My vote is for Nancy Lambert!! She is a wonderful woman who does so much for the families in our community!!

Nancy Lambert does everything with a keen eye for detail whether she is knitting a cap or organizing an event. She knits, she mentors, she cares!

I would like to nominate the entire “Knitting Together” team in Charlottesville, VA.
Here’s why:
“Knitting Together” is an intergenerational knitting circle and is a team of loom-knitters (family and friends) crafting hats for children in need. The group had its humble beginnings when Ruth (a founding member) first discovered knitting looms and with guidance from your website knitted her first hat. We were all amazed at the astoundingly beautiful result. (Ruth can do anything under the sun, but this first hat was truly amazing.) Ruth quickly taught all of us the basics and we were hooked! But we had no idea what to do with the hats we were creating–until we looked just outside at the elementary school children heading off to school each morning in our neighborhood, many of whom had woefully uncovered (and presumably cold) heads. So Nancy (another founding member of the “Knitting Together” team) launched a program with the elementary school to donate our hats to those kids in need.

Our passion had suddenly developed a focus! We began meeting each Sunday morning to knit in earnest and to share stories of our lives (both to do with yarns, of course!) Many, many hats later, we discovered a wonderfully soft yarn for knitting baby blankets and clothes, and we found that the very small cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at the University of Virginia’s Children’s Hospital loved the feel of this yarn on their heads–and we also learned that these children very much loved the big flowers, pompoms, and other embellishments we began adding to the hats, as well as the buttons featuring dinosaurs, silly animals and other creatures, and footballs that had become a staple on our hats. Our little group suddenly had another big mission!

To organize all of our efforts, we drafted Anna (also a founding member) to keep us on track in terms of hats promised, and the yarn and other supplies needed, and making sure we had fulfilled any special requests. Our little team has begun to expand, and we’re looking forward to fulfilling the recent requests for holiday-themed hats for the Children’s Hospital!

In sum, I respectfully request that the entire “Knitting Together” team be nominated for this award, and if not the whole team, then any one of its amazing members would be a great candidate.

THANK YOU!
Susi