More Afghans and Lapghans Donated to Homeless Families Foundation and Those in Need

AND...look what we've got here!  The next installment of Marsha M's afghans/lapghans.  This first one is crocheted side to side.  Nice and solid stitches.  What a fun mix of colors.  I am a bit limited in that I can only laundered 3 or 4 at a time and have room to spread them out to dry and block.  So this one is hanging over the side of the bed, which is why you can't see the end on the left.  Believe this is straight forward single crochets.  This stitch makes the afghan nice and warm because there are no holes.  Nice lapghan size, and the colors nice for a woman or a teen, I believe.

This second one is the big continuous granny square style.  I'm particularly fond of this color combination, as I've always like blue and green together.  I think since this is a bit darker, this one will work nicely for a male or female.

The 3rd one I think is ok for both male or female as well.  What do you think?  Again the one big granny style afghan with a fun mix of bright colors.

Bright and cherry, 6 large granny squares put together makes this afghan about the size of a twin I think, though I have it laying on a queen here; it's a nice size.  Definitely colors for a woman.  Through my SIL, this ghan was directed to someone who recently lost their home due to a fire.  What a terrible time to become homeless.  I'm sure this young woman will be comforted by this pretty afghan. 

AND....this big granny will work well for male or female, I think...don't you.  It looks rather patriotic, with a slightly different red, white and blue theme.

Many thanks Marsha M.  This brings us to #20 so far.......so please keep coming back folks to see what's in store.  This donation puts us over the goal for year which is very exciting.  Though some probably won't be processed and counted until early next year.  Now with Christmas decorations up, I've lost some space to lay things out to dry/block.

When I made deliveries the other day to Homeless Families Foundation, my car was really loaded.  Chad, my contact there was thrilled to see so many afghans and loaded bags of hats, scarves etc.  So please know folks how well received our donations are.  You truly make a difference.  

Keep up the good work Marsha!!

**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.

Afghans Galore for Homeless Families Foundation, and Those in Need

AND, drum roll...told you to stay tuned; so hope you continue to do so.  Here's another round of Marsha M's afghans/lapghans.  This first one is a mix of colors, sorta pastel, but separated by black so good contrast.  It's The big granny square style.

AND, this one is another of the big square granny style, except that if you look closely, you'll see it was started not with one granny, but 4, for a slightly different look.  Lots of bright colors in this one.

AND this one, looks very different to me, even though it's the big granny square style, because it has a color theme to it.  I really like this combination.  

And, for a bit of variety this is not a granny style; but a side to side design, with nice solid stitches.  LOVE the graduation of color in this.  These colors will work well for a male or female, in my opinion.

One more granny squares, but made of 20 squares and then edged with multiple rows. This one focuses on just a few colors, but primarily green. So this one should also be good for male or female.  It's fun seeing all the variety Marsha comes up with.  

In this group, I think I'm partial to the non granny because the stitches are so nice and solid and the way color moves, it doesn't really seemed striped to me.

How bout you?  Do you have a favorite in this group?  This takes us to 15 so far....and again...I'm telling you how many more she has; so keep visiting to see.

Many thanks Marsha, please keep up the good work.  As I continue to launder and block them, I'll be posting more.

**AND with this donation we have officially met our goal, that's exciting.  Check the graph.

**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.

Lapghans, and Afghans for the Homeless

AND...drum roll please.  We have more granny style afghans/lapghans from our our friend Marsha M.  If you missed the previous post, please scroll back to see her previous 5 ghans/lapghans.  This is one big continuous granny square with lots of different colors.  I mentioned previously that I picked up a bunch, but am not sharing how many she made....She's been busy the last couple of years and we don't live that far apart, so I picked up the ghans from her and am getting them laundered and blocked.  

These afghans and lapghans get spread out around the house to dry/block after they get a bath, lol.  This 2nd afghan is 20 smaller squares joined and then multiple rows of edging, so a bit of a different style granny square.  Granny squares are so versatile.  I live the monochromatic style color scheme going on with this one.

And this one, while lots of colors is fairly pastel.  Another of the one big square style granny's.

This is another one big square style, but with a bit of a different flare due to the border.

Not a granny style, crocheted edge to edge.  I think this one is my favorite of this group.  It's so bold and I love the mix of colors in this one.  What do you think?  Do you have a favorite?

The previous post shows 5, so Marsha's current count is 10 ghans/lapghans.  Stay curious and keep coming back to help me count.  Nod nod, wink wink.

Stay warm, stay health, and stay safe all.

