock-A-Long on Ravelry. I set it up on Rav because the vast majority of purchases were by people already on Ravelry (though you need not be on Ravelry to buy it) and it is really one of the easiest ways to have a KAL. If you aren’t on Ravelry yet and want to be part of the SAL, the waiting list is fairly short these days so you might consider doing that.
The photos in this post were taken shortly after mom got Gaston in 2003. Both were taken by my photographer sister, Amber of AMS Photography, and are posted with permission. Mom would probably like me to note that she has recently lost a considerable amount of weight since these were taken. Hey Amber - maybe you should suggest taking new photos! ;-)
