Stitch Together Program Begins!

Last night we began Stitch Together, a new chapter of our collaboration with AALV’s Women's Cafe support group. The Mill Museum organized a field trip to Must Love Yarn for the participants to pick out yarn for our next knitting project, which the women decided will be another group project! A huge thanks to Jennifer Arbuckle and Arianna Soloway at Must Love Yarn for hosting us!

The women’s group had previously knit and crocheted two blankets to be included in our Welcome Blanket project earlier this year. The women loved knitting together so much, they asked for the Mill Museum’s support to continue! For this next project, the women will be knitting sample strips to try different knit techniques. The strips will be stitched together to make more community blankets.

Stitch Together will meet twice a month at AALV to offer Refugee women from East Africa an outlet to learn new knitting skills, socialize, make new community connections, and heal from past trauma.

Stitch Together is made possible with support from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, Northfield Savings, Vermont Federal Credit Union, and individual donors.

If you would like to support Stitch Together, financial contributions welcome!