Knitting and More for the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of goodies for our homeless friends.  Laura has been busy knitting cotton washcloths, hats, and scarves.  Please click to see details.  She has paired a couple of the hats with scarves and tied together to make a nice gift set.  

She has a wonderful array of personal care items from toothpaste, and toothbrushes, to soap, band aides and more.  Band aides such a good idea.  She's also included female sanitary products and wipes.  Very nice selection of needed items.

And with the cold damp weather socks are such a plus.  She's included socks for both men and women.  Many thanks for your generous donation.

As always, please keep up the good work.  AND ...if you clicked to enlarge picture, did you notice the ray of sunshine?  We've not seen much of that lately, so am giving Laura credit for boxing some of that up along with her donation, lol.

**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.

Socks, Cotton Wash Cloths and More for our Homeless Friends

Thank you Sue S, for this awesome donation to help Ohio's homeless.  Sue has knitted the always popular corner to corner cotton washcloth, Grandma's favorite.  As you probably know, these popular cotton cloths have several purposes.  When a person lives in the elements and get's a night in a shelter and get's a hot shower, these are far softer on their skin.  Living out in the elements can be very hard on your skin.  When someone/family leaves shelter living for a permanent housing situation, they're given a welcome home pack and these cotton cloths often make their way into those packs.  They can be used in the shower and or in the kitchen.

Sue has included a nice variety of personal care items.  One thing imparticular I wanted to point out (please click to enlarge the picture, so you can what I'm referring to), those 2 blue packs...they're small first aid packs with Band-Aids wipes.  What a great idea.  

Sue has included some super warm heavy duty socks that will truly be needed as the weather continues to cool off.  She's also knitted a scarf.

Many thanks Sue S for your long time support of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's homeless.  Please keep up the good work, and know you continue to make 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.

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.

Knitting in Florida Helps Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this awesome donation.  As you can, she's been very busy knitting hats, and and cotton wash cloths.  AND she's included lots of good personal care items: wipes, tooth paste, tooth brushes, soap, tissues, razors and 1st aid!  Love the idea of 1st aid.  Please click folks to see the details.  1st aid isn't something I had thought about before so wanted to point that out.   AND she also included panty liners for women, which I understand to be something always in short demand.  

Kudos Laura for thinking about different ways to help these folks!

This was to be 1 of 2 pictures, as she sent 2 boxes of donations.  I have 2 notes and the counts of everything; but I've had a picture problem (2nd time in recent weeks here on my computer).  Actually, I'm not sure if the problem is my phone or the computer.  When I transfer the pictures from my phone to the computer I've had a few (just recently) disappear.  I've tried finding them on the computer and the phone without success.  Literally, it was there, I saw it and then poof.  Very frustrating.

Is this photo there are 23 pairs of socks and there were 11 in the lost photo.
There are 6 hats in this photo and there were 9 in the other one.
There are 4 cloths in this photo and there were 5 in other one.
There were personal care items in both photo's.

Perhaps eventually I'll find the photo in an unrelated file on the computer, who knows.  But, I don't know way this has happened twice in recent weeks.

Thank you Laura E, for being so generous and please know you're truly are making a difference.  Am so sorry about the missing photo.

**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 the Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this generous donation of knitted goodies.  She's been very busy, as you can see.  She's knitted the famous corner to corner cotton wash cloths.......grandma's favorite, hats, and matching hats and scarves.  She's tied the sets nicely and labeled with size.......Wonderful!

She's also included socks, and personal care items.  If you click the photo to enlarge, please notice in the right lower corner two small first aid kits!  This is a great idea, thank you for thinking of that.  

Thank you for your thoughtfulness and please keep up the good work.  You have made an important difference in the lives of those in need.

**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.

Sunny Florida Helps Bridge and Beyond Again!

Let's have another drum roll for our 2nd donation of 2020!  And that's two in a row from the sunny state of Florida.  How sweet of our friends from Florida to remember many of us don't share their lovely weather.

