tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11031344394750769132024-02-23T02:03:42.370-06:00Hats for the Homeless: knitting, giving, lovingA project in Minneapolis, Minnesota to share handknit hats with our homeless neighbors.Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-54294252681072652102024-02-13T13:42:00.009-06:002024-02-13T13:55:40.112-06:00We made it!<div style="text-align: left;">The official total is now 3030 items! We made it! We crossed the 3000 mark for the first time. A huge thank you to EVERYONE who has contributed and made this milestone possible. Just think of all the wam heads, necks, and hands you've had a part in!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1RNSAdikjOZTeulaW70t6uR5SvMtKXPb0EbjPMipoIZH7m_h0xO8NuA-_IclKKFcYduk_RbgqROpTrw-MEQdSOjpM_VafYgR3WPzQi3rsBHISOPGTqZ238M3H8AQYXNX7KODilw0WhLenAmklxXTVNdi2sebKjBrmXDMXicHaThtlokIQQJS6PXT/s1483/hat%20,%20lilac%20seed%20stitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1483" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1RNSAdikjOZTeulaW70t6uR5SvMtKXPb0EbjPMipoIZH7m_h0xO8NuA-_IclKKFcYduk_RbgqROpTrw-MEQdSOjpM_VafYgR3WPzQi3rsBHISOPGTqZ238M3H8AQYXNX7KODilw0WhLenAmklxXTVNdi2sebKjBrmXDMXicHaThtlokIQQJS6PXT/s320/hat%20,%20lilac%20seed%20stitch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-43929581936613750602024-01-28T16:19:00.001-06:002024-01-28T16:19:23.241-06:00Updated total: ALMOST 3000!<p>We have reached an official 2988 items received. We'll be at 3000 for the first time ever this season in no time. 12 crafters sending one more item will get us there. Can we do it?</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ0ToeSbtoSawHhqos-19EIVbYcetdj_5y2-DZ8rj5-krtbhZKpV7VQTTEuAAvQrbCmFlVUPikmumQSrZ6Kz3V0s2v4cRjeVuls1qFw228LJrRj1F3RP5b_F6J-abGeaphyzrarRfUMMMukjGAwUPPSTZVBADXfYXpTlQHSAoZRUMlv8zcwtHVJ4fi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ0ToeSbtoSawHhqos-19EIVbYcetdj_5y2-DZ8rj5-krtbhZKpV7VQTTEuAAvQrbCmFlVUPikmumQSrZ6Kz3V0s2v4cRjeVuls1qFw228LJrRj1F3RP5b_F6J-abGeaphyzrarRfUMMMukjGAwUPPSTZVBADXfYXpTlQHSAoZRUMlv8zcwtHVJ4fi" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-40353958493288096882023-11-10T21:28:00.004-06:002023-11-20T14:12:32.806-06:00Fist sorting of the season<p><span face=""Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Last Sunday, the first large sorting of this season took place at Walker Place in South Minneapolis. It happened in a beautiful large room (as compared to a small basement room last year) where instead of being cool and wearing sweaters and coats we were on the wam side and layers of clothing came off repeatedly as we sorted. Who knew this could be such warm work!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">The hats were flying across the table in many directions to reach their appropriate piles, as several of us were sorting. Kathy kept us well organized with instructions and took on the bulk of packing sorted items into large bags when the piles on the tables were getting top-heavy and starting to lean precariously. Soon all items were ready in their designated bags to be taken to specific locations in the days to come. Barb had her usual moment of slight panic when everything was sorted and packed and we officially hat NO more hats in our stash anymore (Oh no! And it’s only the start of November!!!).</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgA0Cl1QTEbl-lf4-oTnVghNRANVfqobsbe5FxWvHEB50g8BPNVHcpwCSH9h2_KY9R8ENUFvo5nxQkZFxFDplU_x7vD0MpuJXWTktEPQ8V0GyUi_rbOkJLnXbrMxnloJGvgR5Lqxq4a5Dqz7tpphOPW5CKOIioPukD--DasxK8PEzj1rS1W3fvsHFEX" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><img alt="" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgA0Cl1QTEbl-lf4-oTnVghNRANVfqobsbe5FxWvHEB50g8BPNVHcpwCSH9h2_KY9R8ENUFvo5nxQkZFxFDplU_x7vD0MpuJXWTktEPQ8V0GyUi_rbOkJLnXbrMxnloJGvgR5Lqxq4a5Dqz7tpphOPW5CKOIioPukD--DasxK8PEzj1rS1W3fvsHFEX=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">from left to right: Barb, Joan, Peggy, Kathy</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">But no worries, we KNOW that there are more hats out there ready to come and that more will be on the needles or crochet hooks in the weeks to come. Winter has not yet started for real, and we believe there will be more incoming items to be sorted and distributed yet again very soon.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">So if you have a few items ready and you were holding off on mailing or dropping them off for when you had a few more to add to them, you might decide to get them to one of the collections points soon and then continue your creative streak for the next shipment/drop-off. Distrubtions will continue strong into December and usually slow down a bit after New Year (but not stop until spring is around the corner).</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">P. S. We were pleasantly surprised by how many hats there were in man-colors and sizes. They are not always the most fun to make, but they sure are needed. Keep them coming!