The Winners!!

I have been slammed with work and holiday craziness, but I did not want 2008 to pass without announcing the winner of the Personal Achievement Contest!!

The totals are as follows:

sen_ici_rei - 6

typo_13 - 12

Priscilla - 17

spitgirl - 19

knittingforever - 41

megamintinkon - 43

Risk2Much - 45

soapfaerie - 84

doclegs - 116

asceline - 130

zortified (third place) - 147

sandy (second place) - 155

robyn (first place) - 168

Thanks everyone for participating!!! I would like the winners to send me their mailing addresses to jezebelsf@yahoo.com. I will post the prizes before they are sent :) 

Happy New Year!!!!

A Few Final FOs

I haven't posted since September because life has been kind of hectic lately. However, I have done a little more knitting and crocheting for charity the past couple of months.
4 preemie hats that were donated to my local hospital.


2 hats, a pair of wrist warmers and a scarf that all went into my crochet guild's sale.

I have a few more items made that haven't been donated yet, so I will post them next year when I decide where they are going.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Year!

We're almost there!

Well, it's December 29. How did that happen?!?

It's been a great year, as I've said before, and I'm really excited for 2009!

Please remember that even though we've been talking a lot about the square drive for January, you do not HAVE to do that. Indeed, with the hard times our country is going through, shelters and other charities will need items now more than ever, especially after the "season of giving" is over. So keep those items coming in to our own Sandy's Bridge Project and other causes near and dear to your heart.

Remember too that once January 1st hits, we will be starting our participation incentive. You make an item and post it, you get entered into a drawing for a skein of yarn of your choice. It doesn't matter what the item is, and everyone only gets entered once, so it's a completely equal drawing. The one thing I ask is that you do post a picture to participate!

Hope everyone is well and staying warm and dry and safe. If you have any questions or concerns, just ask!

Square drive update

Hi Everyone,

Regarding the January drive, let's narrow it down to three options.

You can make squares and drop them off at your local Michaels Store if they are collecting for Warm Up America

If we have volunteers willing to sew and ship, we will collect those addresses and you can ship your squares to them

Or: You can simply send your squares to Warm Up America.

Sewing volunteers, please raise your hands!

flickr group set-up!

i set up a flickr group for people to feature the squares they've made for Warm Up America after searching and not finding one.

it's called Warm Up America Work. there's not even any pictures in it right now, but i figure as we start knitting and crocheting away in january, we can add a bunch pretty fast!

Happy Holidays!

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. This year has been another fantastic year, better than I could have imagined. We have had some excellent folk join us, excellent folk have stayed with us, and we kicked last year's record right out the door.

I am very much looking forward to next year, where hopefully things will be a bit more organized as we all want :)

Remember, beginning in January 1st, anyone who posts anything will be entered once into a drawing to win a skein of yarn of your choosing.

Love to you all. May this end of 2008 be joyous and safe for you.

yarn bank update!

hey all. so, apparently i have to delete and re-upload the yarn bank
list every time i make an addition, which isn't a huge deal, but i
just want to let you all know about it.

margie has a bunch of yarn that got added, so i've updated the list
and re-posted it.

also, from now on, if you have a ton of yarn and you want to donate it
but don't want to mail it all out to me, shoot me a note and if you
include all the info, i'll get it added up. then i'll list in the
"donated by" section your name instead of mine, so i'll remember that
you're the one that has to send it out if someone requests to use it.

this doesn't mean i won't still take yarn mailed to me - it's just
another option.