Every year, Ann Budd participates in the Alzheimer’s Association’s (alz.org) “The Longest Day” event, which takes place on the longest day of sunlight – this year it’s on Sunday, June 18th. For this event, volunteers do something they love while raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research. Ann has designed a pattern, “Fading Memories Cowl 2023”, for every pattern sold through August 31, 2023, $5 will be donated to Alzheimer’s research. Join her on Zoom in knitting from dusk til dawn on June 18th! For more information see www.annbuddknits.com.
Purchase Fading Memories Cowl HERE!
Here is the schedule, and links to KAL with the different shops.
- Start the Longest Day KAL at Four Purls of Winter Haven, Florida. This Zoom session begins at 6:00 am PDT, 7:00 am MDT, 8:00 am CDT, 9:00 am EDT, 10:00 am ADT, and 10:30 am in NL.
- The next stop will be at Knit and Stitch Boutique of Cocoa, Florida. This Zoom session begins at 7:30 am PDT, 8:30 am MDT, 9:30 am CDT, 10:30 am EDT, 11:30 am ADT, and 12:00 pm in NL.
- We’ll continue at Hill Country Weavers of Austin, Texas. This Zoom session will be at 9:00 am PDT, 10:00 am MDT, 11:00 am CDT, 12:00 pm EDT, 1:00 pm ADT, and 1:30 pm in NL.
- Drop in on me again, courtesy of Longmont Yarn Shoppe of Longmont, Colorado. This Zoom session will begin at 10:30 am PDT, 11:30 am MDT, 12:30 pm CDT, 1:30 pm EDT, 2:30 pm ADT, and 3:00 pm in NL.
- Keep knitting (or take a short nap), then join River City Yarns of Edmonton, Alberta for another session starting at 12:00 pm PDT, 1:00 pm MDT, 2:00 pm CDT, 3:00 pm EDT, 4:00 pm ADT, and 4:30 pm in NL.
- We’ll then zoom over to All Wound Up of Edmonds, Washington, beginning at 2:00 pm PDT, 3:00 pm MDT, 4:00 pm CDT, 5:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm ADT, and 6:30 pm in NL.
- Next, we’ll bop over to Kid Ewe Knot in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. This session will begin at 4:00 pm PDT, 5:00 pm MDT, 6:00 pm CDT, 7:00 pm EDT, 8:00 pm ADT, and 8:30 in NL.
- We’ll finish up our looong day of knitting with a visit to the Bazaar Girls Yarn Shop in Port Townsend, Washington. This session starts at 5:30 pm PDT, 4:30 pm MDT, 5:30 pm CDT, 6:30 pm EDT, 7:30 pm ADT, and 8:00 pm in NL.