</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfIVmcysnYaM-E1ct8_DWHjvyroWsxeTT54-_v5Qapi7JUVeNWohbIfGP6pF5y2_8SnpifMGzbQ23I9b7RB2EjKxzddfzHWJs7YzujH2dYvOQdY9HfpJWDzMpfGGw8B3uznWbF3-W3FbEm6E_zj_lJK1CUdhEYp9NihUvwVuYV9eW1l97FG_9WqJsk" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfIVmcysnYaM-E1ct8_DWHjvyroWsxeTT54-_v5Qapi7JUVeNWohbIfGP6pF5y2_8SnpifMGzbQ23I9b7RB2EjKxzddfzHWJs7YzujH2dYvOQdY9HfpJWDzMpfGGw8B3uznWbF3-W3FbEm6E_zj_lJK1CUdhEYp9NihUvwVuYV9eW1l97FG_9WqJsk" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-60156748530463887132023-09-04T08:29:00.025-05:002023-09-04T08:37:33.982-05:00Yes, we are still very active! The question comes up periodically as to whether this group is still active. YES, WE ARE, very much so. Most of our members don't do much online, but at least 25 of us are VERY active and about 15 of us meet monthly, even over the summer. Twice a year, there is a day of charity knitting for this project at Steven Be’s yarn shop in Minneapolis. And we are present at some farmers markets and Bachman's in the fall. There is one volunteer who coordinates everything online, like here and on Ravelry. We also have two very very active in-person coordinators who manage the sorting and distribution. We don't know how many contributors we have, as many donate anonymously; probably at least 100 contributors). So many people are directly involved that if someone steps down, someone else is always there to continue their tasks. <br /><br />If you've collected items over the summer and would like to get them out now, feel free to send them soon so we can start organizing the first distributions in a couple of months or so (that'll be November!! hard to believe). As always, feel free to send year-round. <div><br /><div>Happy Knitting/Crocheting/Weaving/Felting, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4Lp-tx1jW11YVjB8JtB1XOxkXymwNNEnAHbd6VUMqwZf78uiSHN6tLk7zbPI8D_5jjEz-hXTzDFIjxq0Y3EAqyUUiOPM-TeWQfHsZn5ZywVm2kU43K9qr1F9JJfpaQJLFRCMuup9z1BD2DO0fVekMfP_onvA0y3M45-MEI06sSihcfYL-bagltvJ/s1024/closeup-beanie-knit-1024x768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4Lp-tx1jW11YVjB8JtB1XOxkXymwNNEnAHbd6VUMqwZf78uiSHN6tLk7zbPI8D_5jjEz-hXTzDFIjxq0Y3EAqyUUiOPM-TeWQfHsZn5ZywVm2kU43K9qr1F9JJfpaQJLFRCMuup9z1BD2DO0fVekMfP_onvA0y3M45-MEI06sSihcfYL-bagltvJ/w456-h342/closeup-beanie-knit-1024x768.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-68840844689299622072023-01-27T13:54:00.006-06:002023-01-27T13:55:57.575-06:00So many hats collected!<p> <strong style="font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px;">1912 donated items</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px;"> have been distributed to over 30 agencies, schools, etc. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Good work knitters!</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">Distributions will continue as hats come in. As most Minnesotans know all too well, we still have at least a couple of months of winter ahead of us. Keep knitting and sending/dropping off! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_SGeMn1NiLpzOTWWZfzFABgaaDQyC7TJ7GnRyJdZVSD0qp3X4hly585CrxV0z7AnwRRO7I1wIyBBF4NHUaeNV5UFnWXVOqCPUmI3Y03Co4k_g2eXBNL5jBrn8QKUITbzzLEamuu6UyMfndq66HyzgR4kh72jAsQmPpou7dk2NzvnaMqhTqeuDw/s800/hats%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_SGeMn1NiLpzOTWWZfzFABgaaDQyC7TJ7GnRyJdZVSD0qp3X4hly585CrxV0z7AnwRRO7I1wIyBBF4NHUaeNV5UFnWXVOqCPUmI3Y03Co4k_g2eXBNL5jBrn8QKUITbzzLEamuu6UyMfndq66HyzgR4kh72jAsQmPpou7dk2NzvnaMqhTqeuDw/s320/hats%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-9497663321946234232022-12-20T20:43:00.001-06:002022-12-20T20:43:04.758-06:00Sorting Hats<div class="elementToProof"><span class="elementToProof" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;">November 28, 2022</p><p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;">This is what 500 sorted hats look like:</p> <a class="forum_post_linked_photo ContentPasted0" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Yvonn/sorting-hats-november-28-2022" style="display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 24px; overflow: hidden;"><img alt="Sorting Hats November 28 2022" height="500" src="https://www.ravelry.com/attached/Yvonn/117664185" style="border: 1px solid var(--color-border-dark); max-width: 670px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="375" /></a> <p class="ContentPasted0"></p> <p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;"> And these are the main 2 sorting elves after the sorting and starting the next step: distribution:</p> <div class="forum_photo__tooltip forum_photo__tooltip--hidden" style="left: 0px; opacity: 0.9; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.5em; right: 0px; top: -100px; transition: top 0.75s ease 0s; z-index: 1;"><a class="forum_post_linked_photo ContentPasted0" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Yvonn/sorting-hats-november-28-2022" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 24px; overflow: hidden;"><img alt="Sorting Hats November 28 2022" height="375" src="https://www.ravelry.com/attached/Yvonn/117664184" style="border: 1px solid var(--color-border-dark); max-width: 670px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="500" /></a></div><p class="ContentPasted0"></p> <p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;"> We should have taken a photo of an SUV stuffed with about 1000 hats to go out.