Loomed Hats and Wrist Warmers Aid The Homeless

Thank you Anna W for this awesome donation!!  Anna and her loom work wonders.  Loomed hats are always nice and thick, so nice and warm.  They have a double band which is great for keeping ears warm.  AND special thanks for taking time to label each hat with size.

Her wrist warmers are long then some patterns and as a result really help with warm.  They come well up the arm and cover the hand to to about the knuckle area.  They have the nice double band like the hats, so stay up nicely on the arms.  

Wonderful color choices Anna.  These nice dark colors really help when folks don't have the ability to do laundry, as they don't show the dirt easily.  These colors are also great for our men folks, but still work for woman as well.  Remember folks, homeless people don't like to stand out, so dark colors vs bright colors really are better for them.

**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.

Knitted Warm Hat Sets Aid Ohio's Homeless

Woot Woot!  Looks at this wonderful donation from our friend, Anna W folks.  Please click to enlarge.  She makes wonderful hand/wrist warmers.  They are made on the loom and on me come almost to my elbow (and I have long arms).  These longer wrist warmers really make a difference and the hand portion comes about to my knuckles. So, really these are quite warm.  I LOVE the colors she's chosen.  Black, Brown and sorta camo.  These are colors that won't show the dirt.  

She's made matching hats, tagged with size to make a nice set.  13 sets in all, a bakers dozen.  Am I showing my age by saying that?  lol  Bet I am.  The younger set probably doesn't know what that means.

Many thanks Anna for your on going support of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's Homeless.  As always, know how appreciated you and your knitted warm goodies are.  Keep up the good work.

**Point of clarification folks, I count wrist warmers, fingerless gloves all with the mittens**

**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 for Homeless and Those in Need

WOW!!  Anna W. has been super super busy!!  Look at this awesome donation of knitted hats, and wrist warmers (fingerless mitts).  She used a knitting loom for both her hats and her wrist warmers.  This pattern is wonderful.  I've discussed before how well this pattern truly goes up the arm and warms far more than just the wrist, and how well it covers your hands.  

I LOVE all the nice dark colors for both hats and warmers.  AND she's also tagged things nicely with size.  Lots of folks will be warmer because of this generous donation.

AND, I super excited to say, this is the last of the handful of photo's that went missing.  Anna's donation is from awhile ago.  Plus, the other excitement is, I figured out the problem that happened when pictures where transferred from my phone to the computer when the snafu happened.  Yippee, the end of the problem.

Many thanks Anna for this awesome donation 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.

Hats and Wrist Warmers, Oh My

WOW!!  What a wonderful donation from our friend, Anna W from the good state of Tennessee.  LOVE these hats and wrists warmers.  Please click to see details.  Anna has been very busy with her knitting looms.  Hats are a variety a different sizes to fit many different heads in need, and........she has 13 lovely sets of matching hats and wrist warmers.  You may remember some time back I took a picture of my hand in one so you could how nice these are.  They go well up the arm to provide some really good warmth.  

In addition to the matching sets, she's included 2 additional wrist warmers and 7 additional hats.  LOVE the nice colors she's chosen.  These colors, mostly solids and some variegated will work well for either a man or a woman.......and these are colors that don't show the dirt as much as lighter colors do...so this is a win win in my book.

Many thanks Anna for taking the time to tag hats with size, so important to expedite getting the donation to those in need.  Please keep up the good work and know how much you have helped.

**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.

Donations from Tennessee, The Volunteer State

Thank you Anna W!  Anna hails from Tennessee, The Volunteer State.  As you can see Anna has been very busy volunteering.  She's crocheted loomed hats in 2 different styles.  The hats vary in size (many thanks for labeling with size).  AND look at all the nice dark colors.....

She's also been busy looming those great wrist warmers/fingerless mitts.  This is a really nice pattern, as they're nice and long and truly come up the arm for added warmth.

I'm adding the link to the blog post showing how to make them.  Click HERE

The wrist warmers/fingerless mitts are also in the nice dark colors and match many of the hats she's made.

Many thanks Anna for your volunteering.....keep up the good work and know you're truly appreciated.


**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.

Help From Tennessee Aids Ohio's Homeless

WOW! Look at this awesome donation from Anna W from Tennessee!  Thank you Anna, such a generous donation.  This isn't the first time Anna has given of her time and her talents to help Bridge and Beyond.  

Wonderful colors, great size variety and everything is so well made.  The yarn she used is so nice and soft, whomever wraps up in these scarves, or pulls on a hat or writs warmers is going to truly feel comforted.

Anna has tagged all her hats with size, thank you for doing that.  And a nudge to remind everyone to, please and thanks.

Anna looks to be a whiz with the looms.  Pretty sure the hats and scarves are knitted on looms, and I think???? the writs warmers (fingerless mitts) are as well?  I would love to post the pattern you used for warmers/mitts, as they are particularly nice.  The sizing seems like a real bonus to me.  The are nice and long and would really aid someone trying to stay warm.

I tried to show you how nice and long they are, but am not good with holding the phone with one hand and pushing the bottom to take a photo.

Thank you Anna, and please keep up the good work and know you truly have 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.

Sets of Hats, Scarves and Wrist Warmer Warm Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Anna W for this awesome and very generous donation.  As you can see, Anna has been very busy.  She's crocheted scarves and knitted hats and wrist warmers to match on a loom.  At least from looking that's my best guess.  I'm pretty sure the hats are made on those wonderful looms and it looks like the same detailing in the writ warmers.  She's made such nice sets...look how the scarves, warmers and hats make complete sets.  What's particularly nice about her writ warmers is the length.  These are truly nice and big.  I put a pair on and they come from about 4 inches up your arm to about where my knuckles bend.  Now of course they'll fit a larger person a bit differently, but...they are amply sized so will fit nicely even for a much larger person and really help to keep them warm, but at the same time leaving their fingers free.  AND her color choices are wonderful for either a man or a woman.



And here she's made some smaller hats, more scarves and wrist warmers.  Such a nice selection.  Something to warm lots of folks in need.  

Many thanks Anna and please keep up the good work.

**Not sure why the picture (the 2nd one) isn't properly centered.  Must be some wacky blog thing going on.  I updated the donation numbers for this donation as well as the next couple that you'll see in the coming days.  Looks like the only goal we may make this year is the afghan goal.  With less than a month less in the calendar year, our next closet goal is that for scarves, where we're currently at 49%.  Don't think we've got time to pull that across the line to reach 100%


**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 in Tennessee Helps Ohio's People in Need

 Thank you Anna W from Tennessee for this awesome donation of knitted goodies.  Anna is our newest pair of helping hands. She's knitted matching hats and scarves...in nice dark solid colors that work well for either men or women.  Thank you Anna for taking the time to package them so nicely as a set.  I've opened one, the blue one you see below in order to show you how nice they are, and the black set in the first photo far right.

I love how nicely sized they are so that someone can really wrap up in the scarf to keep warm.  I fear as busy as the squirrels have been, we're in for a hardy winter which will be very hard on our homeless friends.  She's also included the two hats in the first picture and a pair of very nice wrist warmers.  These wrist warmers are long enough they will really help keep arms warmer.  

And then there's the two fun multi-colored scarves which are made, I think like a tube?  They're doubled in thickness, so perhaps made in the round...or knit double wide and folded over.  Either way, they are extra warm in their design.

Thank you Anna, we're thrilled to have you join us here on Bridge and Beyond and look forward to seeing you often.  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.