Beautiful Blues/Greens...

This is a blanket that Jesse crocheted in a beautiful blue/green color.

The Rest Of The Goodies

These are the rest of the pictures that Bea sent of all the great items everyone has been sending. Thank you all for your continuous support with the charity & donations.

You All Have Been Busy...

I have a few pictures to share with you all of more goodies that Bea received I will split them up into 2 post  to keep this post from being so picture heavy. Thank you all for the great contributions. 

some random thoughts & another contest

Looks like it's been a long while since any of us posted here. Sorry about that! I hope that everyone is doing well & none of you were in the path of the recent tornado's. They hit close enough to where I am that a LYS is collecting squares to make blankets for a couple families. :(
I've been busy here with some remodeling stuff. Time consuming but totally worth it. I do suspect  my husband will ban me from going to Lowe's pretty soon though :D He said to me yesterday "I swear every time you go to that store it means more work for me". Yesterdays trip resulted in vinyl siding for the front of the house. Our house is all brick except for 1 small section in the very front & it's wood. Scrape & repaint every few years?? No thanks......slap some vinyl siding on it once & be done with it.
So about that contest........ yep restarting the contests *yay*
This contest will run from 5/5-7/5 and all you have to do is email Rae a picture letting her know you sent a package to Bea. There are no other requirements.....knit or crochet whatever makes you happy for whatever age group and send it in. At the end of the contest I'll put all the names in a hat & let 1 of my boys pick 2 names. The prize will be yarn or yarn related.

Happy crafting & thanks again for all you do

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!!

Some random thoughts

It has been mentioned that this blog doesn't get updated often enough. And to a certain extent that is true. We tend to leave that all on Rae which isn't fair to her either. However Rae can't update by constantly talking about herself or what she's doing. She does update & post pics whenever she is sent pics of what someone has sent. I for one should really be doing my own post when I send things since I am a co-owner of this here blog & I promise I will be better about pulling my weight here Rae. I had a lot of stuff going on over the Summer/Fall so I wasn't able to send things I had gathered up to send until November. I was still busy knitting baby hats & had bought some items to send as well. I for one am thankful for each & every one of our members who send items in & I know the folks receiving these items are so happy to have them & put them to good use. I tell you I love knitting for babies because you know babies could care less what color you use, they don't care if it looks perfect & you know neither does mom. I can tell you knitting for men....UGH All I ever hear from male friends who want knitted items is "I want it in black or gray" *insert eye roll* yeah ummm no. I have gotten to where I tell them when they ask me to knit for them & I ask what color "if you say black or gray I get to stab you repeatedly with a metal knitting needle" surprisingly enough I don't hear that anymore :D
So while I do still have plenty going on in my life (see my blog if you're interested in hearing all about it) I am still happily knitting away for the babies.... I've almost got enough to fill another box. I'll post pics once I am ready to send another box in. If anyone has any ideas for things they'd like to see here on the blog feel free to email one of us about it. We could share patterns, recipes, whatever & really it can be off topic sometimes :)

Kathy & Charlotte

Kathy emailed me these pictures of some goodies she is sending to California. In the email she included that her friend Charlotte had made the Yellow, Blue & Green sweater & she(Kathy) had knit the Orange BSJ(baby surprise jacket). Thank you Kathy & Charlotte. 

Things To Keep Them Warm

There is another box on its way to California. Christina(Rabbitrescuer) sent a box full of things to help the kids keep warm this winter.

The box includes

8 baby hats

12 pairs of socks

1 sweatshirt

1 long sleeve shirt

&

5 sweater vests

Another Great Box

I have more pictures to share with you of goodies from Isabelle

her box included hats, socks & a blanket.

Goodies Heading To California..

I have a picture to share with everyone this is a box from Danielle she has made some pretty blankets & hats. The blue & white colors together look pretty.

A Couple More Hats

I finished up these 2 hats a couple of weeks ago. Nothing too exciting lol.

Hat #1-Spiral Rib Hat

Hat # 2-Basic Baby Hat

The One With The Beautiful Blanket

I am posting a couple of pictures of the blanket & a picture of the recipient of the blanket Debbie sent these to me yesterday.

Recent Finished Objects

I recently finished 2 hats to add to my box of things for the Charity. I am currently working on a baby hat at the moment. I want to get a couple of scarves cranked out also.

Picture 1 -Cable Knit Cap

Picture 2 -Simple Hat

Picture 3 -Most Basic Kid Socks

The socks were originally meant for my niece but they are made from Superwash wool & my sister is  severely allergic to wool & I don't want to take the chance of her breaking out (as I have been told some people can do who are allergic to wool) so I figured next best idea send them out in the box to warm up some little kids feet.

I know, I am bad about posting here.  Thank you RaeKnitsnWa for kicking me in the butt...

I have knit up 4 alpha blocks for the blanket, here they are

and here are the blocks I received from hularac via Ravelry...

and here are the ones from danishknitter via Ravelry...

Don't they all look great?!

I just got off the phone with my mom and she was finally able to remember the camera so she could take pics of the great stuff she has received!  I will only use first names but she has received a big box from Kathy, here it is...

And here is a box from Isabelle in Ireland again!

And she did receive the hats from Danielle too!

A quick update on the items that have been sent prior to these pictures...they have all been handed out!  And my mom is looking forward to getting all the squares too, she is gonna see about getting some help in the seaming and I told her we would all like some pictures, even if its the hands seaming, that would be great!  And she is going to also try to get pictures of the kids that come in wearing the items that have been sent, I think it would be good to see them being used.

Well, that is it for now, keep it up knitters!  You are making a difference for the people on the Reservation who receive these or even the people that hear about what we are doing!  Thank you all so much!