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Learn to Knit at RiverWoods Senior Living Community

June 28 , 2007

Are you interested in learning how to knit or crochet but aren’t sure where to go to learn?  A group of ladies gather on Thursday mornings between 10 a.m. and noon in the Courtyard Café, located within RidgeCrest Court and Commons on the campus of RiverWoods Senior Living Community at 3201 River Road in Lewisburg, to instruct those who are interested in learning how to knit or crochet or to assist those who have questions or are looking for inspiration.

This particular group initially was taught how to knit from Ruth Burnham, who taught a knitting class at RiverWoods several years ago.  When the class ended, however, they continued to get together on a weekly basis in the café and usually have lunch together in the RidgeCrest Restaurant when they are done knitting on the Thursdays they meet.

The ladies work on projects of their own choosing.  For example, Carolyn Willisford of Milton is completing a 63-square sampler afghan that she started two years ago during the knitting class at RiverWoods; Winnie Donkochick of Northumberland is working on a baby blanket; Bonnie Bennage of Milton is knitting a sweater; and Ann Goehring of Lewisburg is making a pretty teal vest for herself.

The Union County Red Cross’s Knit Your Bit project, together with the Mifflinburg Area Military Mom’s Association (MAMMA), is recruiting knitters and providing kits to make 500 knitted items for troops abroad by Christmas 2007.  For more information on project “Knit Your Bit,” please contact the Red Cross at (570) 524-0400.

For more information on the RidgeCrest knitting group or about how to become involved, please call Ruth Burnham at (570) 523-8311 or call the RidgeCrest Information Desk at (570) 524-2711.