Matching Hats and Scarves for Homeless Ohioans

Fabulous matching hats and scarves, 8 sets to warm some of our cold homeless. All the hats are knitted, warm, and stretchy to fit many different heads. The beautiful matching scarves are crocheted, I think perhaps Phyllis used hdc for her scarves. It's always interesting to me how different stitches look when a scarf is made lengthwise vs width wise. Phyllis our latest pair of helping hands from the warm state of Florida. Many thanks Phyllis, we're thrilled to have you join us and hope to see lots of you here on Bridge and Beyond.

2010
Scarves 309+8=317
Hats 575+8=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!

Ta Dah...Autumn is Finished

TADAH! Got another afghan done for our folks at Faith Mission. This was both fun and tedious to assemble. Fun because it required lots of creative...hum, wonder what this looks like there, and does this fit better here or there. Lots of that. Should have seen me crawling around on the floor flipping squares and rectangles here and there. lol Tedious because there were so many sizes to work with it was truly piecemeal. Looks a little bunchy here, this is before it was laundered and blocked. That always smooth things out (provided you don't have too much bunching). I'm happy with the results, it's big, heavy and very warm. Most of the squares are crocheted, but the two largest squares that DD donated were knitted. The dark sage green edging and joining the pieces was also from DD, a gift from last Christmas. I think from memory the lacy yellow square might be from Sandie, RoseMarie the rectangles, Liz made the multi-colored squares, and there's a few of mine thrown in where I needed a filler.

Thank you ladies for helping me help warm the homeless. You ALL ROCK!

2010
Scarves 309
Hats 575
Mittens 143
Socks 85
Slippers 16
Ghans 7+1=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!

People with BIG Hearts

Don't be dishearten by watching so much news you think people are bad, evil, and nasty. I'm here to tell you people have big hearts. Knitters have big hearts, crocheters have big hearts, people who knit with looms have big hearts. Crafters are awesome people with kind and giving hearts. The proof is here each and everyday when we see wonderful things people with big hearts have taken their time to make. They buy the yarn, the take time to craft something special, they use their money to mail it to me. People who do this...WOW. You ALL ROCK!

This wonderful donation comes to us from Sarah S. Thank you Sarah for your ongoing support and thoughtful donation. Sarah sent 3 crocheted scarves, 5 wonderful wool warm pairs of socks, 6 crocheted granny squares, and 4 packages of personal care items (soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss AND her wash clothes are hand crocheted as well!) You know everything is greatly appreciated. Stay tuned as I design another ghan, adding your squares to others I have on hand/ and or will yet receive from Give A Square.

2010
Scarves 306+3=309
Hats 575
Mittens 143
Socks 80+5=85
Slippers 16
Ghans 7
Squares 153+6=159

**remember we're accepting squares until the end of this month, 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!

I LOVE Squares

I love Squares, why? Because it's cool to be a square, it's cool to be a nerd. Why because nerd help people, nerds think of others, therefore nerds/squares are AWESOME in my book. Thank you Niki for these 3 crocheted squares. I've added them to my square stash grown bigger thanks to our Give a Square program (running til the end of December). Your squares tossed in other helping hands squares make a HUGE difference in someone's life. Thank you for your thoughtful donation. Hope to see you here on The Bridge often.

Please stay tuned folks as squares come in and ghans are designed. I'll keep you posted how we're doing.

2010
Scarves 306
Hats 575
Mittens 143
Socks 80
Slippers 16
Ghans 7
Squares 150+3=153

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!

Autumn Taking Shape

Been working on this ghan with squares donated by Sandie, RoseMarie, Alexis, my DD (Christine), Liz, and yours truly. Some squares are knitted, some are crocheted. Some squares are square, some squares are rectangles. Many hands involved in this ghan. Some of the squares were donated as a result of Give a Square, while others I've had from previous donations. Sometimes things just come together. 24 squares in all here. The dark green yarn I'm edging and joining with was gift from my DD last Christmas. She always knows how to give a gift that keeps on giving.

You might get a better view of this ghan here when it was first designed, without the missing squares that were being edge or assembled together; though there have been one or two changes in the squares since that time.

2010
Scarves 306
Hats 575
Mittens 143
Socks 80
Slippers 16
Ghans 7
Squares 150



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!

A Garage Sale Donation

This display of fun colorful crocheted items (mostly dollies), came through Krystine by way of a garage sale. A little senior's son was having a garage sale while his Mom was hospitalized. Sadly, since then she's lost that battle against cancer. Krystine asked if I might be able to do some good with these items, that the son indicated his Mother would really like that. The navy slippers in foreground just need to be trimmed and all the loose yarn ends taken care of, the super small brown and orange squares are being put to use...as we speak to make a scarf, the red-white-green dollies came in handy yarnwise. I frogged them and used them to finish up a pair of mittens that was the same yarn. Can you believe it? What's the likelihood I'd be able to that. The dollies are going to take some more thinking on part, and work; but I'm giving it some though and will chip away at making something useable for someone in need. There are 3 nice size squares also, have been put in the hopper with the other Give a Square Squares and will most assuredly get used to make a ghan.
A different picture with things sorted and stacked. Thank you Krystine et al.

2010
Scarves 306
Hats 574+1=575
Mittens 143
Socks 80
Slippers 15+1=16
Ghans 7
Squares 133+17=150

Please keep those fingers busy making hats, mittens, scarves, slippers, and squares. The need continues and the dip in temperatures in very noticeable. There's snow on the ground as we speak. And most nights the temps drop well below freezing. All donations are truly appreciated. About 2 more weeks folks for Give a Square.

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!