Hand-knitted shawls, and RAICES
Jul. 31st, 2018 01:23 pmSignal boosting for ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lydy who makes gorgeous shawls and gives them away in exchange for making a donation to RAICES. Check them out here! Pretty shawls part 1 and Pretty shawls part 2
lydy says:
I knit. A lot. And I usually give away what I create, since I do it for joy. Like you, I've been hugely disturbed by the stories coming from our southern border. So I would like to ask that if you want one of my shawls, you pledge to donate at least $10 to RAICES, or some other immigrant support groups. The donate link for RAICES is https://www.raicestexas.org/donate/
Materials cost for a shawl is between $20 and $50, more if there are a lot of beads. I am not a fast knitter, and I do a lot of ripping and reknitting, so labor time on these is between 30 and 100 hours. What I'm saying here is, if you're thinking about value, $10 doesn't even cover materials costs.
All shawls are knit with a wool blend. If you are allergic to wool these will make you itch. If you have not very bad cat allergies, these shawls should be fine. They were washed and blocked in a cat free area, but stored in a room where cats do go -- though they have not been sat upon by said cats. If you are very sensitive, I can re-wash and re-block, and never take it into a room where cats go before shipment.
Shipping to anywhere is free. I will choose a cheap shipping option. If you need it fast, let me know, we'll work it out.
One last note, my camera doesn't capture the glitter of the beads well, and the colors are not always true. I'll note as we go along. In general, the shawls are prettier in person than in pictures.
Please comment to let me know that you want a thing, and I'll PM you and we'll work out the details.
lydy who makes gorgeous shawls and gives them away in exchange for making a donation to RAICES. Check them out here! Pretty shawls part 1 and Pretty shawls part 2lydy says:I knit. A lot. And I usually give away what I create, since I do it for joy. Like you, I've been hugely disturbed by the stories coming from our southern border. So I would like to ask that if you want one of my shawls, you pledge to donate at least $10 to RAICES, or some other immigrant support groups. The donate link for RAICES is https://www.raicestexas.org/donate/
Materials cost for a shawl is between $20 and $50, more if there are a lot of beads. I am not a fast knitter, and I do a lot of ripping and reknitting, so labor time on these is between 30 and 100 hours. What I'm saying here is, if you're thinking about value, $10 doesn't even cover materials costs.
All shawls are knit with a wool blend. If you are allergic to wool these will make you itch. If you have not very bad cat allergies, these shawls should be fine. They were washed and blocked in a cat free area, but stored in a room where cats do go -- though they have not been sat upon by said cats. If you are very sensitive, I can re-wash and re-block, and never take it into a room where cats go before shipment.
Shipping to anywhere is free. I will choose a cheap shipping option. If you need it fast, let me know, we'll work it out.
One last note, my camera doesn't capture the glitter of the beads well, and the colors are not always true. I'll note as we go along. In general, the shawls are prettier in person than in pictures.
Please comment to let me know that you want a thing, and I'll PM you and we'll work out the details.
