AS national NPO, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day hosted their Road Show at the picturesque Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, 15 August, Johannesburg ambassador, Timothy Maloi and Durban ambassador, Sue Eslick teamed up to share their skills with the Northglen News against the stunning backdrop of the northern coastline.
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Speaking at the event, Carolyn Stein, founder of 67 Blankets for Mandela Day, said it all started in December , 2013 when she was challenged to make 67 blankets by Mandela Day, 2014.
“I started crocheting on Christmas Day, when my sister had arrived with a bag of wool and a crochet hook as my Christmas gift and I soon realised I wasn’t going to be able to crochet 67 blankets on my own,” she said.
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After reaching out on Facebook, the movement was born.
“A single ball of wool, a hook and an idea has snow balled into what people are calling a movement, a movement for good and for change in the world. We talk about knitting our lives together, knitting our nation together and more than that, knitting nations together,” said Stein.
The evening served to thank the crochet enthusiasts, affectionately known as ‘Knitwits,’ who contributed to the project by crocheting blankets to be donated to various orphanages, old age homes and informal settlements to keep South Africa Warm.
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