October 2012, here we come!

This hat a sweater came from Karen Zorn of Saskatchewan.  The items below came from her as well.  Karen, I took pictures outside because I thought natural sunlight would make the pinks show up on-screen more nicely.  Clearly my deck needs staining.

What a cute little baby outfit from Muffey (aka Vivienne Shishakly from St. Lazare Quebec)!

The sock and sweater above are from Muffey too.  Thanks, Vivienne!

Okay I am not sure how this happened, but the envelope said Toronto, yet when I opened the parcel, the items were labelled as being from the Drachenwolle posse.  I'm sure there's a story here that I'm not quite following.  These socks and the ones below are from Nattie, AKA linkemasche from Cambridge, UK.  Thank you Nattie, we love the Drachenwolle group.

As I've been sitting here, looking at the empty hole where all of my WHN inventory normally sits, in pop 3 lovely packages this week!    Check out the items above.  In terms of the fall 2012 project, we've got some quick info:

1. I bought a bunch of great winter boots at a ridiculous price this year, so we will be sending boots up with our warm woolies which is fantastic.

2.  First Air is in again - yahoo! 

3.  Gjoa Haven, Rankin Inlet, and Moosonee have all requested repeat shipments which is wonderful.  All items we sent last we were distributed, but as we know, kids get older each year, and hats, mittens and especially socks are much appreciated.  We have sent them a message requesting additional info/details, which we will post.  In the meantime, please keep knitting!

Moosonee Got the Stuff

So Suzanne and Carlene came over in Feb with bags and bags and bags of stuff.  We had a packing party for the Moosonee shipment!  I'm finally getting the pictures posted, but I wanted to let you know that everything has been received in Moosonee :)  but my cupboards are now bare :(.  So here's to the Feb 2012 shipment!  Thank you all for contributing.  We've now got our eyes on September - we'll post more deets as they firm up!  The pictures below are of some of the items that Suzanne and Carlene brought in - I think we spent as much time oohing and aahing as we did packing...

Kaffekaren has been a great contributer.  Here are some of her neckwarmers and a cute hat that makes me think of candycorn.

I labeled this pic "Carlene's Monster-Blanket".  It is big enough fro a bed.

Kerin Dimeler-Laurence from Happy Valley, Oregon had a brilliant idea:  she made a whole bunch of socks out of felt that can also double as slippers.  Here is a photo of one of my kidlets modelling the slippers.

and here is a stack of the slipper socks (that's carlene's arm in the corner).  Thanks Kerin - they will keep kiddies feet warm inside the house.  I can actually see northern kids wearing these sock/slippers to bed.

So I got these shrinky-dink bags so we could pile as much stuff in as possible.  This is the before picture - the bag gets filled to almost the top.

This is what happens when you put a vacuum cleaner to the bag - it shrinks to one-third the size, so we jammed in more stuff.

Um Okay, I admit it, I lost the label that told me where these were from.  Carlene, Suzanne, could you give me a hint please?

I think these beauties came from Knit-Knackers. 

Bonnie Belanger, thanks for making all of these!  Bonnie, I wrote Panther in brackets under your name but I can't for the life of me remember why.  Are you from a town called Panther?  Was the name of the yarn Panther?  Carlene, help!

This is my favorite Bonnie Bélanger sweater - so pretty.

Purling Pilgrim (ravname) - thank you so much for this great blanket!

Caroline is Michelle (chococupcake's sister) and she dropped off these great items from the lovely cupcake.

I loved this blanket from chococupcake.  The diagonal knitting is a great mystery to me.

and this is a hat that Michelle made - I'm trying to copy the pattern now!

This blanket and socks are from Beth Snyd.  Beth I think this is the first time you've shipped to us.  Many thanks!

This hat was made by claudette - it is extremely cute.

more claudette stuff

these vests are going to keep some kids very warm!

baby blankets for the daycares and health centres from claudette

my four favorite claudette blankets

Another suzanne beauty

This patchwork blanket was assembled by Suzanne Atkinson.  Patches came from Suzanne, Claire and kathb.

Suzanne, I love this box blanket - so pretty!

And another beautiful box blanket.  This one was made with yarn supplied by Jackie.  Thanks, Jackie.

Suzanne, when do you have time to do all this stuff?  Mittens made by S.

Okay Suzanne, I think this is another one of yours, but I'm not 100% sure.  We also wound up slipping in a box of new boots (thanks to everyone who sent in a couple of dollars!) - I have to tell you that when I spoke to the post office in Moosonee, they knew of the "knitting people" - the town is that small - and your impact is that great.  Thanks to everyone for taking the time and effort to make your gorgeous crochet and knit doodads for northern kids.  You make Warm Hands what it is!

 

  

 

 

 

 

Maddy from Waterloo and the Wool Mill

I got a box from Wendy Mortimer, owner of the Wool Mill, a new yarn store in Toronto.  Not only did they send us these beauties that they collected from a variety of their knitters, but they also have agreed to become a local yarn store drop-off point for the Warm Hands Network.  So you can now drop off your stuff at the following address:
The Wool Mill
2170 Danforth Ave.
(near the Woodbine Station, on the north east side of the intersection of Woodbine Ave. & Danforth Ave.)

Thanks, Wendy!

The beauties below come from the lovely Maddy Rosamond of Waterloo.  She's one of our felting queens.  Maddy, I tried on the hats and they were beautiful and super-cozy.  On Feb 8th, Carlene, Suzanne and Amy are coming over to pack pack pack so we can get the shipment out to Moosonee by the weekend, and so we can also plan for September 2012.  Wine, packing, gossiping, planning, what could be better?

WA, NJ, MA, AB (Every second day the mailman gives me something wooly and warm. I think he's my new best friend)

Sarah Rose of Camrose Alberta made these cute items for a newborn.

These hats and blanket are also from Sarah.  Purplicious!

Jeanine (Aubergine's mommy) dropped off this fab sweater.  Its super-big and incredibly intricate

OK Jeanine, next time you and the girls come over, we need to talk photography because my pictures don't do your work justice....

I love this blanket.  I can picture a toddler being thrilled with it.

Some of these hats are Carlene Hats.  That pattern rocks.

DouceAubergine also made a bunch of big fleecy blankets. 

And more fleecy blankets!  My friend Margaret is going to do a bunch of these as well.  So handy!

These socks are also from the lovely and prolific Jeanine.

I took a closeup of my favorite one.  Thanks, J!

These items came from Jackie Lambert of West Rickland, Washington.  The dickies (that's what they're called, right?) are a great alternative to scarves.

Okay these are mine.  I made them over Christmas using the Carlene Pattern from Ravelry.  I love that pattern, its such a "don't think, just do" kind of thing.  Perfect for long car rides.

These hats are from Wendy Lindquist in Jersey City, NJ.  Lovin' the pom pom!

I am a huge fan of neck-warmers.  Safe and easy for a kid to pull over his/her head.

This is a close-up of one of the neckwarmers made by Clavione Delaney of Laurel, Maryland (the ones above).  I think it might be Noro, because it has that feel to it.  Very ocean-pretty.