Author: Athina Afan

Feed

Feed yourself.

We are going to need energy—both physical and metaphysical —as we climb. Take some time this week to focus on food and activities that nourish you, body and soul.

Your Weekly Adventure

Try a food from another culture this week.

What did you pick?

Be sure to include #woolwideadventures in your post to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Your Mini Treks

• Learn the difference between straw and hay, and what it means for sheep.
• Share a recipe.
• Share a practice that feeds your soul. Do you do yoga? Enjoy nature walks?
• Feed your inner knitter with a short tutorial to improve your cast-ons, gusset holes, and afterthought heels, watching one of these tutorials.
• Visit one of the days in the last Online International Fiber Festival and prepare the menu from that country
• Join the Morehouse Merino Flock and feed your appetite for learning, growing, and building your knitting toolbox. We’re about to cast on a pattern that can be either leg warmers or a cowl – how cool is that?

Be sure to include #woolwideadventures in your post about your Treks, to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Feed is fuel.
Amy, Irene, Anne, and Erin

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Create

Nothing beats handknit socks and hats on a mountain adventure.

Your Weekly Adventure

Show us you’re ready for that unpredictable mountain weather with a post about a pair of socks or a hat you’ve recently made or are currently making.

If you need some inspiration, here are some great hat and sock patterns.

As you post about your research, use #woolwideadventures to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Your Mini Treks

• Try one of the patterns in this book from Moroccan shepherds who are no strangers to harsh mountain weather.
• Cast on one of Amy’s patterns, available from Ravelry or Payhip.
• Sign up for one of these classes for more in-depth help.
• A month’s membership to the Morehouse Merino Flock might be just the ticket to help you get a jump on knitting projects that FIT you – with a community of like-minded knitters.
• If you find you’ve caught the hat-knitting bug, listen to this podcast episode to learn how your knits can make a difference in a child’s life.

Be sure to include #woolwideadventures in your post to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Create something awesome.
Amy, Irene, Anne, and Erin

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Community

No matter where you go in this world, if you pull out your knitting, you are going to make a friend.

People are drawn to knitting. They are curious, or nostalgic, or knitters themselves. Within communities, knitting brings families and friends together as skills and techniques are passed along from person to person.

The process of sharing that knowledge often creates an intimacy that allows people to share their lives as well.
This week, we are going to focus on how knitting strengthens communities.

Your Weekly Adventure

Tag someone you admire in the knitting community who brings people together and tell us what makes them so special.

As you post about your research, use #woolwideadventures to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Your Mini Treks

• What are some of your first jobs on a sheep farm when you join the shearing community? Listen to episode 39 and find out!

• Register to be part of the live virtual audience in the next episode of Amy’s video knitcast, “Would Knit Be Fun,” where she will interview Anne here, or listen to one of the earlier episodes here.

• Join the Morehouse Merino Flock.

• Subscribe to the I Thought I Knew How podcast

Each is backed by a welcoming and encouraging community of knitters who share their knowledge and friendship with fellow knitters!

Tag or share this post with your knitting friends so they can experience their own Wool Wide Adventure. As you do so, be sure to use #woolwideadventures to be entered in the weekly and grand prize drawings!

Be sure to include #woolwideadventures in your post to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!

Be the community,
Amy, Irene, Anne, and Erin

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