Knitting for Homeless

Say hello to Rebecca W, our newest pair of helping hands.  Thrilled to have you join us in keeping Central Ohio's Homeless warmer.  Rebecca has knit 3 super warm scarves.  The 2 on the left are double thickness I believe and or chunky yarn?  LOVE the fall  colors in the one on the right.  Additionally, she's knitted a mobious scarf and a cotton washcloth.

Many thanks for your thoughtfulness.  We hope to see you here often on Bridge and Beyond.  Please keep up the good work, Rebecca.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 408
Scarves &  Infinity Scarves: 182+4=186
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 443+1=444
Afghans: 23
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.

Knitted Donations for Ohio's Homeless

Please enjoy this beautiful fall picture.  Though we seem well past the pretty stage here, and in fact leaves were very disappointing this year.  They weren't very colorful and they fell very quickly with rain and wind.  Some years though, they do look close to this.

I've  substituted this fall photo due to a malfunction when processing the photo of Christine D's lovely donation.  Not sure how, but when it transferred from camera to phone it was damaged and not useable. Thankfully I had my note about what she had made and how things she had made.  Her cotton cloths were knitted  with my personal favorite washcloth pattern, the ever popular corner to corner Grandmothers Favorite.  She had lots of fun colors, variegated mixed that I know will be truly well received.

Additionally she knitted and donated 10 hats and a scarf.

Many thanks Christine, am  so sorry folk I can share the picture with you all.


2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 398+10=408
Scarves &  Infinity Scarves: 181+1=182
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 376+67=443
Afghans: 23
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.

Crochet Hats for Ohio Homeless

Thank you Trist K for this wonderful crochet hat donation.  Extra thanks for taking the time to label with size.  We do ask everyone to do, as it assures hats get to the right location quicker.  It takes lots of extra time for me to measure and or try on lots of hats to determine size.  AND then all the volunteers are also saved time when hats are sized so they get properly categorized.

Love the nice dark colors, always the best way to go!

Please keep up the good work.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 389+9=398
Scarves &  Infinity Scarves: 181
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 376
Afghans: 23
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.

Crocheted Donations for Ohio's Homeless

WOW and WOW...our good friend Wendy H has been super busy.  Look at this awesome donation.  There were multiple boxes of crocheted goodies to donate to our homeless friends.  Wendy has crocheted hats in many different colors and sizes, some cute small scarves for younger set, and cotton washclothes.  She also included a child sized afghan.

Many thanks Wendy, as always keep up the good work!

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 365+24=389
Scarves & Infinity Scarves: 167+4=171+10=181
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 364+12=376
Afghans: 22+1=23
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.

Hats Warm Homeless

Thank you Darlene H for this thoughtful donation of warm soft knitted hats.  Darlene is our newest pair of helping hands.  Please join me in welcoming her into our wonderful group here on Bridge and Beyond.  Darlene has also included 2 pairs of gloves that will be well received by whomever puts them on their hands.

Please keep up the good work Darlene!  We look forward to seeing you here often on Bridge and Beyond.  Those Buckeye Hats will be a real favorite!!

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 365
Scarves & Infinity Scarves: 167
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 113
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 364
Afghans: 22
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.

Rusty Nail Afghan

Rusty Nail as it was designed some time back accompanied me to South Carolina on a girls trip recently.  I was able to work on it in the car coming and going.

Aside from the different light and the colors looking a bit more reddish in the 2nd picture, here it is as a work in progress.  As you can see the squares are very different in size and style, some are rectangles,  some squares, some knitted, and some crocheted.  Due to the huge difference in size I've used almost 3 skeins of yarns in the beginning edging and joining.  After returning home and searching for additional yarn (that I thought I had that matched)...

Here's the next design stage

I've moved what was to be the 2nd row down to the make the 4th  row, and then re-arranged a few other squares to keep things as balanced as something this different can be.  Looking at this picture I see I need to move the granny square in the middle of the 3rd row so I don't have 3 of those in a row diagonally.  Will probably switch it out with the bigger orange square that's currently 2nd  in that same row.   Separating the 2 completed rows with the idea that when I edge and join the others with a slightly different shade it will be less noticeable and look more like a blending of all these shades of orange, peach, tangerine, and rust.

Fingers crossed this plan works as well as I think it will.


2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 353
Scarves & Infinity Scarves: 167
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 111
Slippers: 91
Rain Poncho's:  105
Cotton Washcloths: 364
Afghans: 22
Socks: 201
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 18
Shawls 2
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.