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.

Hats and Scarves for the Homeless

Thank you AnneMarie from New York!  Look at this colorful donation of crocheted and knitted goodies from our friend AnneMarie.  Hats and scarves and if you click to enlarge the picture, think you'll be able to see wrist warmers (left side almost the top, a pinkish set of hat, scarf and warmers).  

The weather is breaking a bit, but I'm afraid to say spring is almost here for fear of jinxing it, but don't these colors make you think of spring.  Google tells me it's 8 days until spring as of the time of my typing this post and scheduling it to publish...so by the time you read this it will be even less.  YIPPEE!

Thank you for tagging all your hats with the size, that's really helps getting donations to the right people in a quicker time frame.  If you've click to enlarge the picture, you'll also notice a different style hat (the darker colors).  Those hats are knitted double thickness...that will really make them nice and warm.  

Many thanks AnneMarie for your ongoing support of Bridge and Beyond and your generous donation.  Please keep up the good work and know how important your help is.

**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.

First Donation of 2020 From Sunny Florida

Drum roll!!  Our first donation of 2020.  Thank you Sandra R from sunny Florida.  As most of you know, I've been out of town for an extended time, so this donation while our first of the year has been here for awhile.  

Look at this awesome donation from our good friend and long time supporter Sandra R!  Matching sets of mittens and hats, Hats and fingerless gloves/wrist warmers, and additional hats, mitts, and writs warmers.  All beautifully made and tagged with size.  AWESOME!  Lots of folks will be warmed by this wonderful donation.

While this is our first documented donation of the year 2020, I will be playing catch up with all the donations that came during my absence.  Please stay tuned for donations from Laura E, Karen S, Sandie P, and Patricia W.

As always Sandra R, thank you for all you do and please keep up the good work.  YOU 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.

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.

Loomed Wrist Warmers Help Ohio's Homeless

Wanted to do a follow up on a previous post, regarding loomed wrist warmers.  Please click the above link to take you to that post where you can see the wrist warmers I'm talking about.  What's particularly nice about them is the length.  They go well up the arm, therefore providing extra warms.  Likewise they cover a larger portion of the hand than some wrist warmers do.  Both of these are real pluses.  I asked Anna W to share the pattern she used to make her wonderful loomed knitted writs warmers.  She provided the link for this awesome how to u-tube video and here's the link to the pattern on a blog.

Click here

So many of you use those looms to make hats, and scarves, I wanted to share this with you.  Hope it's of 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.

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.

Knitted, Crocheted or Loomed Mittens Needed

A-Z Challenge = M= Mittens
Mittens are an item we never get enough of.  Mittens aren't the easiet things to knit (as shown in the picture) or crochet shown below.

There are many styles, these are just 2.  Because they're not the easiest to knit or crochet we just have a harder time donating lots of them; but we continue to strive.  We also accept fingerless gloves/wrist warmers.

Each item we collect and donate has it's tab across the top of the blog with necessary information regarding size, colors, and fibers types to use as well as what to avoid.  We also list some patterns that people find helpful to use.  If you can help us with knitting, crocheting, or looming mittens and or writst warmers...........Please do!  Every shelter asks us for more then we've been able to donate in the past.  They are needed for folks living under the bridge, as well as the kids in schools with need.

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.

Head to Toe Warmth and Protection for the Homeless

 Thank you AnneMarie from New York, a long time and always generous supporter of Bridge and Beyond.  Many thanks for your wonderful donation.  These 2 boxes were packed with all kinds of goodies folks.

Socks for both men and women, lots of rain ponchos...just in time for the raining season that will soon be upon us, making life miserable for those out in the elements, personal care items, wonderful colorful cotton washcloths, and mittens.  Please click to enlarge folks to check out the darling pink slippers in the first photo.  She's also included a pair of writs warmers...the purple beneath the cute pink slippers!

As always many thanks and please keep up the good work.  Folks pop back in as I only got 2 of her boxes opened in time for this post.........there's more!

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 130
Scarves 50
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 42+3=45
Slippers: 47+3=50
Rain Poncho's:  3+50=53
Cotton Washcloths: 71+8=79
Afghans: 2
Socks: 69+52=121
Cowls 12
Shawls 1
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.

On Going Generosity Helps the Homeless

Thank  you RoseMarie for your wonderful donation and your on going support of Bridge and Beyond.  Look at the cute round cotton washcloths.  She's also crocheted a matching set of wrists warmers and a hat with her always cute and signature details!

The bright green and orange ghan is perfectly timed for St. Patricks Day.  While this post is scheduled for just after the special day, the donation arrived just before and so is very timely.

As always RoseMarie, keep up the good work!

*Folks, as you can see I'm having some font issues again, hoping things resolve soon.  I don't like having multiple fonts in one post.*

Donations for 2015:

Hats: 118+12=130
Scarves 49+1=50
Mittens: 42
Slippers: 47
Rain Poncho's:  3
Cotton Washcloths: 53+18=71
Afghans: 2
Socks: 47+22=69
Cowls 12
Shawls 1
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.