Marsha many thanks for your donation, please keep up the good.

**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.

5 Afghans and Counting, for Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Marsha M for this generous donation of afghans and lapghans.  As you can see, Marsha has been very very busy.  She's been working on these ghans for a good long while.  I picked up a full car load from her.  Seriously, a full car load.  Not going to tell you yet how many.  Will be sharing them with you and counting them as I get them laundered and blocked.  These pictures are in fact as they are laying about the house drying and being blocked.  This large granny square has a center block and works out from there.  Please click to enlarge so you can see all the colors.

AND this one is such a fun bright variegated yarn.  Some teen or adult woman is going to love this color.  It reminds me of roses, which also reminds me of summer and warmer weather.  Which I wish we were currently having, but we are not.  Thus far, we've had one snow that stayed for 2 days before melting.  Hopefully it will stay away for awhile. 

AND, this one is very Patriot with it's red, white and blue.  Rather than a single large square, this is made from 6 good size squares and is large enough for a nice family ghan.

But, don't go away.  We're not done.  I have more of Marsha's work to share with you.  This 4th afghan is a bit more open, lighter and lacy style granny center square.  The colors are very very fall like and remind of falling leaves.

AND this, afghan/lapghan #5, hello Halloween.  This is another center square style granny square afghan/lapghan.  Hoping a family with some children get this one because it really reminds of Halloween, and children so love Halloween.

What a fun variety of colors.  I hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I did.  But, remember...do come back, cause there's more and I'm telling you how many more.  You have to come to find out.

Many thanks Marsha and please keep up the good work.  Stay warm and stay safe and healthy all.

**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.

Crocheting in New York Aids Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Annemarie D from New York for this awesome donation of crocheted goodies.  She has been very busy, as you can see.  Please click the picture to enlarge so you can see details.  Lots of hats, all nicely tagged with size.  Lots of variety in colors, sizes, and styles.  She's also included a couple of pair of mittens.......see me clapping!  AND cotton washcloths.  Very nice.

AND this awesome brown and tan checkered afghan.  I really like this design.  No clue how hard or easy it is to crochet, but really like it.  It's a great color too for either male or female.  

Many thanks for your long time support of Bridge and Beyond and takin care of Ohio's homeless so in need.  

AND, there's more.  I ran out of floor space so needed to take a 2nd photo.  Some more cotton washcloths here, another hat, and scarves.  Whew,  Annemarie's been busy indeed.

Keep up the good work and know you've really made a difference.

**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.

Loomed Hats, Scarves, and Afghan Warm Those in Need

Thank you Karen S for this awesome donation of knitted (loomed) hats and afghan.  The afghan is nice and solid so will be very warm.  AND loomed hats are always great.  As always special thanks for your cute tags on the hats with sizes.  It really adds a nice touch.

 AND in a 2nd pouch more great loomed hats and a scarf.  Karen has been a long time supporter of Bridge and Beyond.  Your work is so appreciated Karen.  I know the folks wearing these hats are much warmer and happier.  I delivered a large donation last week, but have been a bit pre-occupied with all the Covid and the election, so am behind in my blog postings.  My apologies.

I hope everyone is staying safe from Covid and warm with the changing weather.  Please be extra careful folks as we move indoors.

Many thanks Karen for your on going support, and please know you make an important difference.

**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.

Crocheting Warms Homeless

Thank you Tara B for your on going special delivery of socks!  Tara set up a monthly delivery of socks from Amazon.  That way she doesn't need to shop, or pay postage on the socks.  They come right from Amazon to us here at Bridge and Beyond.  I think she's brilliant for thinking of that.  It's truly cold, wet and ugly here now in central Ohio, making the need for socks truly important.  Cold wet feet are a real problem.  Being able to change into warm dry socks is a beautiful thing.

Additionally, Tara's been busy with yarn and hook.  She's crocheted and donated hats, a scarf, and a round afghan.  The round afghan is sized for a small child or perhaps a lap throw.  I think given that it matches one of the small hats a child is the match.  

Many thanks Tara for your support of Bridge and Beyond, please keep up the good work.  Stay safe.  As the weather turns around the country, I fear the Covid situation is going to worsen.  If we all stay busy indoors with our yarn, hooks, and needles, we can stay safe.

**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.

It's a Family Affair

Thank you Hubby!  Hubby doesn't knit or crochet, but he said, I can do socks.  So socks he did.  A bakers dozen.  We've had nights and early mornings in the 30's already, so the need for warm things is indeed upon us.  To my way thinking, it's  seems to have come way to early this year.  Some trees are almost bare from leaves already down, and I have zero flowers left blooming in the yard........<Sigh>  Fall is here.  And from how busy the squirrels seem to be burying goodies throughout the yard, I fear that means winter won't be mild.

