PBP KAL – Social Knitwork Scarf Update

BEM copyright - PBP KAL

My first attempt to get people to assist me with this summer KAL (Knit-Along) project seems to demonstrate my poor ability to communicate.  As I wrote before, a KAL is when a group gets together to work on a common project.  This case we are all working on the Social Knitwork Scarf at different levels (i.e., those who are knitting and those who are contributing colors). 

The PBP KAL is to show how art/crafts connect with our spiritual selves.  By giving the scarf away, you create art with meaning that can make a difference in the greater good.  It is my belief that this act of generosity and expression of kindness is a living example of what Buddha stated: “no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance — the feeling that we have enough to share" (Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness).  The KAL also supports what Matthew Fox wrote about in Sins of the Spirit, Blessing of the Flesh: "Generosity is about giving without a guaranteed return — it is about the 'giveaway.' I believe that the true moral path of the twenty-first century will be very different from the path of the modern era because it will be marked by generosity."

Facts about this project:

1. I’m doing the knitting.  You do not have to learn to knit.
2. This scarf I am knitting is going to my charity of choice – Cat Welfare 
3. Below is the pattern that is being created by my friends and family and possibly you.  We are connecting together to help orphan cats.  
4. You can participate in this KAL in two ways.  a) You can be the next person to pick a row color for me to knit and tell me why you chose that color; or b) You can choose to knit a scarf yourself by choosing who you’ll be giving it to, by choosing your own four colors of yarn and by asking your friends, family and hopefully me to help with your design.

The design for my scarf so far:  Cast on with first color (green).  Knit down and back with the colors in purple.  Begin the purple colors again and add those in white. 




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Name	Color	Reason
Solar	Green	Color of Nature, Grounding
Merlyn	Natural	Everyone should learn to have fun being themselves
Maria	Coral 1	Because it is pretty
Jean	Blue	For the ocean water of life
Diane	Green	For plant life
Craig	Natural 2	Black like the depths of my soul &with specks of gold-- the light reflecting off the dust of my mind.
Budd	Green	You know green has always been my color
Adrienne	Blue	Weird, I was going to say green how about blue
Tom	Blue	Blue is the color of your eyes
Amy	Coral	Red is still my favorite color
RC	Blue	Blue, because it always makes me smile
Adrienne	Blue	Aqua like the sea
Me	Blue	My favorite color
Kathy	Coral	I love the color of coral, perfect for a hot day
Jakob	Blue	Oxford blue is what I’ll pick
Joyce	Blue	Teal and turquois are my color
Roberto	Coral1	Lavender is a healing color
Fabian	Green	Cause I like the green one
Zyg	Blue	70% of the world is blue
Norma	Blue	It is beautiful
Walter	Natural	Because this has been used the least – fewest repetitions

1. Purple reassigned to Coral

2. Mixed colors reassigned to Natural