By: WNYT Staff: If your only recollection of knitting is as an old hobby of your grandmother’s, you may not be aware that many consider knitting an art form and knitters are doing things with knitted wear that you never imagined. Elena Fasullo, 12, is a typical teen. She enjoys hanging out with friends and bike riding. She also knits. \u201cSome of my friends like it too, and my mom at school \u2013 she actually had a knitting club,\u201d Elena noted. \u201cThey like it. It\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d She’s made gloves and bags. While some see knitting as a bygone hobby, Jody Mason who founded the group \u201cChicks with Sticks,\u201d says it’s an art form that is not unraveling. \u201cThere\u2019s a website called Ravelry.com. They have over a million members worldwide,\u201d Mason said.<\/p>\n
Nearly a dozen women make up her group as she’s found a way to weave the young with the young at heart. \u201cI know another knitter in the group. She asked me to join. I said \u2018yes\u2019 and I\u2019ve loved every minute of it,” said Liz Hotaling, another knitter. Mason learned to knit from her grandmother — also a knitter and her mom — a fashion designer. She says fiber runs in her family. \u201cMy great uncle was a monk in a monastery in Italy. He was a tailor, and he made the long brown robes they wore. However, it’s not just the comradery that the women find here. They are also excited about sharing their craft — donating many of their finished products to charity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve donated to Albany Med, to the Homeless Female Veterans up in Saratoga. There\u2019s an organization called \u2018Bus Stop Club\u2019 that supports siblings of chronically ill children,\u201d explained Mason. It can be emotional when those donations are made. \u201cHe picked out some baby clothes \u2013 hats and sweaters and booties. Tears were welling in his eyes, and I was starting to cry,\u201d recalled Mason. \u201cIt\u2019s really nice to think that we made their lives better a little,\u201d beamed Elena. This fall, many in the Capital Region will become benefactors of their scarfs, mittens and hats — as they launch a yarn bomb. They’re popular in many cities. These won’t decorate the trees, lamp posts and benches for long. The \u201cChicks with Sticks\u201d are donating them to whoever finds them! \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to know that somebody’s wearing it,\u201d acknowledged Hotaling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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