Jo Knits!

holidays are over!

You know your grocery store is a great one when they have yarn for sale next to the check out! LOL! Ok, so

it's only two kinds but still isn't it just the neatest? I couldn't be happier right now 'cause yes little things

like that make me happy. Also they always have great sales prices so how can you not love them? :)

Cranes are a symbol of peace and since we all need some peace in our lives from time to time so I'll be

making a few. :) They can bring luck to your home also and is a great way to start a new year. There is a tradition that the gift of a thousand paper cranes is a powerful gesture of caring, devotion, and love.

In 1955, Sadako, a 12-year old Japanese girl, lay dying from radiation sickness 10 years after the bombing in Hiroshima. She undertook to fold 1,000 cranes so that she could live. Sadako also wrote a Haiku (Japanese poem) that read in part: "I shall write peace upon your wings, and you shall fly around the world so that children will no longer have to die this way." Sweet Sadako died before she could complete her task. Her classmates folded the remaining number so that she was buried with One Thousand Cranes. Ever since, the Origami crane has become recognized worldwide as a symbol of peace and nuclear disarmament. A granite statue of Sadako stands in the Hiroshima Peace Park: a young girl standing with her hand outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips.

Here are many links on crane folding, they basically are all similar but sometimes one is easier than another.
cranes A
cranes B
cranes C
cranes D
cranes E

Want to send your cranes to Hiroshima? Click HERE for more information.

Wishing everyone a great week.
p/s: check yesterday's entry if you are interesting in charity knitting!

pp/s: I would appreciate some good vibes sent my way, today I am going to my 1st job interview in a lifetime. Really nervous but luckily I'll be going with dh, hoping to come back with some good news later on!!!

Posted by Jo at January 5, 2004 11:08 AM