{"id":2238,"date":"2016-04-09T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2016-04-09T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T08:18:00","slug":"knitting-for-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/2016\/04\/09\/knitting-for-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting for Nepal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SI Poole has had a Friendship Link with SI Kathmandu since 2012 and since the earthquakes last year we have been doing as much as we can to support Nepal.\u00a0 We have sent funds on several occcasions, direct to their bank account in Kathmandu, and now we are focussing on providing warm hats and blankets\u00a0for babies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2240\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Hats for Nepalese babies\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hats for Nepalese babies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We sent a small number of hats last month, to see if they would get there safely &#8211; and they arrived in just over a week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/Post-Office.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2243 size-medium\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/Post-Office-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Sending baby hats to Kathmandu\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/Post-Office-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/Post-Office.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Post Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That gave us the confidence to continue, and on Friday 8th April a group of SI Poole members gathered to work on sewing up the hats and piecing together the squares into blankets.\u00a0 We would like to thank SI Bournemouth for contributing lots of hats and knitted squares!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2239\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/blanket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2239 size-medium\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/blanket-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"blanket\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/blanket-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/blanket.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piecing together the squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2241\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2241 size-medium\" src=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats2-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"hats2\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats2-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/hats2.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of hats for the babies of Nepal!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our sewing session was a lot of fun!\u00a0 As well as being very productive, we put the world to rights and had a lot of laughs.\u00a0 Real Programme Action and Friendship!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/southern-england\/files\/2016\/04\/Post-Office.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Poole has had a Friendship Link with SI Kathmandu since 2012 and since the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[89,83,88],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs-news","tag-nepal","tag-si-bournemouth","tag-si-poole"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knitting for Nepal! | News | Blog | Events | SI Southern England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Southern England : Blog &amp; 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