Knitting and More for Ohio's Homeless

YIPPEE, we're still counting donations from the year 2018, and here are more lovely knitted scarves and cotton washcloths from our friend Sue S.  LOVE the blue scarf, such a nice variegated and both scarves are suitable for a man or a woman.  That's a double plus.  Hand warmers and other personal care items round out Sue's thoughtful donation.  

Special kudos to Sue who is so faithful with her daily visits to the blog and her always supportive comments on what we're doing here on Bridge and Beyond.  She's truly our greatest cheerleader.  Thank you Sue.  I truly appreciate all that you do.

A donation came in yesterday which will be the last one to count towards our 2018 totals, so please keep checking in..........maybe you want to wager a guess to whom our last donation of the year is from?  If you do, post it in the comments, it'll be fun to see what folks think.

**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.

Crocheted Cotton Wash Cloths for Homeless

Looks, we got more cotton washcloths!  These are crocheted by our friend, Anne G.  Look at the fun variety of sizes, styles, and colors.  AND check out the two cute little fish!!

As I mentioned in the preceding post, cotton washcloth make such a nice donation because they have multiple uses.  No, they don't keep anyone warm; but they do help with ones personal hygiene.   Cotton washcloths are much softer and nicer to the body then traditional washcloths, plus they make people feel special ...that's always nice.  Not only are they used in bathing, but also as dish cloths for those in home situations and are included in welcome home packs.

Many thanks and keep up the good work Anne.

**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.

Crocheted Blue Scarf Warms Homeless

Thank you Sandie P from Louisiana for this awesome blue scarf.  Folks please be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see the texture.  Very nice indeed and who doesn't like blue!  Blue works for adults men or women, blue works for teens......again male or female.  Lovely scarf.

Many thanks Sandie for your many years of supporting Bridge and Beyond and Ohio's homeless through your crocheting.  You do make a difference and we're grateful for your dedication.

Not quite ready to close the books and give you final totals for donations during the year of 2018....please keep checking in folks.  And when you come and visit and read, please do leave a comment.  If you don't, I don't have anyway of knowing you were hear.

**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.

Crocheted Afghan, Getting Close to Donation Goal for 2018.

Thank you Karen N for this lovely afghan.  I love the colors!  This ghan is nice and soft and warm on top of being such cool colors.  We all love to bundle up in a homemade afghan during the cold ugly winter and the folks who receive this through Homeless Families Foundation will feel the same.  Additionally, I hope they feel the love that exists when our busy hands knit or crochet an afghan for them.

Many thanks Karen for your hard work, please know how much it matters.

Hey folks...have you looked at our goals?  Have you noticed the afghan goal?  Quick, take a look.  Drum roll, look how close we are to our goal...this afghan makes us hit 94%, well slightly over 94%.  Though it is now January 2, as I type this blog post....I've not yet closed the stats for the year because we have donations that came in before the end of the year that you've not yet seen...........so, I'll close the books a bit down the line when all donations are accounted for here on Bridge and Beyond.  That's pretty typical.  AND if a donation or two come in while that's happening, well then I'll count them as well in this years totals.

Please stay tuned folks.

**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.

Cardiac Collage and Earth and Sky Help our Donation Goals

 You might remember seeing this afghan while it was in the works, Cardiac Collage.  The color is a bit funky here, you know how bad light can be a problem when taking photo's.  We have so much gray drabness here in Ohio, it's often a problem if I don't get the photo done during the day, or there's no sunshine.  Cardiac Collage, so named because I started it while sitting in the ER when my Dear Hubby was having a Cardiac Event.  I purposely made each square different, with different amounts of colors, and some squares don't have representations of each color.  From a design perspective.........I wanted it to be without pattern, much as a cardiac event is.........additionally, I didn't have the same amount of each color and was trying to use up some stash.  This photo was taken prior to it being laundered and blocked so when that was accomplished (yesterday) it measured about 54 inches square.  The squares are knit, sorta like a log cabin pattern with picking up stitches each time you changed colors.  I enjoy doing that, but am not a fan of how many ends there are to work in.  Soooooooo, after getting all the squares done,

I switched to working on a simple striped afghan.  These colors are very soothing, very peaceful, and there is indeed a pattern to this design.  I named this one Earth and Sky for the green grass, brown earth, and blue skies.    This photo was also taken  before it was laundered and blocked (it's drying as we speak and now measures about 60 x 65).  

One Earth and Sky was done and waiting to be laundered (had to wait til after Christmas so I had floor space to block it), I returned to the squares for Cardiac Collage and edged them all by crocheting in the darker blue, then crocheted them together, and finally crocheted a couple of rows all around as the border.

We're close to our goal for afghans, and I'm not yet closing the books on 2018.

**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.

Merry Christmas From Us on Bridge and Beyond

Merry Christmas from my family to yours.  This is last years picture taken right before we left for the Christmas Eve family gathering.  Hubby, Darling Daughter, and Me with our tree in the background.

This can be a very difficult time of the year for many.  Sometimes we loose site of that with our shopping, baking, cleaning, and travel.  Many find it a hard time of year without a roof over their heads, warm clothes to wear and food to eat.  We hear at Bridge and Beyond can not take care of everyone, but we do our best day to day providing warm items to donate to those in need.

If you look at our goals, we're falling well short of our goals, and have in recent years.  Charities go through up's and down's.  People find charities closer to home to help in order to minimize postage costs.  All of this is understandable.  Please know that even though we will fall well short of all of our goals, what we do does matter.  It matters to those who receive our hats, scarves, mittens, personal care items, cotton washcloths, and our afghans.

No doubt our numbers will climb yet a bit before I close out the year, so please keep checking in.

Merry Christmas one and all.  If you're traveling for the holidays, travel safe.

**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.