</p><p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;">At least 1000 hats have been distributed so far, and more are coming in . We are now starting the coldest part of the start of this winter, and distributions will continue for at least another month as more hats come in. Hats are collected year-round, so it's never too late to drop them off at the yarn stores in our list. </p><p class="ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em;"><br /></p> <br /> </span></div> <div class="elementToProof"> <div style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div id="Signature"><div> </div> </div> </div> Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-53355893038855727732022-11-13T00:13:00.022-06:002022-11-16T12:40:28.074-06:00Thursday, 11/17, 11:30-4:30 Knitting for Charity<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Winter has arrived and you know what that means! We are busy collecting "gifts of warmth" to hand out to those in need. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>This is our 15th year for this project</b>....join the the kindred spirit knitters at Steven Be's on Thursday, November 17th from 11:30 to 4:30. Pack up your needles , yarn, and any donations you might have. We do collect year round and drop off items in the big basket right inside the door at the shop.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bring a snack to share and a beverage with a lid..on case of spills. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you there!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;">map and phone number: https://www.stevenbe.com/contact.htm</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5IkzpJvJQsks9iVSURfHeXWLzDcOUViViKRF75_JFl0I8jaDtFa37cAZFF8u43xH9dsvmMDBNQzAs8Vldb2i4gzLBZK0WBnxsWGkrRNfPuds0eF56m8TfU9ezj4gQFijDlvdRvY9CKbxEk8fb--pzoY950xG_fGn5he2IKGZLz9Z9KCdvS60lQ/s380/Tips-to-get-free-Yarn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="380" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5IkzpJvJQsks9iVSURfHeXWLzDcOUViViKRF75_JFl0I8jaDtFa37cAZFF8u43xH9dsvmMDBNQzAs8Vldb2i4gzLBZK0WBnxsWGkrRNfPuds0eF56m8TfU9ezj4gQFijDlvdRvY9CKbxEk8fb--pzoY950xG_fGn5he2IKGZLz9Z9KCdvS60lQ/s320/Tips-to-get-free-Yarn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Inter Hinted", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-39098983917329771432022-10-25T16:34:00.003-05:002022-10-25T16:37:33.691-05:00Knitting at Kingfield Farmers' Market, Sunday 10/30<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">The knitters have a table at the Kingfield Farmers' Market this Sunday, October 30th from 9:00 to 1:00. This is an opportunity to bring awareness to our Hats for the Homeless project in hopes that new knitters join the circle. Bring a knitting project and any hats that you may have finished. We will have patterns available.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Kingfield Market is located at 4055 Nicollet Avenue So. There will be lots of vendors so you can also shop for locally grown produce.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" />RSVP if you are planning to come. In another few weeks we will begin to deliver our "gifts of warmth" to those in need...schools, shelters, foodshelves, and community service agencies.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" />Thanks for your continued support of this project...this is our 15th year. Since I have moved, we will no longer be dropping off donations on my front porch. Drop off your donations at these 3 local yarn shops...Harriet and Alice at 50th and France, Steven Be's at 35th and Chicago, and Ingebretsen's at 1601. E. Lake Street.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" />Questions: 612-598-4919<br aria-hidden="true" />Barbara Melom</p>Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298675026770633022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-6514487118775795702022-09-13T14:40:00.000-05:002022-09-13T14:40:07.605-05:00Greetings to the Hat Knitters!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">Yes, we are still knitting hats and other "gifts of warmth" for those in need. Our plan is to start delivering hats toward the end of October.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A big change for this year. Out of town donations should be mailed to:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kathy Zanner</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6450 York Avenue So.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Edina, Minnesota 55435</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you live in Minneapolis, please drop off your donations at one of the neighborhood yarn shops:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Harriet and Alice's at 3922 W 50th Street, Edina, MN 55424,</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Steven Be's on 3448 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407 or </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ingebretsen's at 1601 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for your continued support of this project.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barbara Melom</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-luJxstElyS27GLtDpGu_LLPTW-W_xDRG31mVPkQ8l9nw49UlC7lOieaOD6RT4kVsNuklzFamiheqRG1DWgPyWA96A89pn5UcC0QU3hjMR9E-zQKxab3r546fXfqsmpJ-WPTmJ_tBkeaOnvHkvFbM_5FBVCqn1JsqqwTdhOao4ls3WdhXK11x4vo1A/s400/Parker-Hats-2-web%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-luJxstElyS27GLtDpGu_LLPTW-W_xDRG31mVPkQ8l9nw49UlC7lOieaOD6RT4kVsNuklzFamiheqRG1DWgPyWA96A89pn5UcC0QU3hjMR9E-zQKxab3r546fXfqsmpJ-WPTmJ_tBkeaOnvHkvFbM_5FBVCqn1JsqqwTdhOao4ls3WdhXK11x4vo1A/s320/Parker-Hats-2-web%20cropped.