Blog & Latest News Check in here for our latest news! Lace Dreams November 1, 2009 Today I started teaching Mony, Tyna and Rofi how to knit lace. They were really interested when they saw me knitting my first lace scarf (Branching Out for you Rav’ers) and were floored when they saw the lace shawl my sister gave me as a wedding present. And when... Mekong Blue October 31, 2009 Today I picked up a sample of the pouch we’ll be giving away to anyone who purchases 10 or more finger puppets. These are made out of beautiful silk and sewn at Mekong Blue. Mekong Blue is a great, great non-profit organization that helps communities in Stung Treng. I’d... Last day of training before Water Festival October 29, 2009 So yesterday was the 7th day of training and the last before a week long break. Today is a holiday for the 5th year anniversary of the current King’s coronation, tomorrow is a holiday for the former King’s birthday and Monday-Wednesday are off for the Water Festival. Cambodia has... Short and sweet October 27, 2009 Only one knitter photo today, down below. Still having issues finding a translator to come with me! Grr. I completely forgot to write about the donation we made last week to an orphanage on the outskirts of PP. We had a bag full of toys that were from the... The Dance of the Accounting Fairy October 25, 2009 For those of you enjoying a Sunday off, I envy you. My husband, darling, has been bothering me for weeks to budget and account for everything related to CK. Today he basically forced me to do it. A Sunday afternoon spent going through receipts and trying to understand accounting... One week of training down October 24, 2009 The first week is finished and most of the knitters are already able to make an elephant puppet! I still don’t have any more information for you as the translator stood me up yesterday and I wasn’t able to collect any stories. Grr. Chan Thyda sponsored by Kasia Zygadlewicz.... Find us at Living Room! October 22, 2009 I finally got the act together and put some of our final products on display on Living Room. If you’re interested in picking one up, head over there for a delicious coffee and shop away! Some puppets will be there tomorrow as well. Final training day for the week... Sponsorships call is over! October 21, 2009 We’ve had more people interested in sponsoring a knitter than we have knitters! While it’s great that all participants now have a distant supporter, I’m sorry that some of you won’t be able to sponsor a knitter this time around. If all goes well, I hope we can train... Training Day 1 October 19, 2009 The first day of training this morning went very well. Three knitters, pictures below, were able to finish knitting a bootee and were eager to start on the second one as we were leaving. I’m sure there will be many more finished tomorrow. Everyone who signed up on Thursday... An interesting perspective on globalization October 18, 2009 I just loved reading this so much a few weeks back, I decided to post it here too. This might as well be the story of my family (minus Oxford scholarships) from small Polish potato farm to Polish-Japanese, Polish-Greek, Polish-African and eventually Polish-Cambodian children all over the globe. I’m... Busy Monika October 16, 2009 Sorry for my slackness and not updating more as we head into the first week of training. I really thought that with my thesis out of the way I’d have lots of time, but instead I have been running around all week, catching up on all the things I... Great news story from India October 13, 2009 Just a quick update: I am free from the shackles of academia! I sent in my final dissertation yesterday afternoon and put away all the study material today. What a relief!! More tomorrow on CK, but for now take some time to read this article about a young man... Quick Update October 8, 2009 Things are hectic as I am trying to get the products ready to go to the shops, organize the training at Toul Sambo and complete my MSc. dissertation which is due next Friday but needs to be sent off by Monday afternoon. Most of my focus is on the... Knitting School October 5, 2009 We went back out to the community today to make sure that everyone that is interested has a pair of needles. Quite a few of the people we met on Friday had kept going over the weekend and we saw a few finished pieces of all garter and some... Sponsorship call! October 2, 2009 Sponsor a Knitter – Support a livelihood You could help a struggling community help itself, stitch by stitch! Cambodia Knits is hoping to find sponsors to support knitters-to-be through a three-week basic knitting training period. Starting October 19, 2009, Cambodia Knits will be training members of the community at... Happy happy happy October 1, 2009 Needles galore and mini-yarn balls for Toul Sambo: Deep sigh of relief. This morning on the drive out to Toul Sambo I had many worries floating around in my head. Not having enough needles, not being sure how many people would want to sign up for training, the yarn... Future Knitters September 28, 2009 I wanted to post this since our visit to the community last week, but didn’t have a chance until now. On Friday Davy and I visited Toul Sambo again to have a short meeting with community members to tell them about Cambodia Knits training, working for CK, training dates... More monsters! September 24, 2009 ... « Previous Page 1 …5 6 7 8 9 Next Page »
Lace Dreams November 1, 2009 Today I started teaching Mony, Tyna and Rofi how to knit lace. They were really interested when they saw me knitting my first lace scarf (Branching Out for you Rav’ers) and were floored when they saw the lace shawl my sister gave me as a wedding present. And when...
