Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Monday, December 14, 2009

The Vancouver Sun does it again...a thorouhg investigation of the Highway of Tears in BC. It was the Vancouver Sun who first investigated the 69 missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the poorest postal code in Canada, however it is the richest in community spirit.

Please check out the Vancouver Sun's intensive investigation on the website called Vanished. IF anyone knows anything please contact Crime Stoppers

Interactive Map

The so-called Highway of Tears case originally focused on a lonely stretch of tarmac between Prince Rupert and Prince George and involved nine cases. The number was doubled to 18 in October 2007.

The oldest case of girls and women who went missing or were murdered dates back to 1969. The most recent involves a teenager found dead in Prince George in 2006.

The RCMP's list was also expanded geographically, to include unsolved cases along other major highways in B.C. and Alberta, including those leading to Hudson's Hope, Kamloops, Merritt, and 100 Mile House, as well as extending as far as Hinton, Alta.

A Vancouver Sun investigative team has uncovered a series of other unsolved cases involving women going missing or being found dead along B.C. and Alberta highways, which appear to share characteristics with the Highway of Tears victims. Here, then, is a look at more than 30 unsolved cases of girls and women who were murdered or went missing along a highway over the last 40 years.

Legend

On the RCMP Highway of Tears list:

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.