Item #3, For Me

...Well, these socks aren't for me, just my tally so far is 3 items of the 25 that I've completed.

These socks are for a child size 2-4, and done in the chevron pattern. You can't really tell because the socks are a little tight...they'll strech though. Right now, they look like they'd fit a stick figure!

Shelley

another lapghan

my new job is cutting into my crochet time, but I did recently finish this lapghan that will be going to the lobby of a clinic for AIDS patients.

Items 2-7

Item #2 - a stack of squares sent to aaron's afghan. this is a blanket being made for a family who was involved in a car accident on NYE and as a result their two-year-old son passed away.









Items 3&4, two preemie hat/bootie sets - these will be donated to a local hospital.







Items 5-7, same as items 3&4 but I just neglected to take a picture of them all together.

These hats will be donated for baby Marlowe.

Hi Everyone, Here are 6 more baby hats I have made. I give them to a charity called A Women's Concern. Thanks Nanci

New Member

Everyone welcome Elizabeth!!! She shares:

I have several baby blankets and chemo caps waiting in my closet, so I know this idea is near and dear to me. I also think that being part of this group might help me to stay motivated.

#5

Right now I'm on a stuffed animal kick so I will be making small comfort bears for The preemie project which is based in Iowa City IA. The yarn I'm using is Bernat Satin in Bermuda. Which is a lovely mix of yellow, blue and pink. So it works up to make a nice spring colorway. I'll do a few in this yarn and then move onto the cotton tots yarn that I have and make a few in that.

I bought some bernat baby fingering yarn that's pink and then a separate blue. Which I think would make great tiny comfort bears. But I just need to find the correct steel hook and enough time to take my time with the pattern on the small yarn, as it splits easy.

Mary: I saw your comment on my last post about the charity my cap and bootie set would be going to.. Right now they don't have one. I am still looking for a charity for newborn items. As TPP asks and prefers small preemie items. So if anyone knows of a hospital or charity that is in need of newborn caps, booties and possibly blankets... please let me know!!!

#14 & #15

Here are a gown and bunting for the Emmazing Grace Foundation. In a week or so, we'll be donating to a hospital in Talledega, AL.

Mail Call

I got a package in the mail a few days ago, a box weighing 2.9 kilos from Australia. When I opened it up this fell out:

A friend of mine organised some members of a retirement community to make some items for the charity that I support here in South Africa - she’s a South African now residing in Australia. Some of the items are simply stunning, while others are inexpertly made, but they are all made with love. I have a strong belief that if I wouldn't wear it myself, or put it on my own child then it shouldn't be passed on to someone else just because they are poor. Maybe it comes from receiving other people's 5 years out of fashion hand-me-downs as a child and being expected to be grateful... Anyway, I'll pass these on to the sorting ladies and they can decide what to do with it. Most of it is lovely and it was fun unpacking the box.

Ruth

Items 3 and 4

This is a stash bust set. A newborn bootie and hat set. I can't remember the name of the yarn, as the label vanished ages ago. But it's 2 strands held together. A light pink then a multi.

New member... *waves*

Hello everyone. My name is Megan and I am a 20 *21 end of june* wife to Chris and mother to Madison, who will be 2 this may. I have been crocheting for about 15 years. Lately I have a huge problem not finishing projects. So I've started doing little ones. Like small 1 piece dresses for newborns, comfort dolls and bags. I can't exactly remember how I came across this blog, but it was from someone in one of my other -along's. Granny Along and Ripple Along.

Right now my charity items will be comfort bears which will be sent to The preemie project based in Iowa City, IA. I plan to also make blankets and maybe some gowns.. but we'll see where my skill level lands. I'm alot more advanced than I give myself credit, I just recently forced myself to learn to read patterns. So there are still times that my head hurts from all the random letters. lol

Currently I have 2/25 items done. Once I find the camera and have enough natural light I'll take pictures. One is a large preemie/small newborn gown. And the other is a small *5 inches about* comfort doll that still needs a face and other "doll" things.

If anyone knows of other bereavement groups that need comfort dolls/bears for parents.. I'd love to know about them. As right now, that is what I will be working on.

New Member

Welcome to Megan!

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Hi Everyone! I've just joined 25 Things for Charity the other day, and am just getting around to making an introductory post.

My name is Shelley and I live in New Brunswick Canada. You can access my blog at Kitten Knits Yarn. Most of my knitting is done for our church's Mitten Tree which is put up each Christmas. I knit all year long to donate to it, usually children's items like socks, mittens, hats, scarves, etc. I have three items that I completed after Christmas, but before the New Year started (2 pair of baby socks and a Branching Out scarf), and I know those won't count toward this.

