Knitters cast off when finishing a project. Sometimes a figurative cast-off occurs when a student is not thriving in the school system and for various reasons quits and never completes her/his high school education. Enter the nonprofit group cimientos. This was our site visit today.
Their mission is to select students considered high-risk for non-completion of education.
Regular mentoring, counseling and financial aid are given to these students.
We were able to meet one of the recipients of this service and she is now in medical school and on her way to becoming a doctor. It was a story that moved me very, very much.
Let's move on now to the cast-off concerning yarn.Karen was very diligent in her research about yarn shops in Buenos Aires. She found the yarn district was actually on our way back from the site visit so, with Jack, we got off the mini bus and walked to yarn nirvana.
Wes was thrilled beyond measure that he couldn't accompany us on this trip to the yarn district.
This young gentleman was so helpful in one of the shops, and very patient with our Spanish language deficiencies. I bought
some very special yarn here.
My favorite yarn shop was this one - piles and piles of "sari" yarn on the floor.
Unfortunately, I had to leave it there! I did buy a few specialty buttons and a
wooden stick and round disc for securing knitted accessories together instead
of using a button or knot.
Another particular yarn shop had a huge swan in the window made from white yarn.
Know the funny thing about going to the yarn district? I'm not even a knitter.
Apparently, when in Buenos Aires yarn district I can shop like a knitter. Cast ON, anyone?
(Is that the terminology for putting yarn on a knitting needle when beginning?)
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