WIP Knitters--Look Away!

If you are participating in the WIP-finishing contest, this post is not going to be helpful at all.

The lovely Hibiscus for Hope pattern is now available. Ramona has designed the luscious sock pattern as a thank-you gift for those who sponsor her in a walk to raise money for breast cancer. To get a copy of the pattern, you can sponsor Ramona here. There's a place on the form where you can specify that you would like the pattern, and give her your email address so she can send you a copy.

If this:
doesn't make it tempting enough for you, consider

According to the CDC, in 2004 (the most recent year numbers are available),
  • 186,772 women and 1,815 men were diagnosed with breast cancer
  • 40,954 women and 362 men died from breast cancer
Supporting research to cure any type of cancer is one of the most heroic deeds humans are capable of achieving. Let's make it a thing of the past--not the future.

Comments

Janet said…
I think that any support of cancer research is a great thing! Even though I am attempting to do the WIPS challenge, I would still like to get the pattern for these socks! It will be my incentive to get some other knitting out of the way, so that I can make my own "Hibiscus for Hope" socks! So, Toni, how do I get the pattern??? Thanks a bunch!
July 29, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Daniele said…
Wonderful cause and sock! Thanks for sharing the information.

Daniele aka mscreate.typepad.com
July 30, 2008 at 5:59 AM
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