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="yj6qo" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-41006175748151710602022-01-19T19:42:00.000-06:002022-01-19T19:42:41.942-06:00 GIVE THE GIFT OF WARMTH<div><p style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 26px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnMM5nIzGYTJuVxqQn-jNDPUUYPI0AopJ_LdeY5Hce_533S5ssl5HJEl-_nNiHCYkTEfiSd1xy0WgFwtV5ZtpCwcvD4pRRxlLhXEY-M1Gimx1EpuzupDEvYUGpQIs-WxQ6jbZIrzxIYifZE5VOgCcD6Dp4EsWT7TGpXLVY4Hld4ZfKmJaenRl7xai0yQ=s597" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="597" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnMM5nIzGYTJuVxqQn-jNDPUUYPI0AopJ_LdeY5Hce_533S5ssl5HJEl-_nNiHCYkTEfiSd1xy0WgFwtV5ZtpCwcvD4pRRxlLhXEY-M1Gimx1EpuzupDEvYUGpQIs-WxQ6jbZIrzxIYifZE5VOgCcD6Dp4EsWT7TGpXLVY4Hld4ZfKmJaenRl7xai0yQ=w400-h389" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There's a maxim floating around the internet these days that goes something like this: "If you do not find joy in the snow, you will have less joy but the same amount of snow."</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the take-aways from that wisdom is it message to those of us who don’t ski jump or go ice fishing.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We live with the challenge of finding some way to find joy at a time of year we’re tempted to stay home, look out the window, and hope the “January freeze” is nature’s promise that we will soon find joy in warmer and warmer and warmer ……………</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">and, so on.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joy will arrive</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">--</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">if not real soon.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But for some of our neighbors, joy is a far reach. For many, snow and cold are simply seasonal barriers complicating their lives. Joy is just that mulch more difficult to find.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So Hats for the Homeless has always been about more than just bringing the gift of physical warmth. We’ve always carried the feeling of giving the warmth of our hearts. This is the essence of reaching out to those who struggle to find their place in the community – simply to bring them hats both for their heads and their hearts. To let them know their community holds them in the warmth of love and regard.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And this is about our finding a joy in “the snow”. It is about the joy we feel in seeing hats go on heads and, more importantly, smiles appear on faces.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The 2021-22 Hats for the Homeless project has distributed over 4,200 hats this year. As before, we bring hats to shelters, group homes, hospital ERs, schools, churches, food shelves, drop-in centers, just to name the more common recipient sites. In addition to hats, scarves and mittens, we received 25 pairs of warm and wooly socks.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thank you to all the generous knitters for your “gifts of warmth”. Keep the needles clicking. We still have a few more weeks of winter.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For patterns and more details, check out the blog: www.hats4thehomeless.blogspot.com</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Best wishes for the upcoming year, Barbara Melom</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9dbPsRJrJCoX2-8OICKLz2umk4cFUVk2YcNmRzfhrGqYEmBnnaTI2panhdfvX4LVCSBFVLtkAsWFPaPX1HgWJlEM5dZvmJowPc9Rmo6s8L_CfLWwFJ23wysXT0GLgFifdC5Q08mrALsu-6G6PCzM8slbnw4N7tGm17WAE2-tWUI6aJD-VmhqTzahuWA=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9dbPsRJrJCoX2-8OICKLz2umk4cFUVk2YcNmRzfhrGqYEmBnnaTI2panhdfvX4LVCSBFVLtkAsWFPaPX1HgWJlEM5dZvmJowPc9Rmo6s8L_CfLWwFJ23wysXT0GLgFifdC5Q08mrALsu-6G6PCzM8slbnw4N7tGm17WAE2-tWUI6aJD-VmhqTzahuWA=w389-h400" width="389" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-51078706289970613392021-11-28T14:55:00.003-06:002021-11-28T14:55:49.980-06:00An update!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Checking in to let the knitters know we are still a very active group of charity knitters in Minneapolis. Winters are long and cold out here and your hats are welcomed. Please check out the blog for more details and free patterns for knitting warm and wooly hats. We collect hats year round.<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Many thanks, Barbara Melom</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">barbmelom@gmail.com</div></span></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s400/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s320/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-13993238468728445132021-02-01T21:50:00.000-06:002021-02-01T21:50:56.449-06:00February 2021<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s been an amazing year for hat and scarf donations. THANK YOU KNITTERS.