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Booga Bag for Evan

Recipient: TBD
Completed: May, 2007
Noro / Kureyon
100% wool
Needles: US 8

I first saw this pattern somewhere on-line quite a while ago. I liked the shape, envisioned lining it and using it as a lunch sack, thought about trying it…but for whatever reason it did not happen.

I first heard of Allison when I joined the Stitch n’Bitch-LA Yahoo group (she was one of the moderators). There were a few other brief encounters along the way: I made a little SnB logo for the site and she was my contact; we met at a SnB meetup; I attended a UCLA hockey/knit event that she and her husband organized… We were members of the same local knitting community, but I really didn’t know much about her personally until I read this post in January over at Crazy Aunt Purl’s.

Here was a knitter who needed help, and the response from the community was strong. The word spread via e-mails and blog postings, and new customers flocked to Allison’s on-line store, supercrafty.com, contributing much-needed funds for her son’s surgery. I purchased this Booga Bag kit. Since she lives quite close, I arranged to pick up my purchase directly from her and got to meet Mr. Evan in person. He is as charming and delightful as he looks.

Five months passed and I finally got around to knitting the bag. The pattern was simple and easy to follow and the classic lunch bag shape is, well, cute. It’s Noro, so of course the colors are amazing and the yarn felted up beautifully. Blocking was easy, too, as the bag fit perfectly over a plastic-wrapped photo box (a squat shoe box would probably work, too).

Also during the past five months, Evan and his parents have been working to find a way for him to get the treatment he needs. With a very rare condition like his and surgery that is still considered “experimental,” it is not an easy road they tread. Allison also runs a business that comes to a standstill in the summer and her husband is a student at UCLA, so they could really use some positive cash flow around now. Here are a few ways you can help:

• Make a donation to Evan’s Brain Surgery fund
• Do some shopping at SuperCrafty.com
• Use Evan’s Search (www.auctionartists.com) to perform your Google searches
• Purchasing something at Amazon.com? Go to Allison’s blog and use the link in the sidebar
• Spread the word about Evan and forward these links to your friends

Looks like it’s time to pick up some more yarn for the Lizard Ridge project. How about you?

Posted by bpod at Tuesday ~ June 06, 2007 |

Category: FOs, give, knit

 

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