Hugs From Home! Hugs for ALL People!

“HUGS FROM HOME! HUGS FOR ALL PEOPLE”

WPI- “PEACE WEAVERS” POD.

If you want to make “Hugs from Home,” please follow the instructions below. Directions are approximate.

The yarn MUST be 100% wool. (For softness, we suggest adding a touch of Mohair.) Two 5oz skeins of yarn will make 3 HUGS.

THE ONLY DESIGN REQUIREMENT is an ELEMENT OF THREE in your creation. This can be three colors, three bands of pearling, three sections in three colors, etc. Be creative. THREE represents the intent to knit the world’s three primary religions together. In this way, peace will come. See: www.knitting4peace.org.

Cast on 50 stitches using 16-inch round (circular) needles, size 13, 15, or 17 needles (varies with your yarn size).

Knit the first row, place a marker, and join—the next three rows: Purl one row, knit one row, and Purl one row. Continue to knit the remaining rows until HUG measures 3″ from the cast-on row.

In the next row, decrease five stitches, one every 5th stitch, until 45 stitches remain. In the next three rows, Purl one row, knit one row, and purl one row. Continue knitting until HUG measures 8.”

Last three rows: purl one row, knit one row, purl one row. Final row, cast off as to knit.

HUG complete.

Once your hug is complete, place your Hug and this note in a large zip-lock bag.*( The document will automatically download to your computer.

WPI, in Raymond, NH, is a drop-off location for any hugs created. We will distribute them to the veterans. Contact us to arrange a drop-off. THANK YOU.

Please share with someone who knows how to knit or wants to learn and touch our veterans’ lives with warmth. Blessings. YOUR presence and participation matters! WPI Peace Weavers pod is part of this global group.