Knitted Hats From Florida Help Cold Ohio Homeless

Thank you Cheryl G for this donation of knitted hats.  A little background here folks is Cheryl G is a classmate of mine.  A hundred years ago we graduated from high school together.......well maybe not a hundred years ago.......half that.  We recently celebrated our 50th reunion.  Cheryl returned to Ohio from Sunny Florida where she has no need of these nice warm hats for the reunion and hand delivered these hats to me at the reunion!  I thought that was cool, and wanted to share with you all.

These hats are super stretchy...you may not be able to tell that from the picture; but with the ribbing these hats will fit a large variety of head sizes which is awesome.  I love variegated especially because they're good for the men folk (well not the ones with pink, but you know what I mean).  

Cheryl I know I've asked you before for your pattern and thought I had added it to the hat tab, but didn't see it.  Could you send it to me again, love to post it.  I'm assuming you can adjust the size by the number you cast on?  If you wanted the hat to be longer?  It seems like this would be a good pattern and give people the ability to go up or down in size if they wanted to?

Wonderful to see you again at the reunion, I just wish there had been more time to talk.  Cheryl and I graduated with a large class...the number somewhat debatable, but around 480 we think.  No we didn't get that many people at the reunion, but we had over 100, so trying to talk to everyone wasn't an easy task.

Thank you for your on going support of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's Homeless.  So nice of you to keep thinking of us while you're down there in Florida enjoying the sunshine.

**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 Hats from Florida Help Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Cheryl G for this thoughtful donation of warm knitted hats for Ohio's homeless.  Cheryl and I have known each other for lots of years...we graduated from High School back in 1969 together.  She no longer lives here in central Ohio; but in sunny Florida.  However, when she visits she always brings along something to help us here on Bridge and Beyond.  This style of knitted hat is quite good in fitting many different sized heads because it's an extremely stretchy pattern.

Send us some sunshine when you get back to the sunny south!  Travel safe my friend, and many thanks!

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 408+16=424
Scarves &  Infinity Scarves: 186
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 444
Afghans: 23
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
Misc: items like personal care and things don't fit into above categories aren't counted

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 Hats of Many Sizes

Thank you Cheryl G, another very special friend and former classmate.  If you read the previous post you know our friend, Joy D hand carried her donation on the plane to our class reunion to delivery to me....Well Cheryl did too!  What a wonderful and selfless act of love to perform.  Taking ones time to knit for people you don't know, taking time to hand carry a donation on the plane to catch up with an old friend and classmate to make a donation.  You Rock!

Cheryl's hat pattern will soon be included in our hat tab because it's such a versatile pattern.  Here you can see they look like they're for infants because they look small.  But, they are very stretchy and therefore fit a large variety of head sizes.  She's trying to explain the pattern to me, and I'm, not quite getting it......but we will continue and I'll get it typed up and added.  And...any of you other knitters out there, she and I discussed adding a brim; but .......how would you go about doing that?  Can we pool our brain power here to come up something, sorta pattern A and B with and without a brim for folks?

Thank you Cheryl, please keep up the good work.
Please remember folks, open lacy stitches aren't warm, and tend not to hold up well in the cold wet weather here in Ohio.  Stitches should be close together, please avoid using stitches your fingers can easily poke through and or you can see through.  Broom stick lace, mile a minute type patterns etc don't meet the needs of those we serve.

*Folks please remember not to knot and cut with knitted or crocheted items.  Knots are always the weakest link in any garment or project.  Always leave tails when changing colors or adding yarn and work in your tails to avoid un-raveling.**

2014 DONATIONS:
Hats: 547+7=554
Scarves: 309
Socks: 101
Afghans: 15
Slippers: 69
Rain Ponchos: 55
Mittens & Gloves: 63
Cotton Washcloths: 217
Shawls, Sweaters, Vests, Poncho's, Skirts, and Shrugs etc. 13
Neck warmers, cowls, gators, wrists warmers/fingerless gloves and other misc items aren't tabulated; as well as personal care item

Reminder to everyone to please avoid using pastels, white, and beige.  Dark colors are best for men, women, and children.  Dark colors work for everyone and help with not showing the dirt as easily

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 Donated from Florida Help Homeless in Ohio

Thank you Cheryl for your donation of hats from the sunny state of Florida.  As I look out the window at yet another day of rain and darkness I want to ask....send some someshine will ya!  Cheryl G and I are high school classmates who through the beauty of Facebook re-connected.  How cool is that folks, re-kindling friendship and finding helping hands for the cause=AWESOME

Please keep up the good my friend.


