Knitting and Crocheting for the Homeless

Soooooooo many colors, and so many sizes of crocheted slippers. All 17 pairs of these donated by Ellee, our newest pair of helping hands here on Bridge and Beyond. Notice the yellow in the upper right corner are a pair of MaryJanes, the others are regular bootie style. These will be so well received by the children and their mothers houses temporarily at Faith Mission.
I believe some of these scarves (9), may be woven? I think the bulk though are crocheted. Notice the matching set on the right, hat and scarf in a light blue...are they cute. Many thanks Ellee for your thoughtful donation. It's always wonderful to find new people to help us warm the cold homeless and those in need. We hope to see you often. Keep those hands, hooks and yarn busy.

2010
Scarves 328+9=337
Hats 591+1=592
Mittens 151
Socks 91
Slippers 17+17=34
Ghans 8
Squares 168

6 More Days til the end of December and our Give a Square Program

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!

Reflection

The year is fast approaching an end. A while back I posted information regarding how we began, who donated, and what we collected in a very short period of time. It was fun to look back. You can read about HERE.

Taking that a bit further, the calendar year 2009 was wonderful. We grew in members who donated, we grew in the number of people we were able to help. We grew in the number of places we were linked, listed, and known.....all translate into being more visible on the net. Being more visible on the net and word of mouth causes others to find us and join the cause. I'm very grateful for that.

In 2009, we collected 335 hats, 66 pairs of mittens, 70 pairs of socks, and 123 scarves. Isn't that wonderful. Think of the warm, the encouragement and the hope all those donations represented.

Many thanks to all who donated that year: (in no particular order)
Chris D
My daughter, Christine
Rae (by way of yarn from her mother)
Jean from Wisc.
Doris
Bunny
Sandie
Teacher Chizoba
Patty from Ohio
Frank and Karen A.
James
Danette
Linda from Florida
Theresa
Karen V.
Shelly
Beth
Jenny (Wren on Rav)
eboni (mzundercover on Rav)
June
Barbara
Dyanne
Bill (from Scotland)
Chris
Scarlet
Sunnie Fairy (Andrea)
Joanne
Sarah in Hawaii
Margie
Molly
Kristin
Susan
Katie
Ghost
Gloria
Maru
Cheryl

I'm impressed with that list, and think everyone of you deserve a pat on the back. Again, many thanks for your thoughtful donations. Together we've accomplished some wonderful things here. That year we had a total of 87 posts and 306 comments. Numbers are fun sometimes, aren't they!

2010
Scarves 328
Hats 591
Mittens 151
Socks 91
Slippers 17
Ghans 8
Squares 168


**Give A Square runs til the end of December**

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!

Homeless Hands Warmer with Mittens

Four wonderful, crocheted mittens to warm 4 pairs of hands for our homeless. These nice warm mittens will make 4 less cold pairs of hands. Thank you Therese. I know how my hands sometimes ache even in doors when their cold, can't imagine living outside in the elements without warm mittens like this. What a difference this makes for our cold Ohio Homeless. I love the nice long cuff too. These are made with back loop single crochet stitches.

This is a busy time of year for so many of us, making your thoughtful donations even more special. Making time to knit and crochet for others when you're swamp with way too many things to do takes a very special person with a Huge Heart! Thank you all for your continued hard work and dedication to giving to others.

Give a Square Runs til the end of this month, 9 days away

2010
Scarves 328
Hats 591
Mittens 147+4=151
Socks 91
Slippers 17
Ghans 8
Squares 168


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!

So many ways to help the homeless

Thank you Yvonne for your ongoing support of the homeless. What a wonderful box of goodies here. Scarves, hats, slippers, socks, gloves, and squares. Also some wonderful personal care items-toothbrushes and toothpaste. Some items are knitted, some are crocheted. I love the mix of sizing for the hats.... So many different sized cold heads will now be warmed. Click on the picture to enlarge...check out the really neat pattern on her beautiful gray scarf!

Look at these fun, bright, cheery and interesting knitted squares. I'm anxious to put them with others and design another afghan for those folks at The Mission.

2010
Scarves 325+3=328
Hats 583+8=591
Mittens 143+4=147
Socks 85+6=91
Slippers 16+1=17
Ghans 8
Squares 159+9=168

**Give a Square til the end of this month, December 2010**

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!

Edging and warming Homeless

I've revised a wee bit the color arrangement here, added a couple more yellow blocks which I think really adds to the over all look of this knitted block ghan in the works. Rose Marie sent some more knitted squares so I happily added them to this design. AND, have started edging with a light sage green (thank you darling daughter for the yarn),. These squares when assembled will be another afghan for the homeless and abused housed at Faith Mission.

We continue to collect squares throughout the month of December (please see Give a Square for details), for this cause. Please check in often to see how many squares we collect, how many ghans we're able to donate to help them towards a better life.

2010
Scarves 325
Hats 583
Mittens 143
Socks 85
Slippers 16
Ghans 8
Squares 159


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!

Crocheting to help others!

8 Fabulous crocheted scarves from our newest pair of helping hands, Rebecca. Many thanks Rebecca, the scarves are wonderful, warm, soft and great colors. We're thrilled to have you join us in helping those less fortunate, those cold, those without a roof over their heads. The need is great, and it's not possible to have too many pairs of helping hands. We hope to see you often here on The Bridge.

Rebecca posted a lovely quote in the card that accompanied her donation, I'm reposting here.
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see". A meaningful quote. I'm surprised I've not come across this quote of Mark Twain's before, but it's one I like and will certainly remember.

I've added Rebecca's blog to the blog log, so please take a minute to visit her and say hi.

2010
Scarves 317+8=325
Hats 583
Mittens 143
Socks 85
Slippers 16
Ghans 8
Squares 159

**Remember Give a Square runs til the end of this month of December**

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!