KnitWit @ Stanford

 

 

 

 

This will be a pretty brief post since I still have to finish a post on the other sitem and I'm really tired. Donovan & I met with the KnitWit @ Stanford on Tuesday to brainstorm ideas and sketch out a plan of action for trying to start the waiting room yarn idea. Thanks Lourdes, for gathering people to come talk to us! Everyone brought great ideas to the meeting, and it was nice to meet the faces behind emails.

Donovan found the quote on the floor, right where we were meeting. I thought it was really fitting and inspiring. The other photo is a view of the Hoover Tower from an perspective that I've never seen before--it's from the Engineering Building.

Today I got the call from Angela from Guest Services, who has the power to get approval for implementation of our ideas. She asked me to forward the outline of the project to her so that she can clearly present it to the "powers that be" who make decisions on these types of things. I'll beef up the outline, add in some vignettes of my encounters with knitters during my time here, and also add in info from the link that one of the KnitWitters sent me. Heck, I'll even offer to present the idea myself, via Skype or something. Angela said the process is a slow one, but I'm just happy that it's not dead in the water already. I'm patient. Maybe by the time that Donovan & I come back next year for his 1-year re-check, the project can get going.

I also met with Beth Elliot from Green Planet Yarn today. She has a lovely store, and she is wonderful!! She's got ALL the colors of Lamb's Pride Worsted! Plus many other yarns, and for each area, she's got a little writeup of the company or the yarn so that the customers can understand why she chooses to carry that yarn, certain types of needles, etc. Beth is a retired Stanford employee, and she's got some connections there, too.

In order to keep things moving in the right direction with the idea, we're soliciting name suggestions from the KnitWitters (or if you're reading this and have an idea, let me know & I'll add it to the list!), we'll vote on a name next week, and I'll start either a yahoo or a google group (Beth said the google groups aren't bad, either) some time after I get back to Hawaii.

Thank you everyone who's seen my blog or my emails, and wants to help out with the project!! I think Stanford is going to be surprised at our organized plans!