Folks, if you missed the  post where I included a graph of how we're doing with each of the items we knit and crochet and donate and compared it to this time last year.  Please click HERE


2013 Donations:

Hats:  401+7=408
Scarves: 320
Socks: 224
Afghans: 32
Slippers: 169
Rain Ponchos: 203
Mittens: 77
Cotton Wash Clothes: 456
Shawls, Sweaters, Vests, Poncho's, Skirts etc. : 14
Misc. Items: include personal care, headbands, hand-warmers, cowls/gators and all meal prep related items, Dolls &and ; associated items, stuffed/crocheted/knitted toys... etc aren't tabulated.

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 to Keep Homeless Heads Warm

 Thank you Cheryl S from Florida.  Cheryl and I go way back, to high school days; soooooo you see she's a transplanted Buckeye.  Awesome that you sent along some Buckeye Hats!  Fourteen more heads will be warm.  Thanks so much, and keep up the good work.

Just a few more posts before we close out the numbers for our donations for the year 2012.  Please keep checking in folks.

January's focus is Slippers....let's see if we can keep some feet warm with slippers.  Please check the slipper tab for necessary information regarding sizing, colors, and fibers.  AND there's several patterns there you might like to try.

Donations: 2012 

Hats 1037+14=1051  (82 more hats then we donated last year)
Scarves: 663  (192 scarves over what we donated last year)
Slippers: 148 (20 over last year)
Sweaters, Ponchos, Shawls, vests:10
Afghans: 52  (3 short of last year)
Mittens: 300 (42 more then last year)
Squares: 966 (114 more then last year)
Socks: 281 (52 less pairs then last year)
Rain Poncho's 213 (3 less then last year)
Cotton Washcloths 577 (288 more donated then last year)
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves, face-masks, neck warmers, t-shirts, soap, deodorant, shampoo, toothbrushes, hand and foot warmers Teddy Bears and footies etc)

**I will continue to add numbers to the years totals after Dec 31st, so all donations received by years end will be counted in the year they are received.  Since each donation is a day, they will be some over flow into January.  Thus year end numbers won't be finalized until then.*

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. YOU truly DO make a difference. THANK YOU!

I Tip My Hat

I tip my hat, I tip my hat, I tip my hat...........lol. I tip my hat to you Cheryl 33 times. Fabulous colors in these 33 knitted hats. She uses wide ribs so they have lots of cool texture and they're very stretchy which makes them great for heads of many sizes. Cheryl G. I keep forgetting to ask you what type of yarn you use...is it sock yarn? It's so nice and soft.

In addition to the hats Cheryl, a friend from years ago when we went to school together, sent 4 cotton washcloths. Many thanks Cheryl for your on going support. Please, keep up the good work.

In the previous post you see a white plastic bag. This is the donation her darling hubby totted when he ventured here from Florida for The Ohio State Spring Football Game.

2012 Donations:
Hats: 246+33=279
Scarves: 174
Slippers: 65
Shawls: 2
Sweaters 3
Vest 1
Afghans: 22
Mittens: 135
Squares: 260
Socks: 106
Rain Poncho's 154
Cotton Washcloths 98+4=102
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves, facemasks, neck warmers, t-shirts etc)


All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. YOU truly DO make a difference. THANK YOU!

Donation Delivered in the Driveway

Day 15, Jack Otis Memorial Month
Thank you Cheryl G from Florida for the 11 knitted washcloths and 23 knitted hats. Cheryl is out newest pair of helping hands. Cheryl and I were classmates and therefore she too was a classmate of Jack's. Bill's too.

Cheryl was in town for a wedding and was able to hand delivery this donation. Wished we could have visited more, but I was zipping to the hospital. Still was wonderful to see her again, even though briefly there in the driveway.

Many thanks Cheryl for your thoughtful donation, hope to see you often here on Bridge and Beyond.

2011 Donations:

Scarves 376
Hats 809+23=832
Mittens 206
Socks 185
Squares 543
Rain Ponchos 84
Cotton Washcloths 324+11=335
Sweaters/Poncho's 9
Slippers 91
Afghans 43 (2 sent to our friends at Pine Street)
Misc Items I've not counted misc items like all the personal care items, the neck warmers, head bands or yarn etc.

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. YOU truly DO make a difference. THANK YOU!