Afghans for Homeless Families Foundation

Guess who's donation this is.....come on guess.  If you've been following for the last couple of weeks, you probably have already figured it out.  This donation is from our friend Marsha M.  As you know, I am working my way through her donation getting them all laundered and blocked, but can only do so many at a time in the wash......and now with Christmas decorations up, am more limited in my space to dry and block them.    Marsha is the primary care giver for her husband and so just simply didn't have the ability to launder them.   Can't remember if I mentioned that before.    This primarily blue afghan is made with for smaller squares in the center.  I like the look, and the colors in this one.

This is single big square with changing colors frequently.  With the pinks and reds, think ladies will enjoy this one.

This one sorta looks like a sunburst to me.  How about you?  Bright and cheery, another one ladies will enjoy.  Or perhaps a young teen?  Again, the center square style.

Primarily gray, worked side to side, so perhaps better suited for a male?   Though the pastels perhaps not?  

This is a small one that speaks to me like a box of crayons and is truly suited for a younger, male or female.  Love this color combination and know some little person will be thrilled to wrap up in this.  Could also do well as a lapghan, size wise.

Normally I ask folks to launder and block themselves, but this is a different situation.  So bear with me as I work my way through her donation.  It's several years worth.  This brings her total thus far to #25, but........do keep coming back; because there are more.  Some will not make it into our totals for this year of 2020, and will start our 2021 totals.

Many thanks Marsha, keep up the good work!

Hope you all are staying safe, and hopefully some of you will be getting the vaccine in the near future.  

**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.

Scarves and More for Those in Need

Thank you Cynthia B for this awesome donation.  As you can see she has been very very busy with her crochet hook.  Lots of wonderful scarves to warm those in need.  Please click to see all the colors.  In the center of the picture, you can see scarves layed out, while the top and left side the scarves are folded.  Did this in order to get them all in one photo.  I love the mix of colors making the scarves good for for men and women.

She's also included socks which is so necessary, and 3 cotton washcloths.

The year is winding down, and what a year it's been.  I think during these difficult times, all the donation you all have knitted and or crocheted have even more meaning to those that receive them.

Thank you Cynthia B, please keep up the good work and know you've made a difference in many lives.

**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 Warmth Aids Ohio's Homeless

Thank you Laura E for this generous donation of knitted goodies.  As you can see our friend Laura E has been very busy.  She's knitted the always popular corner to corner cotton washcloth, the pattern most of know as Grandma's favorite.

She's included lots of person care items and socks, as well as Hats galore, plus scarves.  Please click to enlarge the picture so you can see the details.  Her personal care items include wipes, female products, soap, razors, and packages of band aides.  Great idea!

The hats have some interesting details so, please do check them out.  Special thanks too Laura for adding the size tags to all your hats.  Also, please notice how she's tied the matching scarves and hats together, what a nice touch.  As you read this post, I venture to say somewhere someone is wearing your hats and being warmer; as I have already delivered these items.

Many thanks Laura, 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.

More Afghans and Lapghans Donated to Homeless Families Foundation and Those in Need

AND...look what we've got here!  The next installment of Marsha M's afghans/lapghans.  This first one is crocheted side to side.  Nice and solid stitches.  What a fun mix of colors.  I am a bit limited in that I can only laundered 3 or 4 at a time and have room to spread them out to dry and block.  So this one is hanging over the side of the bed, which is why you can't see the end on the left.  Believe this is straight forward single crochets.  This stitch makes the afghan nice and warm because there are no holes.  Nice lapghan size, and the colors nice for a woman or a teen, I believe.

This second one is the big continuous granny square style.  I'm particularly fond of this color combination, as I've always like blue and green together.  I think since this is a bit darker, this one will work nicely for a male or female.

The 3rd one I think is ok for both male or female as well.  What do you think?  Again the one big granny style afghan with a fun mix of bright colors.

Bright and cherry, 6 large granny squares put together makes this afghan about the size of a twin I think, though I have it laying on a queen here; it's a nice size.  Definitely colors for a woman.  Through my SIL, this ghan was directed to someone who recently lost their home due to a fire.  What a terrible time to become homeless.  I'm sure this young woman will be comforted by this pretty afghan. 

AND....this big granny will work well for male or female, I think...don't you.  It looks rather patriotic, with a slightly different red, white and blue theme.

Many thanks Marsha M.  This brings us to #20 so far.......so please keep coming back folks to see what's in store.  This donation puts us over the goal for year which is very exciting.  Though some probably won't be processed and counted until early next year.  Now with Christmas decorations up, I've lost some space to lay things out to dry/block.

When I made deliveries the other day to Homeless Families Foundation, my car was really loaded.  Chad, my contact there was thrilled to see so many afghans and loaded bags of hats, scarves etc.  So please know folks how well received our donations are.  You truly make a difference.  

Keep up the good work Marsha!!

**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.

Afghans Galore for Homeless Families Foundation, and Those in Need

AND, drum roll...told you to stay tuned; so hope you continue to do so.  Here's another round of Marsha M's afghans/lapghans.  This first one is a mix of colors, sorta pastel, but separated by black so good contrast.  It's The big granny square style.

AND, this one is another of the big square granny style, except that if you look closely, you'll see it was started not with one granny, but 4, for a slightly different look.  Lots of bright colors in this one.

AND this one, looks very different to me, even though it's the big granny square style, because it has a color theme to it.  I really like this combination.  

And, for a bit of variety this is not a granny style; but a side to side design, with nice solid stitches.  LOVE the graduation of color in this.  These colors will work well for a male or female, in my opinion.

One more granny squares, but made of 20 squares and then edged with multiple rows. This one focuses on just a few colors, but primarily green. So this one should also be good for male or female.  It's fun seeing all the variety Marsha comes up with.  

In this group, I think I'm partial to the non granny because the stitches are so nice and solid and the way color moves, it doesn't really seemed striped to me.

How bout you?  Do you have a favorite in this group?  This takes us to 15 so far....and again...I'm telling you how many more she has; so keep visiting to see.

Many thanks Marsha, please keep up the good work.  As I continue to launder and block them, I'll be posting more.

**AND with this donation we have officially met our goal, that's exciting.  Check the graph.

**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.

Lapghans, and Afghans for the Homeless

AND...drum roll please.  We have more granny style afghans/lapghans from our our friend Marsha M.  If you missed the previous post, please scroll back to see her previous 5 ghans/lapghans.  This is one big continuous granny square with lots of different colors.  I mentioned previously that I picked up a bunch, but am not sharing how many she made....She's been busy the last couple of years and we don't live that far apart, so I picked up the ghans from her and am getting them laundered and blocked.  

These afghans and lapghans get spread out around the house to dry/block after they get a bath, lol.  This 2nd afghan is 20 smaller squares joined and then multiple rows of edging, so a bit of a different style granny square.  Granny squares are so versatile.  I live the monochromatic style color scheme going on with this one.

And this one, while lots of colors is fairly pastel.  Another of the one big square style granny's.

This is another one big square style, but with a bit of a different flare due to the border.

Not a granny style, crocheted edge to edge.  I think this one is my favorite of this group.  It's so bold and I love the mix of colors in this one.  What do you think?  Do you have a favorite?

The previous post shows 5, so Marsha's current count is 10 ghans/lapghans.  Stay curious and keep coming back to help me count.  Nod nod, wink wink.

Stay warm, stay health, and stay safe all.

Marsha many thanks for your donation, please keep up the good.

**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.