Look, I didn't even know they had time for alladat. But I guess that's how ignorance works- we're in the dark about situations we have never been in, so we assume on the people who are there. Never dawned on me that our troops could use something to do in their downtime. And I see why knitting and crocheting could be just the thing.
I do my best work when I'm sad, lonely, pissed, or perplexed... Or my house is so junky I don't know where to start, so I don't. Lol. So it makes sense that a stressed troop would be soothed by keeping their hands moving.
I'm thinking about puttingn together some care packages of a skein, a hook, and an instruction leaflet, and sending them over. Why not? I have the yarn stash to spare, believe me. And I can get plastic hooks from JoAnn for $2.75 for 6 hooks. Anyone wanna join me? Or donate? $4 would have a troop making 2 hats. :)
Here is a link about a soldier in Afghanistan who made an afghan for his boo-thang back home. His name is David Muir and this pic is courtesy of Lion Brand. https://www.facebook.com/LionBrandYarns/posts/10152626461969918:0