We’re at 54 knitted items already! Mostly hats but there are a few pairs of mittens, scarves and gloves.
So, I’ve been emailing back and forth with The Coalition for the Homeless. I think I scared them because I got an email saying they didn’t think they could store more than 2-4 boxes of hats. Store?! Who said anything about storage?! We want them to get out as soon as possible. So Dan and I are going down to the city (not positive of the date(s) yet) so that we can go out on the food vans and help pass them out ourselves. The woman I’ve been contacting has even offered to go out with us.
If this is ongoing, I might need someone down in the city to help out here and there with getting them passed out. If you’re willing to do this, let me know in an email (upper left sidebar). KatyKnitsNYC has offered to help out this first go ’round. Also, I just found out that the youth group from our church makes a midnight run down to the city in January, so they’re going to take what hats I have then. Seriously, I’ll continue doing this as long as people are sending hats. I’ll have the first drawing on the 15th of December and then I’ll do one a week until I’m not getting hats anymore.
I’ve taken a break from hats. My next-door neighbor is going in for a C-section tomorrow so I cast on Helena the night before last. I didn’t have any superwash wool in the right colors so I’m using Bernat Softee Baby. I want it to be easy to care for. I usually do the February Baby Sweaterfor my baby girl gift but I needed a change. Gotta say that so far it’s not a lot different.
On a non-knitting note, I think I’m going to do a bunch of these up for gifts for my neighbors. LOVE them. You can find the instructions here:
And for Joe… it’s the best! I did this poster for his room. Total cost? $9.95 for the template from Easy Digitals and $11.99 to have it printed into at 16×20 poster from Shutterfly.com! How cool is that?? I can’t wait to see his face when he opens it!
The baby sweater is going to be so cute!
That’s a great present for Joe! I’m sure he’ll love it!
How cool is that poster?? My son would have LOVED one of those when he was young.
That poster has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen for a kid. And if I can find a great picture of my 12-year-old nephew in a similar position (either hockey or baseball), I may “borrow” your idea. Amazing, what we can do today so easily.
Love the poster! I’ve got 2 hats done and 1 more on the needles. When are you making your trip to the city? I’d like to get them to you before you go.
Great poster! Love the baby sweater too!
Hahaha — that poster just brought a big ol’ grin to my face — that’s an AWESOME gift! You’re amazing with your knitting — I’d need a bit more lead time on a sweater!
Very cool gift ideas! I’ve done the poster thing for my kids(but not as cool as that) and we still have them hanging.Btw, where did you get the white cabled mug?Our Starbucks doesn’t have it 🙁
I’ve got 10 hats to send for you Jean. It seems silly to mail them to you 20 minutes down the road so maybe we can meet up sometime this week and I’ll give ’em to you in person.
Jean…the baby sweater is sweet, but the poster is even sweeter. My son played sports all through school and he would have loved something like this.