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Knitters from all across the country have shipped hats out to Minnesota where everyone needs a hat to make it through our bitter cold winters. We have received over 2700 hat donations; but didn’t keep track of mittens and scarves.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With schools being closed we had to get creative on how to distribute the hats to kids. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It turned out that even with schools closed, families went to neighborhood schools to pick up lunches and homework assignments. The schools had also set up “warm tables” for distribution of winter clothing. We also connected with food shelves that have stayed open throughout the pandemic.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now it’s February, another two months of winter and people are still knitting and sending us donations and we keep getting requests from agencies needing warm items to give their clients. Yes, we are still accepting donations.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A REMINDER WHEN KNITTING HATS</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">100% wool yarn knits into a warmer hat than acrylic yarn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before starting to decrease, try the hat on your own head and make sure it is</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> long enough to come down and cover the ears, if not, knit a few more rows</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">We need hats for kids, women, and men….kids heads are bigger than you think</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Men prefer darker solid colors, while women and kids like colorful hats</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scroll through the blog and check out some of our favorite patterns. Newest pattern is the MINNESOTA HAT.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYr3fUSFr2v2tyBACRsVSZd-jdE7CI8Mje8E2Y-5o0pBgk-rgP3FvU89XAbKHrmMaezhTF2riGDS3X6QIEOJNOxkUApiTFUdRrHtnw3BKXFghyphenhyphenqOBa62BctV-NiBgXfe8tvbSoP88I5ca/s2048/EE5CB2CA-C92F-4B5C-89F1-EB24AA11AD77.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1899" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYr3fUSFr2v2tyBACRsVSZd-jdE7CI8Mje8E2Y-5o0pBgk-rgP3FvU89XAbKHrmMaezhTF2riGDS3X6QIEOJNOxkUApiTFUdRrHtnw3BKXFghyphenhyphenqOBa62BctV-NiBgXfe8tvbSoP88I5ca/s320/EE5CB2CA-C92F-4B5C-89F1-EB24AA11AD77.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for your generosity for folks who need a bit of warmth in their life.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The true measure of caring is sticking with a project….this is our 13</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> year.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Thank you knitters for showing that you care.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s400/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s320/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-81197639178294399182020-09-11T23:43:00.001-05:002020-09-11T23:45:57.929-05:00September 2020<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">We don't know from day to day what the news will be bringing us, but one thing for certain is that Minnesota winters are cold and everyone needs a hat.</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is our 14th year for collecting hats and distributing them to schools, shelters and social service agencies serving those in need. With covid19 and social distancing, knitting groups aren't getting together...we are at home knitting by ourselves. I am asking you to spread the word to your friends...hats for kids, women and men. More information about the project can be found in the blog.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of our knitters has written up her favorite hat pattern for charity knitting including several sizes which we are including in the blog. Check out the <b>Very Basic Knit Hat </b>now in the Knitting Patterns tab.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hat distribution will begin in October and continue as long as we are receiving hats. We will be doing things a bit differently this year...I will be coordinating drop off sites with school social workers and also taking donations to area food shelves.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My mailing address: 5314 Penn Ave. So. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Minneapolis, MN 55419</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for giving "The Gift of Warmth"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSYib6JeQbr-82WwU96UdVBoC41HRprjdbzthnEmAxkbl2wXjur1SHVoRMYC9NMk7SsZO6UaoxCobug6STFQPb4GEXD_ABOTTYPB3afZj6xf0yeFVvEHqHVPZ8LRvhCpmg9lUth2ZO-Wj/s640/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSYib6JeQbr-82WwU96UdVBoC41HRprjdbzthnEmAxkbl2wXjur1SHVoRMYC9NMk7SsZO6UaoxCobug6STFQPb4GEXD_ABOTTYPB3afZj6xf0yeFVvEHqHVPZ8LRvhCpmg9lUth2ZO-Wj/s320/image0.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barbara Melom</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><a href="mailto:barbmelom@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">barbmelom@gmail.com</span></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s400/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFrQirBdyAfrcHNzNlbnrLKdjmBTnZ3EO8OHHA7NzmQLjF0sAX-WsNhu8gLDSXOTIfUgE8N5CJ0U1oqCvliOKYCJtty1HJ0oM_DeA5JRk2F538_G-HBoUxldAmO5GadRCh4cQXT-Yochh/s320/Parker-Hats-2-web+cropped.