Monthly Archives:November 2009

and the Sharing our Gifts Alaska project is drawing to a close. There are still a couple of packages out there in the mail somewhere – hoping to get them by the end of the week so I can take the bounty in to the shelter.

A couple packages came in last week, but with Thanksgiving and all I didn’t get the pictures posted. I will remedy that now.

Cienna sent these sweet hats – a Mama/Daughter duo in pink and white and two multi colored hats that a boy or girl would be pleased to wear.

Check out the colors in the hat and mittens Sarawak made. Bright – cheerful – just what Alaskans need in the cold, long, dark days of winter.

Sarah also included a skein of cashmere yarn – I found a cute hat pattern that includes beads in the knitting. My hope is to knit that up after Christmas – then give it to the Board of Directors to auction off at the shelter’s annual Gala fundraiser.

And, today another envelope arrived from beanly:

So warm! And, I love, love, LOVE the button on the hat’s band. Nice addition to the pattern.

I will post pictures of the other packages as they arrive.

December 5th Sinclair will announce the next project. I’ll share it with you all – maybe you will be able to help out in that project.

The postal delivery person had to use one of the big boxes today . . . because there were TWO envelopes with yarny goodness in them waiting for me when I got off work.

Sharing the Goodness is growing . . . THANKS!

From Oregon came this precious hat and gauntlets/mitts. Some toddler will love these.

And . . . from Alaska . . . Palmer . . . an envelope stuffed with a hat (sized for teen or small adult), scarf, infant hat and mitts, and darling toddler slippers.

We’re still expecting a few more deliveries. I’ll take one big group when I take them in to the shelter. Thanks to all involved . . . you are going to make a lot of folks very warmly happy.

Look at those darling, fruity hats. Kristin from Columbus Ohio (my youthful stomping grounds) shipped these up on the purple and orange truck system. 😉
Many thanks – your headbands will warm some teen/adult ears this winter. And, I love, love, LOVE the fruity hats. Ever so cute in cotton. And the magical slippers are tres chic! I put my hand into one to see how they work – stretch-ilicious! Thanks so much.

Then, on the way to an evening presentation I stopped by my mailbox and found two packages:

The first held gorgeously done mittens by Carolyn from Oklahoma. Carolyn and I have decided that we might be long lost cousins – her name and my maiden name are different by only one letter. Ahh those Irish lads! Thanks, Carolyn.

The second package came from Carol in HAWAII!!! Yeah, I sooooo wanna go back there some day.

This hat and the mittens are a beautiful shade of purple – and very warm. Now, lest you wonder why there might be woolen yarns and woolen needs in Hawaii, Carol reminds me:
. . . actually there is some need for mittens in Hawaii. A wet, real windy few days are forecast, with snow for the peaks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. They actually have skiing there!

I always forget about the skiing in Hawaii of the mountain variety.

Thanks so much everyone! We are expecting a few more deliveries over the next couple of weeks. I will be delivering everything the first week of December and will post about the delivery when it happens.

You are all AWESOME!!!

Holy frijoles, people . . . it is COLD out there. -11 when I got up this morning – hubby started my car for me, despite our having an auto-start. He wanted to make sure it stayed running longer than the 15 minutes the auto-start allows.

When I tried to leave for lunch this afternoon, however, the car would NOT start. Had to call hubby and ask him to bring an extension cord so I could plug in the car’s block heater. Started up just fine after work, thanks to the plug-in. I am grateful that he also brought me something to fix for lunch. 😉

When I arrived home and checked the mail I was tickled to find two packages for Sharing our Gifts!

Thanks go out to Sinclair for her two gorgeous hats:

and Margaretg for a beautifully ribbed hat and mittens:

There are more in transit and I am thrilled each time I open the mail box. Thanks to all who are participating.
I’m going to need to get a bigger box. 😉

This trio of sweet little hats arrived yesterday from Paula – you can learn more about Paula at her blog: On a Rainy Night.

There are more hats and mittens on their way – I will post pictures of them as they arrive. Everyone’s support for the project has been amazing.

Miss Shelly over at This Eclectic Life highlighted the project on her Only the Good Friday piece this week.

And, so the big hearts of the world-wide interwebs (as my daughter calls it) continue to expand a wee bit more to include people from all over.

I’d just like to add my heartfelt thanks to all of you!