Look for new yarns in the stash

I dug through the stash of eBay bargains at home and discovered many yarns that might be perfect for our charity group. Many are wool and variegated. I hope you enjoy stitching our prayers into them. With wool, you may not want to create a tiny tiny baby hat. It might be a touch itchy. It they would be perfect for the Baby Suprise Jacket however. I will bring the pattern with me on Feb 11th.

Hats to Family Violence Center

Wow another set of hats are heading to the Family Violence Center. On her very first visit to our group Brenna Corona offered to share our handywork with the Family Violence Center. Glad to have you with us Brenna.

Hats to the Moms Closet

Jane Turner took these hats to Mary Ellison for the Mom's Closet. I hear they were very pleased.

We sent 1 dozen more hats to House of Mercy

Tracy is delivering twelve hats to the House of Mercy. That is 32 hats since we started in November. Amazing. There are still many on the bulletin board and on your needles. Don't you feel great!

Hats for the Faith Hat Tree

Look at these beautiful creations. 10 Hats hanging on the tree for kids. They are so cute. The variety is amazing. We are learning so much about how the different yarns look and feel. We are amazed by the fact that the little roll just appears after we knit a few rows(Something to remember on other projects). It's cool how K2P2 rib is so stretchy. K2P2 changes into a swirl when you move it off one stitch every four rows. The variegated yarns knit up into such unique patterns. Starting is fun - double points at the end seem more complex than seems right. Thanks for sharing all your stitching time.

Our third gathering

It has only been two weeks and we already have a nice assortment of beautiful hats created by 15 knitters. The Faith Knitters are getting the knitting fever and are starting multiple hats at a time. We are laughing at the accidental pulling out of the double pointed needle. We love the little button top made with I-cord. Sometimes we come in the afternoon, sometimes the evening, sometimes on our lunch hour...we just come together. We are learning about and loving self-striping yarns-thank you Sue, Janette, Peggy. We drink tea - or let it get cold as our hands are knitting and can't stop to drink tea. We are getting to know new friends - members of Faith since the beginning and some who are new to Faith. Laughter fills the room. We help each other solve our knitting "uh ohs". We read Psalm 121 aloud together.

Our second Meeting

Five new knitting friends joined us yesterday. Now we are 16 knitters busily knitting hats for charity. Marvelous! We really missed those who were unable to join us again this week. We'll see you next week. The words of Psalm 121 are rolling easily as we speak them together, matching it to our knitting cadence. The Lord does watch over us.

We spent some time discussing where we would like these hats to go. We should follow up on some of these great ideas in the next two weeks so we are ready to make our gifts. I think this project will become truly special for me as I see the little faces the work of our hands will grace. I look forward to that moment.

Yesterday several worked with double-pointed needles to close the top of our hat. I found a nice bit of instruction about working with dpns at knitty.com. Look for a link in the Techniques section of the blog.

When you have your hats finished, wash them and lay them flat to dry and pin them to the bulletin board in the entry of the church. I hope the results of our efforts encourage others to join in the fun.

Thanks for sharing your talents. One of my favorite reflections on yesterday's meeting was watching those who were there the first week teaching the new knitters. Nice!