Thank you Hubby, 13 people will have warmer feet because of your donation.

It's a family affair.  This awesome knitted mobius/infinity scarf/cowl was knitted and donated by my Darling Daughter!   I LOVE the colors.  The yarn is soooooo nice and soft.   Click the picture to enlarge so you can see the details (remember you can do that with all pictures on the blog).   There some nice texture, I don't remember what stitch pattern she used.    Whomever receives this awesome mobius/infinity scarf/cowl will be thrilled.  They'll be warm and stylish.  

AND, she's been busy knitting up some yarn from my stash.  LOVE these colors together, but, am trying to determine how to put together for a ghan.  Sometimes, that's interesting part of using up stash.  Knit or crochet until you run out of yarn, and then see what you can put together.  You can see 9 strips of the beautiful variegated, and 5 strips of the solid blue.   This design is funky in that the strips on the left side are vertical and the stripes on the rights side are horizontal.  Plus the placement of blue strips isn't uniform.

This possible design is with only 4 of the solid blue strips and 10 of the variegated.   The  2 sides are even in that they each have the same number of blue and variegated strips, but again you have the vertical vs the horizontal.  

Open to opinions of which design you like best and or other suggestions.  I also need to check my stash, as I think I have some purple, which I think I would like to use for edging and joining.  

AND, if you're a regular reader, you know I always name the afghans that are assembled.  How about Purple Haze for this one?

Again thank you Dear Hubby and Darling Daughter!  Keep up the good work and know it makes a difference to many.

**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.

Crocheting Warmth and Love for Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Tara B for this cheery bright colored Afghan.  It's certainly appropriate to welcome in the autumn season.  It's hard to believe summer has past, but as I type my fingers are cold and so I am reminded that it is September and the last 3 days it's only been in the forty's in the morning.  So warmth is indeed needed for our homeless friends.  Tara's afghan is crocheted and sized large enough for a family to enjoy it.  

She's also been busy crocheting hats and scarves.   As you can see, there are several matching sets.  Please click to see details and notice the bagged personal care kits.  She's included 2 cotton washcloths, toothpaste and wipes in each baggy.  What a nice way to gift wrap it.  She's tied the two cloths together also, which is such a nice touch.

Some time back Tara had the brilliant idea to set up a sock order on Amazon.  I thought this was such a smart idea.  She doesn't have to take time to go shopping or repackage them to send here.  She set it up on Amazon and they mail directly to me.  The idea of the year, IMHO.

Many thanks Tara and please keep up the good work.  You truly are making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than us.

**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.

Knitting and Crocheting in Sunny Florida Helps Ohio's Homeless

 Thank you Sandra R from Florida for this awesome and very generous donation of crocheted and knitted goodies.  This afghan.......WOW, it's a beauty.  Crocheted.  This is probably the most traditional crocheted afghan that exists, the granny squares all different colors.  It's probably how people used up everything they had...all their left overs from socks, hats, scarves, sweaters etc.  

 This is also a granny square crocheted afghan, but a newer type pattern.  I love this and know every young girl/teen and most women LOVE purple and lavender.  Sooooooooo pretty.

 Sandra isn't sleeping.  Seriously...she must be up all hours of the night to get this much done.  Isn't this an interesting technique.  Yes, this is another example of granny squares, but I don't know what the technique is that incorporates color work like this.  Is it intarsia? 

 Don't go away, there's more!  This is the same style afghan as above, but with 3 colors.......it looks like Buckeye Colors to me.  Scarlet and gray with the white.  These afghans have a lot of texture.  Please click to enlarge the photo, so you can see the details.

 AND.........this one is knitted in the very traditional log cabin style, which I always Love......who doesn't.  These afghans vary a bit in size, color, but all beautifully made.  And all of these will be loved by those that receive them.  Sandra, you truly amaze me.

She also included knitted hats, knitted cotton wash cloths, and mittens......and scarves in her donation.  Whew.......I'm tired just looking at it all.  The hats and mittens are all nicely tagged with size.  

Thank you, Thank you Sandra for your skillful hands and big heart.  Please know how much you are appreciated.

As always, keep up the good work!  You Rock!!!!!!!!!