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-14968918493758322132020-04-28T13:19:00.000-05:002020-04-28T13:20:11.547-05:00April 2020<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed. </span>Kitty O'Meara<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Christmas Day, a raging fire took the homes of 250 people living in the Francis Drake Hotel in Minneapolis. Erupting in the middle of the night, the fire tore through this historic building serving as rental housing for low income people and temporary homeless shelter for Hennepin County families. That first night, city busses provided safe sources of warmth – the first step to refuge while the Red Cross, the Minneapolis Foundation, churches and other organizations mobilized to provide care for these newly displaced neighbors.</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-kerning: none;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have plenty for babies, women and men so far, but we have a hole in the “hats for school-age kids” category so far this year. These hats are driven around to local schools by dedicated volunteers and given to school social workers for the kids. You knit a hat, we get it to the kids who need them. Win-win!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Circle the date, Monday, November 11th on your calendar and join us for a day of charity knitting at Steven Be's located at 3448 Chicago Avenue So. in Minneapolis, MN. Doors open at 11:00--- invite a friend, bring your knitting, your finished projects, a healthy snack to share and spend the day with kindred spirits as we knit "gifts of warmth" to be donated to those in need living in our community. We begin delivering our donations in late November and as more donations arrive, we continue throughout the winter.</span></div>
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-47298160143655671362019-07-17T13:37:00.001-05:002019-07-17T13:37:13.573-05:00Charity KnittingJoin us on Wednesday July 24, 2019 at StevenBe for a day of charity knitting. Doors open at 11:00 am. Location of StevenBes is 3500 and Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, MN. Bring a healthy snack to share. There will be some yarn for sale. If you have a favorite hat patten please bring it as we would like to see.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Minnesota winters made the news all around the country in January with our -30 temperatures and it looks like February will be another brutal month.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Sometimes you even need more than one hat to keep your head and ears warm.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> Thanks to all the knitters who have donated hats, scarves, and gloves to be given to those in need. You do make a difference…2300+ folks have warm scarves and hats to wear</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> this winter. Another group of women donated 100 pairs of mittens made from recycled sweaters with polar fleece linings…super warm!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Every fall a group of us gather at our local neighborhood yarn shop to count, sort, and bag up our donations. We deliver them to schools, shelters, and social service agencies serving those in need. This year, 2019, knit items are still arriving and volunteers are out delivering the donations.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">To read more about Hats for the Homeless, scroll back through some of our older entries; find some of our favorite patterns, suggested yarns to use, and where to send the hats. Most important thing to keep in mind…knit hats that are long enough to cover the ears and have a cuff to turn up….9 to 12 inches long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2017 we collected and delivered around 2700 hats/scarves and mittens. We definitely need hats for elementary age children. The list of schools needing hats continues to grow every year. Children's heads are the same size as an adult head. If the hat is too small for your head, chances are it will be too small for a child's head.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Mother Nature has taken a detour this year. Here we are, April 15th, with 15 inches of new snow and temperatures in the 20’s. Giving a hat or a scarf to a homeless person is definitely a gift of kindness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">People who google find “Hats for the Homeless” and many knitters from at least 12 states have sent “gifts of warmth” out our way for the 2017 collection. We have received more than 2700 hats and about 200 scarves; and even a dozen pair of mittens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This wraps up our 9th year for this community project which has continued to grow every year. One big change is the number of schools contacting us for hats for kids. A reminder: a kid’s head is the same size as an adult head and kids love color.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Scroll back to the December 6th, 2017 post for "tips" on knitting super warm hats for our climate and hats that fit. We need hats for adults as well as children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is a “charity knitting” event set up for Wednesday, July 11th at the Steven Be yarn store located at 3448 Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis. This all day event brings knitters together from all over the Twin City area.</span></span></div>
