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General News: The Mitten Project Takes Off
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| Mittens like these will be shipped to Afghanistan. |
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| The socks were knit by machines. |
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| Marine Sergeant Jordan Cable first asked his aunt for mittens for his troops. |
December 11, 2008
Imagine, if you will, a group of U.S. Marines who patrol all day in the remote mountains of Afghanistan then come back to cold barracks with little to warm their hands and feet.
One of the those Marines, Sergeant Jordan Cable, told his aunt, Carol Curri that among the 32 men in his unit, some had families who couldn’t afford to send them extra clothing. He asked her to knit mittens and said that anything she could send would be used and appreciated by his men.
Carol Curri, who recently moved from Cornwall, spoke with Gail Parrinello, owner of the Cornwall Yarn Shop about the need for mittens and socks and the Mitten Project was born.
The design director of Plymouth Yarn Company created a pattern for the mittens and volunteers began knitting them With the help of Laurie Perrone the project expanded to woolen socks as well, including some knit on machines dating back to World War Two.
Sewers are also welcome to the project and can use a pattern for making fleece mittens.
Laurie Perrone also came up with the idea of getting sponsors of the materials for mittens at $5 a pair. She has received donations to sponsor 55 pairs of mittens, but Gail Parrinello of the yarn shop says that they need more knitters and sewers to keep up with the supply.
Parrinello shipped off the first box of ten mittens and six socks on Thursday morning.
This Saturday and Sunday representatives of the Mitten Project will have a table at the Canterbury Christmas musical recital and craft fair at Storm King School. (Click here for more details.)
Gail Parrinello says that the Mitten Project allows people who want to make a contribution the opportunity to put their effort into something makes such a difference in individuals’ lives. Carol Curri says that once the men in her nephew's unit are covered, a pastor will distribute the mittens and socks to other units. For more information about how you can get involved with the project, you may email her at [email protected] or by phone at 534-0383.
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