Sock Ministry and VoxTox

Here's where the latest socks, two in one, are

That white section is the separation point, where I'll take the two socks apart. It's where cuffs will be knitted after separation. Right now I'm up to foot two,  sock two, heel complete, on the way to the toe.

New readers, the destination for all the socks other than the very occasional pair for the knitter, made from non-ministry yarn,  is a ministry to the homeless and addicted, often both, north of here. 

A van of nuns, who have been nurses and social workers, goes out and works on the street, bringing medical and other practical attention to people in desperate need. 

Socks, well made, comfortable, are a regular need, so I've taken that on. I found nobody in the religious community, who also knit with donated yarn, can knit socks. They were given some beautiful sock yarn and appealed in the newsletter for help. An opportunity made for the likes of me.

So this year I've been doing it, and this is probably Pair Nineteen, lost track a while ago.  

I'm not a member of any religion, but I do observe the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, which are just pretty much what a decent person would do without knowing about them! Not wishing to sound holy, I'm far from it, just that's how it fits into my life.

I'm isolated by age and circumstances, aside from the pandemic which simply formalized my normal life, but this Ministry enables me to be connected in an important way beyond just words on a screen, important as they too are.

While I knit, only for a while each day, many other things going on around here, I listen to audiobooks and YouTube.

I'm revisiting VoxTox at the moment, a great series of short videos Sandi Toksvig, brilliant comic, historian, archaeologist, writer, woman of many parts, made daily, to help people through lockdown. The dog is Mildred 

Take a look. She discontinued the series once things opened up again in Britain where she lives, but the series, loads of episodes, is still there and worth catching. Since it's largely verbal, about books and history,  you can do other things without missing anything.

Happy day everyone, ending here as Sandi does: take care, be kind!