Scrub a Dub Dub

Think how good you feel when you take a bath or shower. Think how bad you feel when you don't. Something as basic as washing is so easy to take for granite when you have a roof over your head. People who are homeless don't have that luxury. That's right something we take granite is a true luxury to them. When we receive personal care items like this soap and cream from our good friend, and supporter RoseMarie it's luxury. These items are distributed to our family shelters (The YWCA, The Homeless Families Foundation, and Faith Mission), they are distributed to the Mens and Women Shelters provided by Faith Mission, and they are provided to the men and women living outdoors.

Many thanks RoseMarie for your thoughtful donation.

**Reminder folks, please avoid lacy stitches in your knitted/crocheted items. If you can poke your finger through...it's probably too open and therefore not as warm as it could be. We strive for warmth and durability**

2012 Donations:
Hats: 98
Scarves: 28
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 75
Squares: 79
Socks: 42
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves etc)

***Don't forget to get yourself involved in the contest, there will be 3 winners. Details posted in the Feb 14th blog post.***

WOOT Woot....How exciting is this folks, new helping hands, students and faculty from Otterbein College knitting and crocheting. They've been busy working for our cause through their group, Stitches to Share. They've mentioned our group in their article as one of the groups they're stitching for. Thank you Otterbein Community.

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!

Donating Red Marble Scarf

This knitted scarf is more of The Marble Yarn I talked about (shades of gray scarf), a nice acylic, softer then many I've worked with bulky and therefore works up nicely on size 10 or 10.5 needles. I love the way the shades emerge in this yarn. It's a nice size ball/marble at 314 yards in a skein and priced about $13.00 a skein in case you're interested in trying it yourself.

2012 Donations:
Hats: 98
Scarves: 27+1=28
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 75
Squares: 79
Socks: 42
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves etc)

Contest Details on the 14th post..., and or in the sidebar - you still have time to get in on the action.

Thus far people who's names are in hat 1 are: Damarys, Karen B, Sherry K, EA unknown person from Phily

Hat 2 so far includes: Damarys, Karen B, and Sherry K.

Hat 3, chatty cathy names are: SSeger, Sue, Patty L., DaMaris, Allyson, pmsflowerlady, Sally, Sherry K, Liz, AnneMarie, Jason, Yvonne, Emma, Sandie P, Joy D, Jessica
**Jason and Emma....have you donated? Didn't see you in my records and want to be sure I didn't miss you

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!

Donations for Toes and Fingers

Mittens and gloves keep fingers and hands warm and socks keep feet warm and dry. Taking care of the tips of our extremities here. Thanks so much Yvonne for this wonderful donation, we certainly appreciate it. The personal care items are also great.

Folks these mittens are so nicely made, soft and warm. Yvonne included a note for us (you know how I'm always wondering what pattern someone used), she used Bev's "The Mitts" pattern and the bright pink wrist warmers/fingerless gloves (I really never know what to call them or what's more accurate) are from a pattern on Ravelry called "Easy Fingerless Mitts" by Roxanne R. Richardson. Thanks Yvonne for including that info, I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates it.

2012 Donations:
Hats: 98
Scarves: 27
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 70+5=75
Squares: 78+1=79
Socks: 35+7=42
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, wrist warmers/fingerless gloves etc)

Have you read about the contest? If not, please do. Scroll back to the 14th for the info. Get rollin and get your name in the hats....3 prizes will be awarded. Have fun and good luck all.

**Reminder to please send animal free donations. That is to say, please remove furry friends furr with a lent roller and or launder your items to aid not only those who receive your donations with allergies, but....me as well. Truly helps my allergies.

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!

Donating for those in Need

Jessica S. from New Jersey crocheted this purple square and sent along this tan cap to keep a head warm. The purple doesn't show up well, not sure what it is with the colors blue and purple; but it seems often they show up differently-colorwise on the blog (not just mine, others too), but it's a nice dark purple and will start mingling with other squares, you know get acquainted until such time I do some more designing of ghans.

Thank you Jessica for your thoughtful donation.

I'm happy to see our followers number is growing, that's always good news. If you blog and you're not currently a follower, please click follow this blog...we appreciate it. It helps us grow. Speaking of growing, I'm happy to report we're listed as one of the charities on all free crochet, please click HERE, to check it out. The more places we can be linked the better chance we have at spreading the word and getting more helping hands......that of course gives us the ability to help more folks in need. I'm thrilled to be listed, and hope you'll check it out. You can join, free and take advantage of some wonderful patterns.

2012 Donations:
Hats: 97+1=98
Scarves: 27
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 70
Squares: 78+1=79
Socks: 35
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, 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!

Knitted Mittens so Adorable

This is post #644, can you believe we're almost to 650!

Cute x 2. Look at these cute little knitted mittens for small hands donated by our friend Susan S in St. Louis. Aren't they adorable! Her note indicates she was using up some small balls, but they look like they were made "special".

Amazing what talented caring people can do. You all amaze me each and everyday when I open mail.

Many thanks Susan for your thoughtful donation, 2 children will be happy to have their hands warm and look cute!

The list of unidentified people donating continues to grow, please check the sidebar to see if your donation is one of the unidentified ones. Please check to see if you might know who any of these people are. PLEASE PLEASE, save me time searching and searching and include a note with your name, your email ady, blog url etc. so that I can notify you when your donation is received even if you wish to be anonymous on the blog, simply let me know that. I spend lots of time looking through emails, blog posts, members in various on line groups and forums to find matches.


2012 Donations:
Hats: 97
Scarves: 27
Slippers: 9
Shawls: 2
Afghans: 7
Mittens: 68+2=70
Squares: 78
Socks: 35
Misc Items are not counted individually (such as personal care items, headbands, gators, yarn, etc)

Lots of updates regarding size, colors and fibers in tabs across the top of the blog, please read folks before you knit or crochet so your items meet the requirements and help those in need. Many thanks!

Did you read about the Contest that started on February 14th? If not, please do, there will be 3 prizes awarded.
Chatty Cathy portion has the following commentors so far: SSeger, Sue, Patty L, DaMaris, Allyson, pmsflowerlady, Sally, Sherry, Liz, AnneMarie, Jason, Yvonne, Emma. Jason and Emma...have you donated? I didn't find your name, can you help me out?
Donations names in the hat so far are: Damarys, Karen B, Sherry K, and unknown person EA from Philadelphia (please make contact EA)
Names in the hat for donating a scarves so far are: Damarys, Karen B, Sherry K

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!