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A green knitting club helps you and your colleagues put a little fun in the week, and making your own sustainable stuff is great for the planet. Whether you're a knitting novice or a ninja with the needles, getting a couple coworkers together to cast on some stitches is eco-smart, easy, highly sociable, and definitely something you'll look forward too all week long. The items you'll make will last a long time, helping you live simply and reducing the need to buy, buy, buy, and you can choose environmentally friendly knitting supplies for your projects. Plus, there's nothing as satisfying as knowing you and your friends are going green together. Pick a lunchtime break, christen it your weekly knitting day, and spread the word.
Swap Supplies
Susie from accounting has tiny size 3 needles, but wants to make a big chunky scarf. Joe from human resources has fine-gauge yarn, but huge size 10 needles. If only there were a way for them to solve their problems without buying anything! Oh, wait, there obviously is. Encourage your knitting compadres to share supplies, swapping needles and yarn with joy and abandon, so that everyone can make what they want while saving money, cutting their consumer footprints, and maybe even getting to know some coworkers they've never talked to before. Nothing says "Let's be friends" quite like "Hey, do you want to borrow my stitch markers."
Get a Cool Nickname
Giving your group a sweet nickname will sweeten the deal by helping you attract more members. Even people who are initially sort of like "meh" about being in a knitting circle will get curious about joining "The Sustainable Demons!" or "The Fightin' Tigers!", so be creative. A cool group nickname makes it clear that you're in it to have fun, not just to make socks.
Play Teacher and Student
It's great having a few knitting newbies in the group along with some experienced pros. The more diverse a range of levels of expertise you've got around, the more reason there will be for everyone to talk, share tips, trade ideas, suggest neat patterns to try, and just generally learn from each other, which is at least half the fun of knitting in a group. Y'know, as opposed to the fun of knitting solo in front of the television at home. It's a great way to interact with your coworkers in a relaxed setting, and there's always the chance your boss might treat you with a little more respect once you've helped her figure out the difference between seed stitch and moss rib.
Make Something for Charity
If you and your work pals are going to be circling up anyway, why not double your positive impact by stitching up some goodies you can donate to a worthy cause? Knitting is even sweeter when it's for those in need, so pick a charity knitting project, and invite your new buddies to join you for a knit-a-long.
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