My Knitted Balls

06/03/2016
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I use my knitted balls to initiate conversations about knitting. The balls are soft to touch, you can squeeze them, and they usually provoke a smile.

The first series of my knitted balls were from Arne and Carlos' 55 Christmas Balls http://arnecarlos.com/ Their book is user friendly and full of interesting patterns. I eventually created my own balls, playing with size, shape and pattern.

Canadian Heavyweight Champion Dillon (Big Country) Carman weighing in

Super nice guy, Dillon (Big Country) Carman holding one of my balls https://www.facebook.com/bigco...

Bianca del Rio cupping my ball

Denmark bound

I took my balls to Denmark last fall. The purpose of the trip was to attend a knitting festival; Strikkefestival in Fano.

Some of the happiest people on the planet

Boys from Denmark clothed me while Air Canada was trying to find my luggage.

Charity Ball

Lately, I have been using my balls to raise funds for various charities. The unstuffed moustache ball above, was used to raise both awareness and funds during the Movember campaign for Prostrate and Testicular cancer.

More balls to come.

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Bear Balls

I had plans to be in Provincetown for Bear Week. It was going to be 5 days of knitting with a great bunch of guys, attend the opening of Ryan Cooke's new yarn and fabric shoppe, Purl http://www.ptownpurl.com/new-b..., and socialize with some of P-town's most welcomed guests, the Bears.

07/15/2016
Categories: Balls

Grab your Hank, we are heading to Denmark

World AIDS Day & The Red Scarf Project My daughter told me about the Red Scarf project in Peterborough and thought I might be interested. I saw this as an opportunity to participate in an HIV/AIDS initiative in a community outside of Toronto.