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| signing the 67 Blankets challenge board |
Today at Bryanston Organic Market there were a bunch of knitters and crocheters promoting the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project.
According the project's website, "In December 2013,
Zelda la Grange, Nelson Mandela’s trusted assistant, presented philanthropist
and ‘Arts Angel’, Carolyn Steyn, with a challenge: knit, sew or crochet 67
blankets! These blankets would then be distributed to those in need on NelsonMandela Day (18 July).
Carolyn gladly
accepted Zelda’s challenge but soon realised that she wouldn’t be able to
achieve it alone. She called on her
friends for help and developed a Facebook Page. Her friends shared the Page
with their friends, who shared the Page with theirs, and in just a few weeks,
hundreds of people from around the world had pledged to knit a blanket for
Nelson Mandela Day.
Since then, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day has transformed into what some are calling a movement – a movement that has captured the attention of many South African celebrities as well as corporates and do-gooders in Australia, Canada, Germany, Cyprus, London, the US and India.
Since then, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day has transformed into what some are calling a movement – a movement that has captured the attention of many South African celebrities as well as corporates and do-gooders in Australia, Canada, Germany, Cyprus, London, the US and India.
You are invited to
join this incredible initiative! Stitch by stitch, we will be keeping thousands
of people around the world warm this winter in the name of our beloved Nelson
Mandela. His legacy lives on in each blanket we produce with our own two hands."
On April 21 - for the 21st anniversary of South Africa's democracy on the 27th of April - 21,000 blankets will be laid out on the grounds of Pretoria's Union Buildings in front of Nelson Mandela's statue. Carolyn's dream of breaking the Guinness Book of World Records with a
colourful sea of blankets around the feet of the statue might just come true.
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| my yet to be completed going on 10 years needpoint project |
I resisted the call to knit or crochet a blanket myself. I haven't knitted since I was a teenager and I still have this massive needlepoint project to finish first. But I did contribute to the project by buying enough yarn for some do-gooder knitter to use in order to make an entire baby blanket for the project.
To get involved, contact Johan Vos on 0617 67 67 67 or email info@67blankets.co.za.
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