Thank you Mimi T for this awesome crocheted afghan. I love the rustic look. These colors are so nice because they will work for either a man or a woman. What type of yarn did you use, it's so nice and soft!!
Mimi is our newest pair of helping hands here on Bridge and Beyond. We're thrilled to have you join us.
But...wait folks.
Look what else she's been busy making. I LOVE LOVE this blue checker board afghan made with 3 shades of blue. Please click to see the picture larger so you can see the details. I'm not sure, but wonder if the stitch is the afghan stitch? Like the rustic afghan above this blue works wonderful for a man or a woman and both are sized nicely to work for a family.
Again Welcome Mimi, we hope to see you here often on Bridge and Beyond and appreciate you're helping hands.
**The counts on our progress bars are current.
All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.
Thank you Emily K for this very thoughtful and generous donation of knitted and crocheted goodies. Take a look folks, and remember...you can always click on a picture to enlarge it to see things better or to see more detail. Emily has crocheted a pair mittens (the blue ones), and the fingerless ones, several hats, headband and scarf, as well as the cotton washcloths.
Additionally, she has knitted a pair of mittens (the gray ones). She has also included toothpaste. I'm really lovin the blue and gray scarf. Look how the yarn changes colors...I really like that. she made two hats with the same yarn. Also notice the hats are a couple of different styles.
Really nice work Emily, many thanks and please keep up the good work!
Reviewing pictures in my designed and waiting to be assembled folder, I came across this afghan to be. It's one I didn't name at the time I designed it; but as I look at it this morning, Mountain Meadow came to me. Green for meadows, browns, little bit of purple for the haze that often appears over mountains, and some yellow...not much for sunshine?
It may take some doing, to find this in my stash since it's not named and since I've not been able to get downstairs to my stash in several months due to the broken foot; however.........am expecting to get the go ahead for minimal stairs today after my physical therapy, provided things go well.
As we're blogging in alphabetical order and today is letter M, thought I'd share this with you. There are 9 strips that will need to be edged and joined. I think it will require some adding on to make it an appropriate size to keep someone warm. These strips were donated as scarves some time back, but they are really not sized properly for scarves, so I thought this would be a good use of them. When I get donations that don't meet our needs (size, color, fiber wise), I try very hard to find another purpose or method of use so that the donation can still take place.
If you've not looked before, please notice the tabs across the top of the blog for each item we knit/crochet/loom and donate. Those tabs contain information necessary for our donations to meet the needs of those we serve. If you have any questions, please use the contact form in the right sidebar, leave a comment, or send me an email.
**The counts on our progress bars are current.
All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.
Thanks go out to The Barry Family for this thoughtful donation of warm hats and a scarf. They are all blue, which is always such a good color. It's a good color because it's dark and doesn't show dirt easily..and it's a good color because it works well for men or for women. The hat on left may look a little purple depending on your screen, but it is blue. Both the hats are wonderfully stretchy with the nice long look you see on the right. I folded up the brim on left so you could see these design both ways. Ribbed knitted hats work so well for multiple sizes heads because of the stretch and the variety of how it's worn.
Many many thanks Barry Family for your thoughtness, and please keep up the good work and know what you do matters.
**The counts on our progress bars are current.
All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.
*clicking on image takes you to the article by Ariel Aberg-Riger
Blogging in Alphabetical Order brings us to the letter L. Doing a google search for words that start with the letter L that have a connection to Homelessness I came up with a substantial list. Here are a few that hit me:
Additionally I thought of:
The picture above really hit me. Though it was made to illustrate some things that have happened lately and the law and loitering, it seemed a worthwhile graphic of the meaning of the word. So, if you're sitting taking in sun in a park...no one considers that loitering....unless you're sleeping there, or look to be camped there for some time.
But, Homeless often do in fact loiter. They loiter at fast food restaurants until they are asked to leave, they loiter at libraries until they are asked to leave. They loiter to get warm, to get out of rain, to get away from the cold, or the hot sun. They loiter because even if they have a night in a shelter...they're not permitted to be there during the day and so have to loiter somewhere.
There are laws about loitering. Problem is, there is so much interpretation.
The last two times I blogged for the letter L I blogged about Looming and Love.
Clicking on the loom picture takes you to one of those posts.
LOVE...I believe everything we do here on Bridge and Beyond for the benefit of others is an expression of LOVE.
Blogging in Alphabetical order brings us to the letter K today. In the two previous rounds of blogging in Alphabetical Order I've blogged about Kindness and knitting for the letters K. I really didn't come up with any new word for this, the 3rd round of doing so.
Do you know a knitter, or a crocheter? If you could give a yarn boutique like the pretty one above. That would be a wonderful act of kindness. Give it for nothing specific...in that it's not Easter, or Christmas, or someone's Birthday or Mother's Day etc. Just give it, as an act of kindness. Trust me.....it will be well received.
Craft a note to go with your yarn boutique to spread the kindness yet further. In your note say something like I just wanted to share some kindness from me to you......and suggest you do the same, by using this yarn to knit/crochet something you can donate to someone in need..........yet again sharing more kindness.
Maybe you have favorite charities you could include in your note to help the person think of charities or to have something to select from?
Maybe you would prefer something like above. Spotted this on Facebook and thought it worth a share. You could print this and include it with your yarn boutique.
If you do anything like this, please let me know. Take a picture of your arrangement with your yarn, or your note...I'll share it here on blog to help encourage others to reach out in similar fashion. If you would prefer not to include your name with the post, simply let me know. I know some of you big hearted people are a bit shy. Contact me by leaving a comment here on the post, or by using the contact form in the right side bar, or by emailing me at sandycrochet@gmail.com
**The counts on our progress bars are current.
All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.
Where are You and Your Yarn From?
I'm trying to identify where everyone is from, partially for fun. Take a look at the map. Also, believe it will aid me in cases where we have several people with the same name. Please look at the lists of bloggers and non bloggers and see if I have the state you hail from. If not, please leave a comment and let me know.
Additionally, we've had help from Scotland, England, Germany Puerto Rico, Canada, and France! They don't appear on the map, but their help is still greatly appreciated.
