Pictures from Bea

Debbie emailed me these pictures that her mom sent her today. I want to thank everyone for continuing to send stuff even in these hard times. It is greatly appreciated. I am sure some you may have seen before but I wanted to post everything she sent.

Another Day, Another Package

Last week I got another box off to Bea. While cleaning earlier in the week I found the stash of gloves I had accumulated earlier in the year at the end of winter sales. 36 pairs of gloves ranging from toddler size to 1sz fits all :O
The box contained: 15 pairs of 1sz fits all gloves, 12 pairs of toddler sz gloves, 4 long sleeved onesies, 1 sweater vest, 3 1sz fits all hats, 2 pairs of thermal pants & 1 thermal top.

     Man was that poor flat rate box stuffed!!







I've found some other things to send in as well but not enough to fill a box yet. On Monday while I was waiting for my prescriptions I found some toddler shoes for $1/pair! :O Well you just can't pass up a  deal like that so I got 4 pairs 2 girl & 2 boy. Those will go into the next box.

And another package is almost ready!

Hello all! I think I have been busy with my knitting.  I have 5 hats done plus one that needs the decreases to be done (will do that today), one of them I knit for my middle daughter but it came out way too small.  I also knit a little tiny pair of newborn mittens knit with the same yarn as one of the hats.  On top of the hats, I have store bought mittens, adult diabetic socks, lots of newborn socks from Target, a couple of newborn outfits, a couple of thermal underwear for girls, a couple of new toy sets, 2 boxes of applesauce that I thought for my daughters but they were too small, some kid sized store bought hats, 2 bottles of unopened multi vitamins and a lady off of Freecycle gave me a bunch of little boy clothes...and last but not least 2 Yurok Tribe tee shirts for little kids.  Those were for my daughters, I weighed the pros and cons of keeping them vs giving them back to the tribe and decided that the Tribe could use them more than me right now.

So that is the contents of my latest box, I think I am gonna have to find a box a little bigger cause I don't think this one will be able to close for shipping! 

I found a pattern to knit that is just calling my name very loudly right now, its a newborn baby blanket/stroller blanket and its a pattern I like.  Its a 4x1 (4 purl stitch to 1 knit stitch) pattern, I have been working on a sock forever with this pattern and I just really like the look of it.  I just need to find the perfect yarn for it. 

I think that is it for now, although I have patterns swimming in my head lately.  We are moving to Canada this summer so I need to start on some winter hats for my daughters and me plus I am knitting on some shawls with the 2 other ladies here and then there is the sweater that Rae knit that I want to knit to add to another package for the Tribe.

Sweaters & Hats

I have 2 more items to add to my box of goodies to send to the charity. The first is a baby sweater my first baby sweater as a matter of fact. The pattern is Baby Blueberry Cardigan. Yes I realize it is missing buttons but I wanted to at least get a picture of it up in case I forget before its shipped out.

The second finished item is a Hurricane hat. I think this is going to be another go to hat pattern for me. Its a fairly easy pattern with a great end result. I think this hat would be great in a variety of colors

Another Box Full

I would like to thank Rae for kicking me in the butt today....... lol
Yep sorry about not posting on here for awhile. But I have another box full & will be heading to the post office with it soon. In cleaning out my basement I have come across massive amounts of clothes my boys have outgrown & boy do I ever wish shipping them wouldn't cost so much. But since s&h prices are not coming back down I have just gone through and gathered all of the pajamas to send to Bea. The rest of the clothes are going to a girl in my knitting guild who is a single mom with 2 girls (her girls are a bit tomboyish). I've been going through the boxes as I find them & rewashing everything since they've been in the basement for quite awhile. I gave her a box Monday night & already have 2 more in the back of the van for her *happy dance*. So here are pics of my box contents:

5 pairs of pj's, 1 hat, 6 pairs if toddler size mittens, 4 pairs of gloves, 2 hand knit hats & 6 pairs of socks

Plums & Snow..

I have finished 2 hats so far this month & now I am working on a baby sweater. I want to accumulate a box full of stuff before I send it out at least enough to fill a flat rate shipping box(man I love those things lol).

My goal was to knock out a hat a month but since I already have 2 done I may try for 3 or for every 2 baby hats make one child/adult hat. 

Rae

I would like to also apologize to my friend Rae about my lack of activity here on the blog.  I am a person who, unless I think I have something to add to it, I tend to stay in the background quite a bit.  I also have alot going on at home, DH's job takes him away from home quite a bit and now since he has taken the job of president/general manager of the Canadian arm of the company, he will be gone more until we move to Canada this summer.  I am not excusing my lack of being here but just letting you all know that stuff has been happening here.  Christina and I both agreed that we will be posting here on a weekly basis so I think that should help. 

And I wanted to say again that anything and everything that my mom receives at the clinic is so appreciated by all who have sent boxes in.  My mom did send me a pic a day or two ago (had to search for it here on my new laptop) and this is what she sent me "This is from Kathy Fields, in Newcastle, CA. And it has so much for babies. It was just fun going through it, and it will be more fun putting it out in the community! Love, Mom"
 

and here is the pic of everything she sent, that is a lot!!  Thank you so much!  It will all be appreciated!!