Donating Sunshine and Warm Knitted Items Helps Cold Homeless

YIPPEE!!  Look at this awesome and very generous donation from our good friend and long time supporter, Sandra R from Sunny Florida.  I've often teased and said she should package up some sunshine when she sends her donation.  Click to enlarge if you're not seeing it.  She did!  Seriously...we rarely get sunshine coming through the windows here in central Ohio in the winter; but this day...the day I took the photo..........we did.  Special thanks Sandra!

Kidding aside though folks, look at this wonderful donation of hats, scarves, mittens, and fingerless gloves.  There are some matching sets also.  Lots of colors, lots of styles, and lots of sizes.  Something for everyone.  Great solids that will blend in.  She always takes the time to tag her hats, and mittens with size.  Thank you, Thank you Sandra.  You've warmed up so many with your big heart and talented hands through the years.

Please keep up the good work and know how much it matters in the lives of others.

**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.

Mittens, Hats Scarves and Sets, Oh My!

 Thank you Sandra R from sunny Florida.  Look at this wonderful donation.  She truly amazes me with the quantity of work she does.  I've said it before, I swear she knits without stopping to eat or sleep.  She's been busy knitting hats, scarves, cotton dishcloths, and MITTENS!

You all know how excited I get when we get mittens.  She always takes time to tag her mittens and hats with size......thank you very much.  AND she's taken things a step farther.  Check the top picture.  She's attached sets.  In some cases the sets are fingerless mitts, and in other cases full mittens.  She watched the video I posted HERE, about how to loom knit fingerless mitts.  I did this 
after we received some made by Anna W that were particularly nice and very warm as they extend up the arm a good deal.  Sandra said in her note to me, she thought it was fun to try something else, so she purchased a loom and went at it.  

As always, many thanks for your generous donations and your long time support of Ohio's Homeless through Bridge and Beyond.  You truly make a difference.  Please, please keep up the good work.

***Look how are goals are coming along, it's fun to watch those graphs and numbers grow.



**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.

Looming Fingerless Mitts

The above video shows you how to make the awesome fingerless mitts Anna W made (please scroll back to the previous post.  This video is a bit long, but it's pretty easy to skip to the point you need to see for the next step in the pattern.  You have to over look her bird must be tweeting as she's talking and some of the time it's hard to see, as the camera work isn't the best; but.......with that said it's helpful and I think you can still follow it.

The link to her written pattern is HERE

These are especially nice, as they really extend up the arm and would be warmer than short ones.  I asked Anna for the pattern she used, plus.......I know many folks use those looms, so wanted to share this.

Sorry folks for the gap here on the blog with posts.  I was out of town unable to post for longer than expected.  Then once back, had too much catch up to do.  AND sadly there were some spamy comments to deal with.  Thank you Sandie P for letting me know.  I was able to get them deleted.......so we can now get back to business here on Bridge and Beyond.

Thank you all for patience.  It's hard to believe kids are back in school.  Where did summer go?  It seems with each passing year, it goes faster...the sad part of that.....to my way of thinking, we know bad weather isn't probably too far off.  AND I like summer, am not a fan of cold, winter or the white stuff.  Pretty sure our Homeless Friends aren't fans of it either.  

So if you're one who likes to take summers off with your knitting and crocheting...I fear it's time to gear up again folks.

Again Thank you Anna for sharing the pattern you used as well as the video.  Much appreciated.  And thank you Sandie for alerting me about the spamy comments.

**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.