Knitting and Crocheting and Donating for the Homeless

 Lovely warm knitted slippers, and wrists warmers and crocheted mittens from our friend Joyce B.  A few posts back you saw another part of her recent donation that she dropped off for me while in town to support to her family involved in The Marathon.  What a wonderful and thoughtful donation of goodies for Ohio's homeless and others in need.  Many thanks Joyce for all your hard work.  Extra thanks for tagging your slippers etc with size for us.  I hope you and your family enjoyed your time here in town.

You can see, Joyce has truly been busy.  Here's more!  Lovely cotton washcloths, knitted in many colors and styles.  Awesome and always so very much appreciated.

Keep up the good work and let us know how your family fared in the marathon.

2014 DONATIONS:
Hats:701
Scarves: 345
Socks: 171
Afghans: 17
Slippers: 80+5=85
Rain Ponchos: 61
Mittens & Gloves: 77+1=78
Wrist Warmers/Fingerless gloves: 1 +2=3
Cotton Washcloths: 286+13=299
Shawls, Sweaters, Vests, Poncho's, Skirts, and Shrugs etc. 13




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.

Wrist Warmers, Fingerless Gloves

Modeling with one hand and photographing with the other hand, sorry folks, that makes for not the best picture.  These are wrist warmers, recently designed by our good friend, and long time supporter, RoseMarie.  She has made them in past using double crochets and I asked if she (she's sooooooooo creative), could mess with the pattern and come up with one using sc?  And here you have the results.  I thought the single crochets would make them a bit more sturdy and warmer.  

Mittens is something we've never gotten enough of, in terms of our donations.  And while wrist warmers obviously aren't as warm as full mittens, I thought it might help us bridge the gap.  Mittens aren't the easiest to knit or crochet and not something many of us have the ability to do.  However, I think this is something many of us can do.  

Turning my hand over so you all can see the other side.  

Here's the pattern:
Chain 24 and join to form circle, being careful to not twist your chain.
Add marker so you can tell where the end of the row is, adds in counting rows.
Row 1: sc (single crochet) across to the end of row, do not increase, do not add extra sc when you would normally add when to go to the next row.  Stitch count remains 24.
Row 2: Repeat row 1 until 27 rows are complete.  Stitch count is still 24, no increases done.
Row 28: Form the thumb opening
sc across 20 stitches (4 stitches remain), chain 4 and join this chain to the end of the row.  Your chain 4 and the 4 remaining stitches are equal, and your stitch count is still 24.  No increases or decreases made.
Row 29: sc across row (stitch count 24) You will sc into the 4 chain stitches at your rows end
Row 30: repeat row 8 more times (a total of 9 rows from forming your thumb opening).
After completing row 37, bind off.
Using a darning needle work your tail in.

RoseMarie used an I hook in this example.  It very nicely fits me.  I'm a small woman.

Using a larger hook would make the wrist warmers larger, using a smaller hook would make them smaller.  Would think we could play with adding a few stitches if we want to fit a man.  Using too large a hook might make them less warm, as they would be more open??

Thank you RoseMarie for your dedication.  You are a AWESOME.

Yarn used, regular worsted weight.


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 Help From Virginia

As you can see we have some fun bright colored squares that made it here, just after Give a Square went into hibernation. Fear not, these squares will be used with the others the next time I get to designing. So stay tuned. I'll get a few more ghans assembled first in order to get them to those folks in need at Faith Mission. In addition to great squares Cecile sent 3 scarves, some knitted and some crocheted. Thanks so much Cecile for your helping hands from Virginia, we here in Ohio greatly appreciate it.

I'll hope over and update the final numbers again for our Give a Square, what a good program that turned out to be.

Need some help folks
***Trying to track down YNC from Virginia, I don't know who that is. If you're out there,please sing out. Without a note in the box am unsure who this is***Would like to say thank you. Does anyone know who this might be?

2011
Scarves 56+3=59
Hats 140
Mittens (gloves) 53+2=55
Socks 13
Slippers 7
Ghans 6
Squares 152+15=167
Sweaters 5

**Please read about Toasty Tootsies**

Please remember 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. It truly DOES make a difference. THANK YOU!

Trying to get current with pictures....

A picture I missed yesterday, ruffle scarf by Scarlet. This is that nice soft homespun yarn.

A grey shawl, perhaps the coming home pattern. I'll save that for another delivery, as it might be more suited to a wee warmer weather, or perhaps one of the needy ladies at the clinic. Another one of Scarlet's creations.
these are cute little neck collars, will hold these should we get children and or someone at need there at the clinic. Think I might need to get this pattern from Scarlet, can't you see this as a way to jazz up a boring blouse? That is if I ever get around to making anything for myself. lol
2 scarfs from Molly, holding in the in case we get kids group. The multi color scarf is a keyhole design. I've never made one of those. Looks like it would surely stay in place, a definate need for a child.
Hand/wrists warmers another Molly creation.

Can you believe how talented and giving our team is!!!

Hoping to get a few other pics posted later today, soooooooo please do check back.