Previously I was referring to this afghan as The Eclectic Afghan, but I had already named a recent crocheted one that, so with the help of some of my Fitbit Friends decided to call this the Blanket of Many Colors. You can see it's grown quite a bit in size and color. Currently it's 9 colors, though I do have one more color to work into it. A dark purple.
It traveled to Hilton Head with me when I went with hubby previously and it traveled with me again more recently when I had a week with girl friends. Below is how it started it's 2nd journey.
Hoping to be able to show it's completion fairly soon.
What are you all working on?
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages 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.
Thank you Tammy S for this thoughtful and generous donation of goodies. Tammy is our newest pair of helping hands and hails from the state of Pennsylvania. Welcome to Bridge and Beyond. LOVE these scarves. Folks click to see details, she has crocheted using I believe triple crochet front and back post to create a wonderful texture to her nice large scarves. These are all sized large enough for men! They are thick due to the texture.
AND 18 pairs of very nice heavy warm socks. Each pack has 3 pairs of socks, thus 18 pairs of feet will now be warmer. Warm dry feet can sure make someone more comfortable.
AND look at this wonderful selection of personal care items. Klenex, hand wipes that can be used when our homeless friends have no water to wash up. Soap and lotion.......AND first aid kits! That is something I've never thought about before, but think it's a wonderful idea and something that be well received.
Many thanks Tammy for your thoughtfulness, sure hope to see you here often on Bridge and Beyond, and please keep up the good work.
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are curren.
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.
Fun....look at this two toned scarf. Our good friend Sandie P from Louisiana crocheted this using the same method of friend Karen S uses, Double Ended Crochet, Cro-hook. It goes by many names. I've posted a u-tube video several times on this method. It intrigues me. It's one stitch, but the shading gives it such texture...makes it look like more was done.
Thank you Sandie for your long term commitment to Ohio's homeless. I've lots track how many years we've known each. I say that, even though we've not met face to face. We've blogged, participated in many of the same groups and charities throughout the years and well after after years of doing that...you do feel like you know someone.
As always keep up the good, and thanks so much.
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are current, as of Feb 15th.
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.
See...told you there was more! If you missed yesterday's post, please please scroll back to check it out. This is the 2nd half to Sheelagh S's generous donation. LOVE this afghan. Reminds me a stained glass window. So pretty. This is nicely sized and will make a wonderful family afghan for the lucky recipients. And
Look....another afghan!! I'm thrilled we're getting such a good start with our goal for afghans. As I write this post it's mid February and believe this has us ahead of where we were at this time last year. Look at this big granny. One large granny square. This 2nd afghan is super soft, made perhaps from Lion Brand Homespun...or something similar by the feel of it. Another lucky family.
Many thanks Sheelagh for your wonderful donation. Please keep up the good work and keep your hook flying!
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are current, as of Feb 15th.
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.
Thanks you Sarah S for this thoughtful donation of crocheted goodies. Look at the variety folks. She's been busy crocheting scarves, slippers, hats, and cotton washcloths! AND she's also included personal care items with her donation.
Special thanks for taking the time to tag your hats with size, it is so helpful and such a huge time saver...both for me here at the house and for the various volunteers in the homeless shelters. When they are tagged, it assists getting the item on the right shelf and into the hands of those in need quicker.
Thank you Sarah, was so nice to hear from you again. Look forward to seeing you here again on Bridge and Beyond. Thank you for your long time support of Bridge and Beyond and the Homeless we serve.
Please keep up the good work.
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are current, as of Feb 15th.
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.
Thank you Sheelagh for this thought and very generous donation. What a pretty afghan. I'm drawing a blank at the moment what this method/stitch is called. Lovely colors. One of the ladies will be thrilled to get this and curl up with it. It looks so springy right now which has me hopeful, as I'm soooooooo tired of winter. Entrelac Crochet. Took me a while to think about what it was. I personally have never used this method, but did a google search for a video. Most of the video's on how to do this are 30-40 minutes long. But, I did find this shorter version........whether this is enough to get someone going or not I'm not sure, but thought I'd post in case someone wants to check it out. Click Here
She's also been busy knitting hats. Tried to turn up the brim on the far left hat so you can see it's a different color on the inside. It's reversible...and or just really warm because it's doubled. The two black hats are so cute with a brim. Please do click to enlarge so you can see the details of these hats.
Sheelagh has also included socks! Yeah, we love getting socks to warm people's feet. Nothing worse than cold, wet feet. And if you're living in the elements or spending nights in a shelter but out and about during the day waiting until the time you can go in...........a change into warm socks is heaven.
Wonderful donation....but wink wink, there's more. Do pop back in again tomorrow to see the rest of her goodies. I'm trying not to add too many pictures at a time to help the loading time of the blog.
**The counts on our progress bars are current. Percentages are current, as of Feb 15th.
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.
Where are You and Your Yarn From?
I'm trying to identify where everyone is from, partially for fun. Take a look at the map. Also, believe it will aid me in cases where we have several people with the same name. Please look at the lists of bloggers and non bloggers and see if I have the state you hail from. If not, please leave a comment and let me know.
Additionally, we've had help from Scotland, England, Germany Puerto Rico, Canada, and France! They don't appear on the map, but their help is still greatly appreciated.
