Ronald McDonald House Project

WOW!!!! I dont think I've seen this many hand crafted, adorable, stuffed animals at once!!! Tonight was our "stitches" meeting and once again, the most generous stitchers ever didn't disappoint!! There were tons of sewn stuffed animals, wash cloths, prayer shawls, scarves, hand puppet, pillows, blankets!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely can't wait to deliver these on Friday!!!

Latest Project...all things "Cancer Ribbon"

So it's time for our next project....



Earlier this year I had the pleasure to be an a Relay for Life Cancer walk team, "Save Second Base" was our name & we raised $4,000. WOW!!! We were so successful in part to the generous donations for our gift baskets. SO our project from now till the end of the year will be anything with a cancer ribbon, or related item that can be donated to our Save Second Base team to be sold as a fund raiser. Washcloths, hats, scarves, bags...anything that fits this theme will be perfect. We are also doing a few pink afghans, with each person doing a square or 2 and it will be assembled later. Below are the washcloths I've made so far...I"m anxious to see how we progress on this project. I think this is a great opportunity to challenge ourselves!

Baby Blankets for Mini O Beirne

Well its been awhile since I posted anything... so here's a little to catch you up...Our April - September project was Baby Blankets for Mini O Beirne Crisis Nursery... (www.miniobeirne.org) we decided to make this a 6 month project and it paid off!!! We donated over 25 blankets to them today!! That's outstanding!!! Some were knit, some crochet, some sewn but all were adorable!!

Tracy and I delivered them to Kathleen today and she was so appreciative and thankful that we thought of them. I would love to take the tour sometime, it seems to be in a really neat house & they are doing such a great service for the community.

Helping Hands

Well gals, I just tally'd up the "warm goodies" I have that will be donated this week to Helping Hands Homeless Shelter...You guys are constantly amazing me...below are the totals for what I have now, and then a "grand total". Of course keep stitching and I will collect those items at our meeting on Feb 24th. I hope you're sitting down because these numbers are phenomenal!!!! Thank you SO SO SO much!!!



Lady Hat..............................................................20
Lady Scarf.............................................................8
Lady Hat & Scarf Set ..........................................0
Man Hat ................................................................2
Man Scarf...............................................................1
Gender Neutral Hat............................................18
Gender Neutral Scarf...........................................6
Gender Neutral Hat & Scarf Set.........................6
Girls Hat..................................................................0
Boys Hat..................................................................2
Girl Scarf..................................................................1
Girl Hat....................................................................0
Lady Mittens...........................................................1
Store bought knit gloves........................................4



Grand total for last trip and this one.....

Lady Hat................................................................24
Lady Scarf..............................................................14
Lady Hat & Scarf Set.............................................4
Man Hat...................................................................2
Man Scarf................................................................3
Gender Neutral Hat...............................................23
Gender Neutral Scarf............................................7
Gender Neutral Hat & Scarf Set .........................6
Child Hat .................................................................2
Child Scarf................................................................2
Mittens......................................................................1
Store Bought Knit Gloves........................................4

Helping hand donation...so far

WOW..you guys are AMAZING!!!! Below is what we have contributed so far and I have a box of hand made goodies to catalog that we'll be delivered next week, I'll let you know those numbers soon. Thank you all SO much...your generosity is such a gift!

Adult lady scarf set 4
Adult lady hat 4
Adult lady scarf 6
Adult men scarf 1
Adult men hat 2
Adult gender neutral hat 5
Adult gender neutral scarf 1
Child hat 2
Child scarf 1

Generosity

Well gals, looks like the holiday season's generosity is upon us!!! I mailed out a few letters weeks ago and while I hadn't gotten any "sorry we can't help you letters", I also didn't get any donations. But I hoped that as we got closer to the holidays, we might be blessed with the generosity we saw last year.

Today was the start...

I received a box of gorgeous and colorful yarn from Lion Brand with a really nice note. Praising the generosity and thoughtfulness of knitters and crocheters. As well as 2 books from SOHO Publishing (Which we will raffle off at our "knit in" at Chelsey's on November 6th. And of course I will bring the donated yarn as this is PERFECT for our current project!!

PLEASE remember Lion Brand as well as SOHO Publishing when you do your personal knitting shopping. Their support is SO important to what we're doing in our community.

Anyway I was SO excited that I wanted to share with you that our little group was thought of today and I think it reminds us that others DO care and what we're doing IS important!!!

I just couldn't wait....

So last night I had to try out the new Alpaca yarn I got yesterday. I LOVE this yarn!!! It was so soft and very easy to work with and it knit up rather quickly! The colors didn't disappoint and the pattern is really cool!

Field trip to the Alpaca Farm in Petersburg!!!

So this morning, Rebekah and I went to Bart & Rhonda's Alpaca Farm.

http://www.alpacasofindianpointhills.com/

What a treat!! We had the best time!

These guys are so fun to watch. They're very playful and you can see how they each have their own personalities. We got to pet them and they are SO INCREDIBLY soft and friendly!! Cindy, you'll be happy to know there was NO spitting or rude behavior by them at all. They were well behaved and very cute.

Bart & Rhonda were great hosts and we really learned a lot about the animals, their care, and how their gorgeous coats (fiber) become yarn. They had several different colors of Alpacas; creams, browns, blacks and all were beautiful animals and their colors were so rich. There are actually 22 different natural colors!!!

Soon Rhonda will be hosting a "wet felting" class so I'll be sure to post the details on that when I have them. She had some hats and purses that were wet felted and they were so cool!!!

I'm going to post a few pictures here, but all the pics I took today will be on my Facebook page, feel free to check them out!

If you want to do a group field trip, let me know, I'm sure we could arrange it.

Aren't they adorable!!!

Of course I had to buy some yarn. These were made from Alpaca, I can't wait to make a hat out of them. The colors are so deep and perfect for fall! That's Cooper....shes was hoping it was for her..."I DON'T THINK SO COOPER!!"

This is a hank that actually came from one of Rhonda & Bart's Alpacas. Currently they send the "fiber" to a mill but Rhonda is learning to spin and is hoping to have some more time so she can do it herself on the farm. This was 150 yards for 10 bucks, can't beat that! And it was SO SO SO soft. Now Cooper AND Maverick think I brought them home a present!!