However, the latest pair of children's socks I finished not too long ago will also be going toward this year's Mitten Tree. Ok, I tried three times to get the picture up, but blogger is on the fritz or something...anyway, if you want to see the pic of the socks, you can go to by blog and scroll down - it's about 2 or 3 posts from the top. I also knit up a pair of children's mittens in January to add to the Mitten Tree. So, I guess that gives me 2 of 25 items completed so far. There is a pic of those on my blog back in January if you care to check them out.

I'm excited to be a part of this group, and look forward to getting to know more knitters and seeing what you all make for charity!

Emily's Soup Kitchen

The Playdough project for children in Sir Lowry's Village Cape Town South Africa update

New Members

Welcome TWO new members: Deborah C. and Shelley.

Lucky #13

Here's my attempt at Aunt B's Angel Wrap. The sc took me quite a while to do, but I love the final project. I sent everything I had to an urgent need in Idaho, so this will be saved for our regular donation next month to a hospital in Talledega, AL.

For Emma

Item #1 --



This bereavement set was knit in honor of the memory of little Emma Grace. I knit it using Caron Simply Soft yarn. It will be sent to a hospital in Idaho.

Items 1-3

Hi, everyone. I am so very pleased to be here!

About me and why I want to become involved in this project: I own more yarn that is morally acceptable. I have entire pieces of furniture that exist to do nothing but hold yarn.

So one of my New Year's resolutions was to knit fun things and then give them to charity. (The other New Year's resolution was to learn how to blog!)

I am using Cindy's non-rule of backdating my items so that I can count all items made in 2007. In January/February, I knit three hats. I knew I was knitting them to give away, but I did not know who to give them to.

The hats shown above are from the fabulous 45 Fine & Fanciful Hats to Knit. I've made a stacked star hat (left), a beret (right), and a toque (middle), which was in progress when I took the photo.

I completed them--and then didn't have a clue who to give them to.

Luckily, within a few days, I found someone who was organizing an upcoming "Synergy Fest" , a community festival raising awareness about sustainable energy, environmental politics, and local ecology issues, as well as promoting local artisans through an Arts & Crafts Village. She said she needed door prizes for a benefit event happening that Saturday, and my hats fit the ticket.

I plan to scour this blog for ideas of whom to next knit for and where to send projects. There are SO MANY good ideas here!

Thanks,

Elizabeth (aka Femminista)

#1 - #7

Mailed these off in January, but took me until now to find the time/energy/brains to get hooked up to post to this fine blog. The afghan is for Blankets of Hope/Soldiers Angels and is/was to go to Germany for a wounded warrior for the ride back to Walter Reed.

The hats are for the Rad Bad Beanie project to give to the at-risk kids that are taken mountaineering in Colorado. They'd like all the kids to have a rad bad hat to let them know people care and to have as a keepsake.

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Everyone WELCOME Elizabeth!

160 made 140 to go

Making play dough for Emily's Soup Kitchen children. We are running a children's program on Saturday where we will serve juice, chips and sandwiches to plus minus 300 children.
I have organised two clowns, some games, stories and play dough for the children.

Item number 8

Here is item number 8. I love the yarn in this hat. It will go, as always to my local hospital.

I don't use blogger enough to know why this picture is so dodgy, it looks fine on my blog, but it's enough to give you the general idea...

Ruth

#10-#12

Bev's Burial Bunting and a set of booties to match the purple and white gown.

My first hat using the Easy Hat Pattern from CareWear.

Item number 7

This is item number 7 for Hottentots Holland Hospital in South Africa. Socks for premmie babies. They are designed to match the cardigan that I knitted in the same yarn.

Ruth

Socks and Skirts!

Hi Everyone!
It's been quite awhile since I posted!
Matter of fact? This is my FIRST post for 2007!
And I do so to let the count begin!!!

Items 1-7 ....

the First Four are socks for Afghans for Afghans
special sock challenge!








And then there are the skirts! Here are two of the three
that I made to send over to Africa for the "Sowing Seeds Project"!





I'm planning on more skirts in the days before
the deadline of March 31, 2007!

Blessings Everyone ....
Betriska from Betriska.Etsy.com

Another Baby Blanket for Marine Corps Kids

I made this one using squares of fleece and my edgery doo. I love the combination of the crochet with the soft cuddly fleece, and it's a really fast and fun way to make charity blankets.