Primary Challenge

There will be thirteen Bears in this group. Knitted in three colors, the primaries - red, blue, yellow.
The Bears will eventually be placed into a scene that resembles a knitting group. Each Bear is knitted in honor of one "Unimportant Woman" whom I have never met, in a country I have visited. Bear thirteen will be knitted in honor of a woman in a country I want to visit. The first letters of their names, sorted into the right order, will spell out my hopes for the future, and they will be my message to Mr. Mandela for his 93. birthday on July 18, 2011.

http://mandeladay.com/participate/handwall

Bears Number 117 and Number 118 wish

Happy 91st Birthday to President Mandela.

Today is Global Mandela Day. I’ve pledged 24,455 minutes of Bear knitting on the “handwall” of the Mandeladay website for the next year. That is 67 minutes a day for a year. I might not be able to knit every single day, but there are days when I knit two, three, or four hours. It's just a matter of writing it down. I’ve already done 120 minutes today, finishing two Bears.



Why 67 minutes per day? Nelson Mandela dedicated 67 years to fighting social injustice.



Why the "handwall?"The Mandela Foundation's Ruth Rensburg explains, "Mandela Day stems from Mr Mandela's call for new hands to lift the burden."