This wonderful donation is from our friend Laura E.  AND fun fact, Laura E was our second donation is the year 2019 as well, just spotted that here on Bridge and Beyond.  Hey, Laura, maybe you should go bet on something using the number 2, lol.

Seriously though folks, please take a look at this generous donation.  She has hats of varying sizes all nicely tagged, she has lots of personal care items..........a first aid kit included.......what a great idea!  She's also knitted Grandma's ever popular corner to corner cotton washcloth.  Tissues, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more.  AND socks!!

Well done Laura and please keep up the good work and know how many people you've been able to help!

**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 Help Others

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation.  Laura has included quite a variety of goodies in her donation for Bridge and Beyond.  Lots of personal items, slippers, socks, a hat and scarf, and cotton washcloths.  

Many thanks Laura.  Please know your help is very much appreciated.  Folks, keep our friend Laura in your thoughts, please.  She's recovering from surgery and a family tragedy; but still is giving of herself to help others.  What a special person she is.

((HUGS)) Laura, please take care of you and again thank you for your thoughtful donation.

**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 Help the Homeless

Thank you Sue S!  Look at this wonderful donation folks.  Knitted corner to corner (Grandma's Favorite) cotton wash cloths.  As you know these are always a huge hit because they have multiple uses and are used by both men and women.   Look at our goal for cotton washcloths........look how close we are folks, now over 70% there.  LOVE seeing our donations grow and get closer to our goals.

Sue has included some good personal care items...toothbrushes and hand warmers.  Folks, I can tell you from personal experience they really do help.  I used some recently at a football game.  

AND.....she's also included much needed warm socks.  Nothing worse than cold, and often wet feet.  Having clean warm socks to switch into can make all the difference in someone's health.  

Thank you Sue, please keep up the good work and know how much it helps.  Special thanks also for your consistent blog visits and always leaving 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.

Donations Help Homeless

Thank you Laurabelle for this thoughtful donation to help our Homeless Friends here on Bridge and Beyond.

As you can see Laurabelle has been very busy knitted cotton washcloths (love the pink and white one), hats, slippers, and a scarf.  She's also included lots of personal care items, and SOCKS!  Clean dry warm socks is so important.  She's included several styles and colors to make lots of happy feet.

Many many thanks Laurabelle, please keep up the good work and know you have made an important difference to those in need.

Folks are you noticing our goal numbers in the right side bar and just above this post?  I love seeing the number of our donated items grow!  Thank you to all who make this possible.

**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 the Benefit of Others

Thank you Laura E for this thoughtful donation of knitted goodies and more!  As you can see Laura has been very busy with her knitting needles.  She included hats and scaves (matching sets bundled for a lovely gift), additional hats (all tagged nicely with size), and cotton washcloths (always a hit).  

Laura has included lots of personal care items: 
toothbrushes
toothpaste
soap
razors
dry shampoo(what a great idea)
chap stick
bandaides........all such great items.  Personal care items are needed by men, women, and some children all year long......winter, spring, summer or fall.

Laura has also included socks in her generous donation!  Well done Laura, please keep up the good work.  You truly make a difference.  Thank you!


**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.

Donating Personal Care Items and More!

Thank you Sue S for this awesome donation of goodies to help Ohio's Homeless here on Bridge and Beyond.  Sue's included lots of personal care items:
Female sanitary supplies (something often over looked)
soap
toothbrushes
dental floss
creams
chap-stick (needed in all season for dry cracked uncomfortable lips)

She's been busy knitting and has donated cotton washcloths (always appreciate and have several uses), and a scarf.  A nice dark colored scarf suitable for a man or a woman......excellent.

Sue has also included 4 pairs of socks in her generous donation.  Socks are wonderful.  Socks are one of the items that are needed and appreciated all 4 seasons of the year.  Wet feet are cold feet....even in summer.

Many thanks Sue for your wonderful support here on Bridge and Beyond with your donations and you're always present visits and comments on the blog.  Please keep up the good work and know you are making a difference in the lives of 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.

