CLAY — The members by the Town of Clay Wise Women Yarn Circle gather by the words of bestselling author and artist Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK: “The Circles of Women around us weave invisible nets of love that carry us when we’re weak and sing with us when we’re strong.”
The Wise Women Yarn Circle is a newly formed, informal handiwork and social gathering group designed to work on your project of choice, or participate in the group donation prayer shawl effort for local senior recipients. The group recently completed donations to the Baldwinsville Meals on Wheels Blizzard Box Program for senior citizens’ winter security.
The group is facilitated by Clay Senior Joanne Czajkowski. Czajkowski allows the group to progress at their individual pace and is there to lend a hand to participants from the simple chain stitch for a brand new crocheter, to helping figure out a more complicated pattern. The group is also a social gathering in that anyone is welcome to attend regardless of project, or simply to sit, chat and have a cup of tea or coffee.
“My grandmother, my ‘Babcia,’ who emigrated from Poland, taught me to crochet at an early age. The prayer shawls that I have been crocheting with our group have a deep religious meaning for me as they provide comfort and security in someone’s time of need,” Czajkowski said when asked why she chose to facilitate the group.
Czajkowski wishes area seniors to know that all are welcome regardless of skill level. The group meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Town of Clay Senior Center, located at 4948 Route 31.
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You must be a registered member of the senior center to attend both on- and off-site programming. A Clay safety ID badge is required. Both registration and ID are free and available at the Clay Town Hall Recreation Department, located at 4401 Route 31.
For more information, please contact 315-652-3800 ext. 137 or [email protected].