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-15691360279777707932017-12-06T16:02:00.000-06:002017-12-06T16:02:56.089-06:00Hats for the Homeless 2017<div class="gmail-p1" style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you for your beautiful contributions of hats and scarves to help those in need in Minneapolis this winter! Once again, we are floored by the generosity of knitters. We have a couple of reminders, FAQs, and a bit of a new direction this y</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">ear, so read on for some great tips on knitting warm hats!</span><br />
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">We have been taking hats to local elementary schools over the years to share with kids in need. The teachers, social workers, and school administrators have been so grateful for the bags of hats from you all. The great news about knitting hats for kids is that bright colors and patterns are welcome...a knitter’s dream! So use up your wool scraps, combine colors for patterns, and whip up some fun hats for the kids. We’ll get them out there.</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">When in doubt, knit your hats larger. For kids, for women, and for men. With Minnesota winters being so cold, we need these hats to be functional garments that cover the ears and foreheads--not just fashionable accessories that sit atop heads. So knit that extra inch or two in length at the beginning of the hat, knowing that you’re helping someone keep the wind out this year. It can always be folded up at the brim!<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Here is a general rule of thumb for head sizes:</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Babies - 17-18” circumference, 7” length</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Little kids - 19” circumference, 8” length</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Men - 23-24” circumference, 11.5” length</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Our male homeless friends at various local shelters have repeated the same thing to us over and over each year: they really prefer hats that are dark colors, simple, and without patterns. No pompoms needed, either. Large, plain gray and black ribbed hats are ideal for these guys. Stockinette hats work great too. Folks living on the fringe in unstable housing situations may not like to stick out with a brightly colored or patterned hat. Let’s help keep them warm without making them feel uncomfortable.</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Many of you have asked if other items are needed beyond just hats, and the answer is a resounding YES! Try to make sure that your scarves can be wrapped around a couple of times and tied; mittens and cowls are great too.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">You can use any pattern you like! Just keep the size and recipients in mind:</span></div>
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<li class="gmail-li1" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>kids and teens like patterns and colors</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color: #021eaa; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/barley-2">Barley Hat</a></span><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> from Tin Can Knits</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color: #021eaa; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grand-marais-hat">Grand Marais Hat</a></span><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> from Katie Chameleon</span></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saint-anthony-cable-hat">Saint Anthony Cable Hat</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~ebozak/knit/ck-patterns/rbhat.html">Countrywool Rolled Brim Hat</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://featherandfan.wordpress.com/patterns/a-very-plain-hat/">A Very Plain Hat</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Whenever possible, please use wool. There is nothing like wool for keeping the cold out and regulating temperature (it wicks sweat away, and actually keeps skin cool and dry too). Superwash is great if you have it, but handwash-only wool is fine too.</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">We are lucky to have many local yarn stores as collaborators! Please drop your hats off at any of these locations:</span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s3" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.stevenbe.com/">StevenBe 3448 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s3" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.harrietandalice.com/">Harriet and Alice 3922 West 50th Street, Edina</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s3" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://lindenyarn.com/">Linden Yarn 5814 Excelsior Boulevard, St. Louis Park</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s3" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ingebretsens.com/">Ingebretsen's 1601 Lake Street, Minneapolis</a></span></div>
