Knitting socks in Kenya

Seeing as Pete took his knitting up a mountain in Lesotho I took mine on holiday to Kenya. While  I was too hot or too busy to knit most of the time I did finish a Without Borders sock for p/hop’s festival display.

A few of us in the p/hop Ravelry group have signed up for knitting 52 pairs of socks in one year and we’ve been wondering how to use it to raise money for MSF. I made a little video while on holiday and though I look a tad weary as I’d spent the previous night fighting a mosquito net in a traditional hut I had a great time.

While I wasn’t there for MSF I was aware of the work MSF do in Kenya. Kenya has suffered from droughts for the last two years. Luckily there was lots of rain while I was there and the people I spoke to were very relieved about this as their crops are growing well, unlike the last two years.  There’s a new MSF campaign to raise awareness about malnutrition called Starved of Attention which is well worth a few moments of your time.

2 comments so far

  1. Katie
    #1

    Looking gorgeous!

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  2. Pete Masters
    #2

    Amazing! You can knit and talk at the same time in your videos!! I struggle with that a lot…. ;)

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