**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.

Mother and Daughter Team Up to Help Homeless

Thank you Tara B for this donation of 12 pairsof socks!  Let me back up a bit.  A while back Tara had a brilliant idea.  Instead of shopping buying socks to add to her crocheted donations; she would set up a repeat order on Amazon and the socks would be shipped to me.......she pays no shipping costs that way as well.  I thought it was a wonderful idea.

So the first shipment came, I took a picture and somehow when it was being transferred from my phone to the computer it vanished.  (please scroll to previous post with more info on this.  It's happened twice recently, and I don't know why.

Then her 2nd shipment came so I photographed them both together.  Still had the 1st package having not yet put in the bags for delivery.

Tara tells her mother Lara about Bridge and Beyond, and Lara who taught Tara to crochet decided she would join in.  She crocheted this traditional ripple, always a favorite.  This is sc back stitch, which is how you get the awesome texture.  I LOVE this, it reminds me of my Mother, because she taught me to crochet back in the day how to knit and crochet.  A nice memory.  AND I love the primary colors she used, so bright and cherry.

She also crocheted hats, and headbands.  And she included socks and some personal care items with the her donation.

Lara M. is our newest pair of helping hands.  Thrilled to have you join us and please know that you are making an important difference in the lives of those less fortunate. 

 Many thanks, and please keep up the good work.

**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.

Sunshine State Helps Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Sandra R for this wonderful donation.  This afghan is very soft, both in color and texture.  Whomever wraps up in this is going to be happy, most assuredly.  I'm not sure I've seen this particularly granny square pattern before, but find it very interesting.  Please click to enlarge so you can see the details and textures.

Hats, scarves, and mittens oh my!  Our friend, Sandra R from Florida has been very very busy with her needles and hooks.  A great assortment of hats styles, colors, and sizes along with several matching mittens........and 2 scarves.  As always, she takes the necessary and much appreciated step of tagging the hats and mittens with size.  

Many many thanks Sandra for your skillful hands and your big heart.  Please know how much you are appreciated by all who participate with Bridge and Beyond, all those at the various Homeless Shelters, as well as all who receive your goodies.  Please keep up the good work.

**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.

Brickyard Afghan is Completed, Being Blocked.

Here's Brickyard fresh out of the wash machine after being laundered.  As you can see the squares/rectangles really vary in size; but it did come together.  It's here now being blocked, drying and then will be ready to donate to Homeless Families Project.  (scroll back to see it's before look), or click HERE

Haven't selected the next project yet.  Need to look at all my project bags and see what calls out to me.

Hope you're all stay healthy and continuing to stay at home.  I hope with this weekend being Easter, families didn't elect to gather together.  I fear if they do, we'll have a resurgence of more cases in the next 5-14 days.

I just watched 2 video's this am, looking for new possible patterns.  One was knitted and one crocheted.....don't know if I'll do something with that, or nab an already designed project bag.  Very in-divisive  at the moment.

What are you all working on?  Do you find you're doing more knitting and or crocheting during our Covid Period?  Are you knitting or crocheting for Bridge and Beyond, or another worthy charity?  

**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.

Pippy Longstocking Ready to Warm up a Family

Pippy Longstocking is completed.  She's laying here being blocked and drying after her bath, lol.  Makes me think of her skating around the kitchen with her soapy scrub brushes on her feet.  It ended up a better size once blocked 74 x 43 then I first thought it would be.  Still a little more narrow then I sometimes make them; but working with what I have dictates size often.  I did have some problems with the knots and no tails so did a lot of over stitching and working with troubled spots, but...believe since it weathered the laundry, my over stitching worked to shore things up.  Nothing came undone, YIPPEE!  But with that in mind, let me take a minute to remind everyone not to tie a knot and cut, please...please always leave and work in tails with anything you make...knit or crochet.

This is called a potato chip scarf.  I love the color and drape of the yarn.  Actually made it for myself, but didn't like the way it looked on me and think it's better suited for a teen, so am adding it to my donation for Bridge and Beyond.

Bad selfie, but than all of my attempts always are, lol.

Knitted neck gator that stretches enough it can be pulled up like a hood .  Made this some time back and it got tucked into one of my project bags.  I found it the other day as I was re-organizing a bit. 

Lots of personal care items collected on a recent trip to Hilton Head.  Shampoo, soap, hair conditioner, and lotion.  The packets at the top are coffee, which I give directly to Rae so she can prepare coffee when she delivers hot meals on Sat mornings.

It's 24 here this morning, so another cold day.  We had rain the last several days and it mixed with snow yesterday afternoon.  So, still very much winter here.  Keep your crochet hooks and knitting needles busy folks.


**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.