DETROIT
HOLIDAY WARMTH: Knitter does fuzzy version of stamps
October 31, 2007
When the U.S. Postal Service contacted Karen Kendrick-Hands recently to see if she could knit a supersized likeness of this year's holiday stamps, she was more than willing.
"It was easy to say yes -- I'd already started one," said the owner of City Knits in Detroit.
The Holiday Knits series of stamps, now available at post offices nationwide, appear as knittings of a Christmas tree, snowman, teddy bear and reindeer. Kendrick-Hands designed and created a 42-inch-by-64-inch afghan likeness, which was publicly unveiled downtown Tuesday evening.Kendrick-Hands hopes the afghan will spur others to knit holiday gift items for donation to children and their parents at the Henry Ford Hospital Kaleidoscope Kids Hospice.
For more on that charity effort, visit www.cityknits.com/Kaleidoscope.html.
