Alpaca My Bags

A little humor for you all, as I currently have no knitted or crocheted goodies to show you.

There are some donations in the works to share with you, so please keep checking in.

And remember as vacation times are up and coming for many of us, you can take your hook and needles on planes and yarn sure helps pass time while traveling either by plane or by car....as long as you're not the driver, lol.  AND yarn doesn't add much weight to your suitcase.  Plus vacations are good times to collect those little sample bottles of soap,shampoo, lotions etc from the hotels.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 238
Scarves 94
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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.

The Wrong Color....really!

Do you relate to this?  LOL, not sure I do, in that I don't get angry, I'm more surprised and think..........how is that possible I don't have the right color?  Or I have the color, but it's the wrong type of yarn.  AND who doesn't like a good excuse to go yarn shopping?

Hope you got a chuckle and the next time you look through your yarn; maybe you'll think of this little comic.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 238
Scarves 94
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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.

Granny Surprise Afghan is Growing

These 18 squares have been joined since I took this picture and a few others as well.  I'm finding stitching these together more challenging then normal.  I seem to only be able to work on it with natural light,thus outside.  Some of these squares have partially felted I believe, so not really able to find the actual stitch to put together.  I normally don't accept wool, but no one knew what these were they were found..........so, will play through and assemble and will note it when it's donated.  This afghan, as you might remember is called Grannies Surprise.

I'm basically reaching into a bag pulling out squares and stitching them together, so very randomly; unless I get two of the same, then I go fish again.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 238
Scarves 94
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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 Hats and Scarves warm the Homeless

Thank you Diana K for this thoughtful donation.  Hats and scarves, some matching sets as well, all beautifully crocheted.  A good variety in hat sizes which is always helpful.  Colors for both the men folk and the ladies.  If you click to enlarge the picture and see details folks, you can see some of the hats with the brim rolled up, and in others I rolled it down so you could see the hat both ways.  Options are always nice.

Keep up the good work Diana.  Many folks will now be warmer, thank you.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 224+14=238
Scarves 89+5=94
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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.

Wine or Yarn?

I like wine and I like yarn so had to laugh when I saw this posted awhile back and thought I'd share it with you. Now it looks like you could store quite a bit of yarn instead of wine........provided you had the right size skeins/cakes.  I'm curious what size that actually is.  Thoughts?  I suppose this could even be double duty.........you could have both wine and yarn together in one place?  This looks to be in an actual yarn shop given the hanks hanging beside it, though I suppose this could be someone's craft room, living room, end of the bedroom or whatever.

I always get a kick out of seeing how people store or display their lovely yarns, hope you do as well.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 224
Scarves 89
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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.

Afghans a Plenty being Donated

 Thank you, thank you Cheryl S.  I like funky and different, so this afghan makes me smile.  If you remember folks, I said stay tuned....there's more when I posted the first part of Cheryl's donation HERE

 I love all the different varigated's put together like this and would never have thought to do so.  You are soooooooooo creative!  The diagonal shells is so pretty.  I love the color combination.  I love how bold this is.  It also has a look of Buckeye Country which will be a big hit.

And who doesn't like jewel tones together!  WOW, Cheryl, I hope you're catching up on your eating and sleeping after crocheting these wonderful afghans!!!

Awesome job, truly.  Please keep up the good work.

2015 DONATIONS:
Hats: 224
Scarves 89
Mittens/Gloves/Wrist Warmers: 45
Slippers: 63
Rain Poncho's:  95
Cotton Washcloths: 221
Afghans: 13+3=16
Socks: 157
Cowls/Hoody Combo's/ 17
Shawls 1
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.