Crocheted Afghan, Getting Close to Donation Goal for 2018.

Thank you Karen N for this lovely afghan.  I love the colors!  This ghan is nice and soft and warm on top of being such cool colors.  We all love to bundle up in a homemade afghan during the cold ugly winter and the folks who receive this through Homeless Families Foundation will feel the same.  Additionally, I hope they feel the love that exists when our busy hands knit or crochet an afghan for them.

Many thanks Karen for your hard work, please know how much it matters.

Hey folks...have you looked at our goals?  Have you noticed the afghan goal?  Quick, take a look.  Drum roll, look how close we are to our goal...this afghan makes us hit 94%, well slightly over 94%.  Though it is now January 2, as I type this blog post....I've not yet closed the stats for the year because we have donations that came in before the end of the year that you've not yet seen...........so, I'll close the books a bit down the line when all donations are accounted for here on Bridge and Beyond.  That's pretty typical.  AND if a donation or two come in while that's happening, well then I'll count them as well in this years totals.

Please stay tuned folks.

**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.

Cardiac Collage and Earth and Sky Help our Donation Goals

 You might remember seeing this afghan while it was in the works, Cardiac Collage.  The color is a bit funky here, you know how bad light can be a problem when taking photo's.  We have so much gray drabness here in Ohio, it's often a problem if I don't get the photo done during the day, or there's no sunshine.  Cardiac Collage, so named because I started it while sitting in the ER when my Dear Hubby was having a Cardiac Event.  I purposely made each square different, with different amounts of colors, and some squares don't have representations of each color.  From a design perspective.........I wanted it to be without pattern, much as a cardiac event is.........additionally, I didn't have the same amount of each color and was trying to use up some stash.  This photo was taken prior to it being laundered and blocked so when that was accomplished (yesterday) it measured about 54 inches square.  The squares are knit, sorta like a log cabin pattern with picking up stitches each time you changed colors.  I enjoy doing that, but am not a fan of how many ends there are to work in.  Soooooooo, after getting all the squares done,

I switched to working on a simple striped afghan.  These colors are very soothing, very peaceful, and there is indeed a pattern to this design.  I named this one Earth and Sky for the green grass, brown earth, and blue skies.    This photo was also taken  before it was laundered and blocked (it's drying as we speak and now measures about 60 x 65).  

One Earth and Sky was done and waiting to be laundered (had to wait til after Christmas so I had floor space to block it), I returned to the squares for Cardiac Collage and edged them all by crocheting in the darker blue, then crocheted them together, and finally crocheted a couple of rows all around as the border.

We're close to our goal for afghans, and I'm not yet closing the books on 2018.

**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.

Merry Christmas From Us on Bridge and Beyond

Merry Christmas from my family to yours.  This is last years picture taken right before we left for the Christmas Eve family gathering.  Hubby, Darling Daughter, and Me with our tree in the background.

This can be a very difficult time of the year for many.  Sometimes we loose site of that with our shopping, baking, cleaning, and travel.  Many find it a hard time of year without a roof over their heads, warm clothes to wear and food to eat.  We hear at Bridge and Beyond can not take care of everyone, but we do our best day to day providing warm items to donate to those in need.

If you look at our goals, we're falling well short of our goals, and have in recent years.  Charities go through up's and down's.  People find charities closer to home to help in order to minimize postage costs.  All of this is understandable.  Please know that even though we will fall well short of all of our goals, what we do does matter.  It matters to those who receive our hats, scarves, mittens, personal care items, cotton washcloths, and our afghans.

No doubt our numbers will climb yet a bit before I close out the year, so please keep checking in.

Merry Christmas one and all.  If you're traveling for the holidays, travel safe.

**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.

Sunshine and More Donated from Florida for Ohio's Homeless

 Please join me in being excited...see those mittens?  Of course you do, and hats, and scarves from our good friend always generous supporter, Sandra R from the sunny state of Florida.  Always wonderful to get a box of sunshine from Sandra.  Great Colors and a nice mix of sizes to warm lots of folks in need.

 But...as you see, that was only one pouch, there are more.

And another awesome corner to corner afghan.  Love these colors, I find it very restful.  Sandra do you eat, and sleep?  Your crochet hook must be smokin at times with the amount of stuff you're able to get done.  Plus the knitting of the mittens and hats etc.  All are wonderful.  As always, thank you for all you do.  We're thrilled to have you on board here at Bridge and Beyond helping Ohio's Homeless 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.