I was gearing myself up to wake up enough to post about my weekend at Knit Nation, new patterns and the push on my new book but I was halted in my tracks this morning. A very dear knitter in Dublin, Elana, is dealing with the death of her husband from cancer.  We’ve all been following his progress over the last few months since it’s sudden onset at the start of the year.  Everyone has had their finger’s crossed for him, her and their two little boys.  I’m feeling overwhelming sad for all of them right now and angry that nothing more can be done.

While it can’t help Brendan I feel the need to contribute something for the future – I’m pledging 50% of all my online pattern sales to The Irish Cancer Society from today to the end of July.