The Knitting Fiend

This is Jenny, a young friend of mine who has cystic fibrosis. She is currently on a waiting list for a double lung transplant required to save her life. Her surgery and special treatment will incur immense costs, many of which are not covered by insurance. To help cover some of these costs, her family has set up a fund through COTA, the Children’s Organ Transplant Association.

As a favor to me, I am asking generous knitters to consider making a donation of $5 or more to Jenny’s fund. (Because of administrative overhead, COTA requests donations less than $5 be given by non-internet methods.)

To donate to a fund to help Jenny, visit http://www.cotaforjennifersm.com/

After you donate, come back and knit this simple yet elegant “Jenny Shawl”. I knit mine using 2 skeins of Taiga 100% Alpaca yarn which sells for $4.25 a skein and fluffs beautifully when you wash and block. The bulk of the knitting is worked in garter stitch. The faux lace trim consists of elongated twisted knit stitches (which are very easy) bordered by two eyelet rows. When you wear it, say a prayer for Jenny!

To create your pattern, fill out this form:

Create Pattern for Jenny Shawl

Enter Gauge Information

Enter your stitch gauge in garter stitch: To obtain an accurate pattern, you must knit a garter stitch gauge swatch using the needles and yarn you picked to knit your shawl, then enter values here. Stitch Gauge: st/inch

Design Your Shawl

To design your shawl, enter the “width” you want. The “width” is measured along the curve of the top edge. Shawl Width: inches.

Optional: This part of the form is useful after you have knit at least 1 skein. Ignore the form when creating your first pattern. When you finish knitting a skein (or two or three), count the number of stitches on your needle. Enter the number of stitches on your needle, the number of full skeins you have already knit and the total number of skeins you started out with. The program will figure out how many stitches should be on the needle when you start the lace panel. Number of stitches on needle: Number of skeins already knit: Number of skeins you had to begin with:

Click to create your pattern.

Copyright Lucia Liljegren 2007.

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6 Comments »

1. Lucia –

   The shawl is absolutely gorgeous as I saw “live and in person” at our knitting group tonight. Even before I knew it was to be called the “Jenny Shawl,” I knew I wanted to knit it!

   Thank you so very much for your help raising the much needed funds for Jennie’s double lung transplant. Anything anyone is able to donate toward Jennie’s campaign is very much appreciated, as we anticipate her medical expenses to exceed $450,000.

   PS. Hope you husand made it home ok in this lovely “winter wonderland”!

   Comment by Selena — 11/30/2006 @ 10:44 pm

2. For those who don’t know, I’m Jennie’s Mom.

   Comment by Selena — 11/30/2006 @ 10:46 pm

3. hi my name is wayne. i live in boulder colorado. i have cystic fibrosis to. i dont know jenny but i would like to get to know jenny and be her friend and be her pen pal. i would like to wish jenny the verry best of luck with her double lung transplant. i would like to get to know other people with cystic fibrosis as pen pals and has friends. please e-mail me back at BWAYNEV@EARTHLINK.NET from wayne vaughan

   Comment by hi my name is wayne — 4/11/2007 @ 8:59 pm

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