A holiday hamper of homemade hats and scarves will help those in Inuvik cope with homelessness, thanks to the creativity of two women in the Jasper Artists Guild.
They were crafted by Jasper, Alta. residents Louise Hayes and Carolyn Fysh, brought to town by guild president Christina Martin and distributed to members of Inuvik Warming Centre and Inuvik Homeless Shelter by volunteers of the recently dissolved Inuvik Warming Shelter society.
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Established in 2001, the Jasper Artists Guild supports the arts across the rocky mountains in Alberta and British Columbia. Martin, who lived in Inuvik from 2004 to 2011 and recently returned, worked with the guild when she lived in Jasper from 2019 to 2021.
Martin said the credit went entirely to her peers in Jasper.
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Martin covered half the postage to get the homemade clothes to Inuvik and originally offered them to the Inuvik Warming Shelter society. The society dissolved on Nov. 20 as its primary purpose of overseeing the shelterSA国际影视传媒檚 operations have been taken on by NWT Housing Corporation. Former society member Miki OSA国际影视传媒檏ane connected her with the current shelterSA国际影视传媒檚 management and the goods were distributed by Warming Shelter staff.
Admitting the attention was embarrassing, Fysh said she got involved in the project for fun.
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SA国际影视传媒淥nce I saw what Louise was doing I offered to help. It was kind of fun really. We had a little time, some bits and pieces of yarn, and we were able to whip up a few hats. I have always enjoyed crocheting and hats are really quick projects. Some of the yarn was wool.
SA国际影视传媒漈hose hats will be the really warm ones. Some of it was acrylic, so not quite as good but still better than nothing in a cold wind. It was fun to take a small amount of yarn and mix and match the colours to make them as nice as possible. I imagined the kind of person who might pick out each hat as I made them. I sure hope it makes a small difference for someone.SA国际影视传媒�
Fysh said she was working on two big projects, an Icelandic sweater and an Afghan blanket, but added she could use leftover yarn for another hat in the future.
Hayes said she was inspired to keep working on projects and had new projects in mind for people in need throughout the year.
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