Florida Donation Helps Those in Need in Ohio

Thank you Laura E from Florida for this awesome donation.  Look at the variety here folks.  She's knitted hats in several sizes and styles, and cotton washcloths.  

In addition to her knitting, she's included lots of items that are always needed and always appreciated.  She included a wide range of personal care items: toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, combs, razors, lotion, cotton washcloths, and some of those handy antiseptic type wipes.  I always like to have those on hand when I travel for convenience...you never know when you'll be able to wash or not....soooooooo for our folks out in the elements, that's a great idea.  Not one I had thought of in the past.  Thank you Laura!  She's also included socks, both for women and men.

Many thanks for the generosity and please keep up the good work, and know what you do does indeed matter and does make 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.

Crocheted Donation from Upstate New York

Look at this wonderful donation from our good friend from upstate New York, Annemarie D.  Annemarie's been a long time and generous supporter of Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's Homeless.    She's included something for everyone here with her crocheted donation.  A couple of sets of matching hats and scarves...one set even has a pair of fingerless mitts.  Cotton socks which are always in need and appreciated, as well as cotton washcloths in her donation.  She's been very busy with her crochet hook.

Many thanks Annemarie for your generosity and your on going support.  Special thanks too for tagging your hats with size, as well as her mitts.  I nudge everyone to do that, pair your mittens and slippers and always tag those and your hats.  It's a huge time saver in getting donated items to the right people.

Many thanks Annemarie, please keep up the good and know YOU make an important difference 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.

Personal Care and More Help Homeless

Thank you Nikki S for this thoughtful donation.  Nikki has included lots of variety in her latest donation, socks, personal care items, crocheted scarf, matching red scarf and gloves, and long johns.  Though the calendar says it's spring....it's still dark and gloomy, still damp, still cold here in Central Ohio............particularly in the evenings for those living in the elements, so this donation of goodies was very much appreciated.

Special thanks too Nikki for hand delivering to my door!  I got this donation delivered pronto to Rae, our friend who prepares hot meals on Sat mornings for those living out in the elements.  She was thrilled, as she knows the need of those folks.

Thank you Nikki, 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.

Crocheted Hats, Slippers, Scarves and More Help Homeless

Thank you AnneMarie D for this awesome donation.  So many goodies to help Ohio's Homeless in need.  She's been very busy, as you can see with crocheting has, fingerless gloves, slippers, scarves and cotton wash cloths.  AND she's included socks in her donation as well.  Many people will be helped by AnneMarie's generous donation.

As always, keep up the good work and know what you do, does indeed matter and does help those less fortunate.

While the weather is starting to break and warm up a bit here in central Ohio as I type this post, we've not yet passed the frost safe date and we will still have plenty of cold damp nights, so your warm items are still needed.

**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.

Afghan, Scarves, Socks, Hats, and More Donated

 LOVE this fun afghan.  Look at all the colors...bits of this, bits of that, solids, and variegated colors.  Truly a little of everything.  So fun, so bright, and very cheery.  Thank you AnnaMarie from New York for this delightful crocheted afghan.  When I opened it, it really made me smile.

 Keep scrolling folks, after making such a fun afghan, she's not done.  3 Wonderful scarves in this picture.  I'm particularly fond of the green one in the middle.  I love how the shading changes.  Must be one of those new cakes of yarn that do that........very nice.  Scarves are nice and big/long so folks can really wrap up to stay warm.  She's also included 13 pairs of socks to help keep feet warm and dry.  AND crocheted cotton washcloths.  Everyone loves the cotton wash cloths.  So many uses.  Wait...scroll some more.

More crocheted cotton washcloths, more socks, another wonderful colored scarf, hats and fingerless gloves.  She has been very busy with her crochet hook.  Whew...rest up now AnnaMarie...Many thanks for this wonderful donation of crocheted goodies to help Ohio's Homeless through Bridge and Beyond.  

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.

