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Adele Frischman
Adele Frischman founded the yarn rolling group in 2003. It began as a project of the Smith Mountain Lake Women's Club, and then opened to the public. The group started with six members, and has grown to over 30 participants.
Our Story
Adele Frischman was responsible for soliciting free yarn remnants from an anonymous business donor in Rocky Mount, VA, and coordinated a group to help with hanking, rolling, storing, and distributing to local charities. The network for the distribution of the yarn and finished items is “near and far” – always with the purpose of giving to the community – no profit is gained. Adele made it all possible! With saddened hearts, Adele passed away in July 2012. In her memory, friends decided to continue and carry on her projects, asking new knitters and crocheters to join us in creating hand created items for our community, and asking new rollers to join us in yarn rolling.
What is yarn rolling? Donated yarn is hanked, laid out on the floor at Trinity Ecumenical Parish in Moneta, Virginia, and then the rolling begins. It’s an easy exercise – walk and talk! The yarn is rolled into balls. The group meets twice a month from 10:00 am to around noon at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, Moneta, Virginia. The schedule is emailed to participants and also is published online here on our Rolling Schedule menu tab, on our Facebook page, and on the Smith Mountain Lake Women's Club website and Facebook page. The Rollers knit or crochet hats, sweaters, scarves, lap robes, and baby items from this free yarn. Items donated by the Rollers are distributed to local charities which includes nursing homes in Bedford and Franklin Counties, local elementary schools, Red Cross, and any other charities and individuals. Rollers also donate the yarn to other organizations, such as Smith Mountain Lake Women's Club, who knit and crochet items for local and global individuals and organizations.
The knitting and crocheting, along with the donations we are receiving, is wide-spread (in-state and out-of-state). Donations of hand-crafted items from the rolled yarn is accepted from anyone, you do not have to be a yarn roller to receive yarn to make a hand-crafted item to donate to us.
Won't you join us?