Mekong Blue October 31, 2009 Today I picked up a sample of the pouch we’ll be giving away to anyone who purchases 10 or more finger puppets. These are made out of beautiful silk and sewn at Mekong Blue. Mekong Blue is a great, great non-profit organization that helps communities in Stung Treng. I’d...
Last day of training before Water Festival October 29, 2009 So yesterday was the 7th day of training and the last before a week long break. Today is a holiday for the 5th year anniversary of the current King’s coronation, tomorrow is a holiday for the former King’s birthday and Monday-Wednesday are off for the Water Festival. Cambodia has...
Short and sweet October 27, 2009 Only one knitter photo today, down below. Still having issues finding a translator to come with me! Grr. I completely forgot to write about the donation we made last week to an orphanage on the outskirts of PP. We had a bag full of toys that were from the...
The Dance of the Accounting Fairy October 25, 2009 For those of you enjoying a Sunday off, I envy you. My husband, darling, has been bothering me for weeks to budget and account for everything related to CK. Today he basically forced me to do it. A Sunday afternoon spent going through receipts and trying to understand accounting...
One week of training down October 24, 2009 The first week is finished and most of the knitters are already able to make an elephant puppet! I still don’t have any more information for you as the translator stood me up yesterday and I wasn’t able to collect any stories. Grr. Chan Thyda sponsored by Kasia Zygadlewicz....
Find us at Living Room! October 22, 2009 I finally got the act together and put some of our final products on display on Living Room. If you’re interested in picking one up, head over there for a delicious coffee and shop away! Some puppets will be there tomorrow as well. Final training day for the week...
Sponsorships call is over! October 21, 2009 We’ve had more people interested in sponsoring a knitter than we have knitters! While it’s great that all participants now have a distant supporter, I’m sorry that some of you won’t be able to sponsor a knitter this time around. If all goes well, I hope we can train...
Training Day 1 October 19, 2009 The first day of training this morning went very well. Three knitters, pictures below, were able to finish knitting a bootee and were eager to start on the second one as we were leaving. I’m sure there will be many more finished tomorrow. Everyone who signed up on Thursday...
An interesting perspective on globalization October 18, 2009 I just loved reading this so much a few weeks back, I decided to post it here too. This might as well be the story of my family (minus Oxford scholarships) from small Polish potato farm to Polish-Japanese, Polish-Greek, Polish-African and eventually Polish-Cambodian children all over the globe. I’m...
Busy Monika October 16, 2009 Sorry for my slackness and not updating more as we head into the first week of training. I really thought that with my thesis out of the way I’d have lots of time, but instead I have been running around all week, catching up on all the things I...
Great news story from India October 13, 2009 Just a quick update: I am free from the shackles of academia! I sent in my final dissertation yesterday afternoon and put away all the study material today. What a relief!! More tomorrow on CK, but for now take some time to read this article about a young man...
Quick Update October 8, 2009 Things are hectic as I am trying to get the products ready to go to the shops, organize the training at Toul Sambo and complete my MSc. dissertation which is due next Friday but needs to be sent off by Monday afternoon. Most of my focus is on the...
Knitting School October 5, 2009 We went back out to the community today to make sure that everyone that is interested has a pair of needles. Quite a few of the people we met on Friday had kept going over the weekend and we saw a few finished pieces of all garter and some...
Sponsorship call! October 2, 2009 Sponsor a Knitter – Support a livelihood You could help a struggling community help itself, stitch by stitch! Cambodia Knits is hoping to find sponsors to support knitters-to-be through a three-week basic knitting training period. Starting October 19, 2009, Cambodia Knits will be training members of the community at...
Happy happy happy October 1, 2009 Needles galore and mini-yarn balls for Toul Sambo: Deep sigh of relief. This morning on the drive out to Toul Sambo I had many worries floating around in my head. Not having enough needles, not being sure how many people would want to sign up for training, the yarn...
Future Knitters September 28, 2009 I wanted to post this since our visit to the community last week, but didn’t have a chance until now. On Friday Davy and I visited Toul Sambo again to have a short meeting with community members to tell them about Cambodia Knits training, working for CK, training dates...