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<span class="gmail-s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Thank you for donating your time, skills and resources to this project. We are grateful for your gifts of love!</span><br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-63681153358112656002017-10-25T10:24:00.003-05:002017-10-25T10:24:57.163-05:00Day of Charity Knitting at SteveBe<span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, November 10</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42;">We're just like you. We're teachers, business executives, parents, retirees, students...you name it. But the one thing we all have in common is our dedication to those in need. Join us at StevenBe for this day where we combine our Passion, our Neighbors, and our Community in the ultimate acts of charity.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Barb Melom and Joan Gilbertson head up this charity knitting day bringing groups and individuals from all over the city to support </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Hats for the Homeless</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" title="">We will have a selection of needles and yarns available for a minimal fee to cast on your hat or scarf, as well as patterns that can serve as a jumping off point for your charitable project.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-weight: normal;" title=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" title="">We look forward to seeing you for this amazing day, whether you drop off a hat or knit all day. See you at <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">StevenBe on November 10th.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198394278628832035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103134439475076913.post-36858189801833468532017-09-10T13:29:00.000-05:002017-09-10T13:29:33.050-05:00Events and Updates<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">
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Knitters arrived on Labor Day with yarn and needles in hand to work on hats and scarves to be handed out this winter...it’s not that far away. Knitters have been dropping off donations all summer so we are off to a good start. Eleven years ago when this project started, our mission was to knit dark colored watch caps for men, but as the project evolved and more and more hats were being knit, our mission has expanded to include hats for women and school age children. Remember kids heads are larger than you think...use a pattern for an adult size head. We do not need hats for infants or newborns; other knitters in our community knit for this cause.</div>
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Boxes of hand knit hats come in from all over the country!</div>
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WHO ARE THE CHARITY KNITTERS?<br />
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Georgia is working on her 68th hat for this year.</div>
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Joan and Dyan are teaching teens to knit when they are not busy knitting hats.</div>
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Mary loves knitting hats for kids, but is taking a break from hats and working on cowls for teens.</div>
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Gail likes adding a bit of pizazz to her hats.</div>
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Barb is always on the lookout for new patterns and manages the blog when she is not knitting a hat</div>
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Kathy likes knitting big hats and then felting them.</div>
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Karen likes the waffle hat pattern.</div>
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Michele has an eye for color and is always combining scraps of yarn and coming up with colorful creations.</div>
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Jeni knits warm and wooly hats by combining mohair and worsted weight yarn.</div>
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Ingrid puts her Scandinavian knitting skills to work on her favorite hat pattern..the Grand Marais Hat.</div>
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Raquel is knitting her first hat.<br />
Yvonne is our fastest knitter and designer of the Minnesota Hat. Everything she knits is donated to a good cause.</div>
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Barb organizes the events, knits hats and delivers them to the schools and shelters.<br />
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3448 Chicago Avenue South<br />
Minneapolis, MN</div>
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This is also a drop off site for finished items.</div>
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Knitters also get together at Butter Bakery over on 37th and Nicollet, the 3rd Saturday of every month from 11:00 to 1:00.<br />
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We like to start delivering hats in November and continue through the winter as hats/scarves continue to arrive.<br />
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