9 hats to American Cancer Society

I donated 9 crocheted hats to American Cancer Society (Clay County) last Friday.

3 More FOs

I have 3 more FOs to post. I managed to finish one more scarf for my guild's donation to the Salvation Army.

I have finished my first pair of mittens for the Soaring Eagles project.
And I have crocheted a hat that will be donated to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

The reason I am posting these 3 projects now, as opposed to the end of the month, is that with these 3 items, I have completed my goal of making 100 items for charity this year! I am very excited, but the year isn't finished yet and neither am I. So I am having a little contest. I am asking everyone to guess how many more items I can finish for charity this year. I will announce the winner on New Year's Day. Details can be found on my blog.

I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and to thank you all again for the inspiration and motivation you have all given me this year. I'm not sure I would have made that goal of 100 items for charity if I hadn't found this group. And I can't wait to see what we come up with for next year!

HMPCWD

Deadline day is here!

My living room is stacked with boxes ready to sort :)

Realistically, I will not get to sorting until Sunday and then shipping on Monday, so there are a few cushion days left.

My plan is to ship to Chicago and Boston first. I know that it has been a fairly mild winter so far, but these two cities really do suffer some serious cold! All "extra" items that are not matched as part of an outfit will be held for the next shipment deadline. I will announce that along with a pic-a-palooza post regarding the final tally sometime next week.

I want y'all to know how great it has been receiving these boxes full of warm and woolly items. I will include our new charity "calling card" (i.e. homespun helpers jpeg) with the items that are shipped.

See you next week!

Knit Unto Others 2007

I just wanted to let everyone know that today is the start of Knit Unto Others. This is a low key charity KAL that asks everyone to make one item for charity during the next 2 weeks. And if you let them know what you made, you will be entered into a drawing for prizes.

Some FOs!

Today is my crochet guild meeting, and this is the meeting where we collect hat, mitten & scarf sets for the Salvation Army. So I wanted to share my portion of the donation with you. I have been working on this all year (along with lots of other charity projects), and I have 7 sets and one hat to donate today.
On my blog, I have counted each set as one, but technically there are 8 handmade hats and 7 handmade scarves in the picture. (We cheat on the mittens and buy stretchy gloves to speed up the process.)

I have also finished 2 pairs of mittens that I am going to donate to "how many people can we dress".
Both pairs were made from Cascade 220 wool, so they will be appropriate for Afghans for Afghans.

Have a wonderful Veteran's Day!

ahhh, it's Sunday!

Well hi there everybody. Long time no see. My life is eating me. I guess that's a good thing, but crimeny! I just want to do my crafting, man! :)

Anyway, I write to check in on everyone, and also to pose an idea.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day, and I was thinking it would be neat if we could all try to make at least one thing tomorrow for the "Bag O'Sunshine" Drive. I think doclegs probably could still use some more bags and more stuff to put in them. Of course, this isn't a must, but just a thought.

Hope all are well!

*Reminder*

Hi all :)

Just a friendly reminder that the first shipment of HMPCWD will be heading out in two weeks. Please comment below if you have any questions or need any further details from me.

Thanks!!