First Aid and More for the Homeless

 Thank you Tammy S for this thoughtful and generous donation of goodies.  Tammy is our newest pair of helping hands and hails from the state of Pennsylvania.  Welcome to Bridge and Beyond.  LOVE these scarves.  Folks click to see details, she has crocheted using I believe triple crochet front and back post to create a wonderful texture to her nice large scarves.  These are all sized large enough for men!  They are thick due to the texture.  

 AND 18 pairs of very nice heavy warm socks.  Each pack has 3 pairs of socks, thus 18 pairs of feet will now be warmer.  Warm dry feet can sure make someone more comfortable.  

AND look at this wonderful selection of personal care items.  Klenex, hand wipes that can be used when our homeless friends have no water to wash up.  Soap and lotion.......AND first aid kits!  That is something I've never thought about before, but think it's a wonderful idea and something that be well received.

Many thanks Tammy for your thoughtfulness, sure hope to see you here often on Bridge and Beyond, and please keep up the good work.

**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are curren. 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, Socks and Afghans Aid Homeless

 Thank you Sheelagh for this thought and very generous donation.  What a pretty afghan.  I'm drawing a blank at the moment what this method/stitch is called.  Lovely colors.  One of the ladies will be thrilled to get this and curl up with it.  It looks so springy right now which has me hopeful, as I'm soooooooo tired of winter. Entrelac Crochet.  Took me a while to think about what it was.  I personally have never used this method, but did a google search for a video.  Most of the video's on how to do this are 30-40 minutes long.  But, I did find this shorter version........whether this is enough to get someone going or not I'm not sure, but thought I'd post in case someone wants to check it out.  Click Here

She's also been busy knitting hats.  Tried to turn up the brim on the far left hat so you can see it's a different color on the inside.  It's reversible...and or just really warm because it's doubled.  The two black hats are so cute with a brim.  Please do click to enlarge so you can see the details of these hats.

Sheelagh has also included socks!  Yeah, we love getting socks to warm people's feet.  Nothing worse than cold, wet feet.  And if you're living in the elements or spending nights in a shelter but out and about during the day waiting until the time you can go in...........a change into warm socks is heaven.

Wonderful donation....but wink wink, there's more.  Do pop back in again tomorrow to see the rest of her goodies.  I'm trying not to add too many pictures at a time to help the loading time of the blog.

**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are current, as of Feb 15th. 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.

Socks, Scarves, and Stuff make good Donations

 So many words that start with the letter S and make good donations for our homeless friends.  SOCKS!  Socks, white, gray, black.......colors matter not, but socks are an item needed all year long.  Store bought vs hand made socks can make a huge difference is someone's comfort, and their health.  Remember anyone living out in the elements has to content with limited if any ability to do laundry and therefore a clean dry pair of socks is like heaven to them.  Also think how miserable we all are if our feet are wet and cold.  This is a problem spring, summer, winter or fall.  Men and women who live out in the elements need socks, as do those with nights here and there in shelters.  Socks are also something people who don't knit or crochet can donate.

Scarves.......men, women, and children need scarves.  Not babies or toddlers, but school age........teens etc are in need of scarves.  Scarves can be knitted or crocheted.  They need to be long enough to wrap around as in the pictures below.  Please review the guidelines int he scarf tab for information about size, colors, and fibers.  It's important our scarves meet the needs of those we serve.  No white, no lacy open stitches, and no novelty yarn please.  They aren't practical for those trying to stay warm, those without ability to do laundry.  

If you have questions, please sing out by sending me an email or by using the contact option in the right sidebar of this blog.

Shampoo is another S word that makes for a good donation.  Again, an item that non crafters can donate.  You can purchase shampoo, and or save shampoo from your travels to donate.

Will be catching up with donations that were delivered while I was out of town over the next few days folks, so please pop in often.  Then I will resume The ABC posting with the letter T.

**The counts on our progress bars are current, the percentages not quite. I'll not be figure the percentages with each update of numbers, but will be updating again next at least by the 20th. I have in fact made a reminder not on my cell phone for the 20th of each month to do percentages. If we're at a milestone, or I just have extra time I may do it more often...but certainly at that scheduled time.

** 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.