The Drachenwollians

Below are the photos of the stuff that those groovy cats from Drachenwolle have sent in.  Love all of your beautiful handknits!  The sock campaign was a huge success.  Here are pictures from the first box (I understand from sweet Esther that another box is coming).  I cannot believe how prolific you folks are and the yarn is just stunning.  I will also send the stuffies (the little bears, etc) to the community and I'm sure some little kiddies will be very happy with them.  Love the little "learn to knit" kit too!  Folks, your stuff is just lovely and Amy and I are totally touched by the generosity of the German gang.  Please know that you've made the lives of those in Canada a little more comfortable. 

Blankets, boots and more!

I picked these lovelies from Knit Knackers. At first, I couldn't figure out why the bag was so heavy (and didn't want to open it till I got home.) There are several great blankets - a colour scheme for every taste here, and 2 pairs of boots, ready to wear. Then, you can see the georgeous mittens, hats and child's sweater. These flowers have inspired my teenager to try embroidery. And my small helper really wanted to be in on the action. He quickly realized the sweater is more for a preschooler, and was content not to even try to put it on, so this was his way of modelling it.

Thanks, chococupcakegirl! Beautiful!

(and, my apologies for the delay posting these - I don't get near my laptop very often)

Our Graphic Designer

Lynn Walma is the Warm Hands graphic designer - and every shipment, she makes time to send us a haul as well. We love Lynn! Above are a sample of her items. Lynn, I do have one grievance: I'm working on a crochet blanket right now, and my boy was watching me take pictures of your stuff. He took a look at your stunning flower crochet and said, "why can't you do something like that?" Um, because I only know one stitch and can only crochet in a straight line. Can you please comment though and let me know where you got the flower pattern? The back is just as pretty as the front.

I also took a pic of the tag that you made (Carlene, it has the website on it!).

It came from Japan Part 4...

Barbara Dreher is the Japanese-Canadian connection. I absolutely loved the items you sent in Obassan, and I have to tell you that this is the first time I've seen the labels actually sewn in and you're making me think that I'd better get that started if we're going to make our October shipping deadlines. Yikes!

The neckwarmers are fabulous - a couple of the communities asked for them because the kids are out hunting or ice-fishing for extended periods and need warmer clothing. Thanks Barbara!

From Kamloops to Bedford...

Finally, I am back in town and get to open the boxes that have started to pile up! thought we`d start with a ``from east to west`kinda story.
The picture above is from Kathleen Walling of Bedford, Nova Scotia. Kathleen, you need to come to Ottawa and help us pack because I have no idea how you got such a ton of stuff in such a small box. It exploded when I opened it. The pics below are an attempt at my being arty with more of Kathleen's stuff (note my polished toe in the "flower" picture. Okay so I've got a way to go in the photog dept):








So we have Maureen Lefebvre from Kamloops BC who sent in the below lovely pair of warm woolies. Maureen I love them and thanks for including the label on the wool, and the $ which will go to boots!

The Purple Sock in Coldwater

Yes its been awhile! While we've been summering and cottaging and soccering, the folks in Coldwater ON and nearby have been knitting us a bounty of stuff. Last May, Lynn Stitchman (fabulous name for an owner of an LYS) of the Purple Sock (check them out at www.thepurplesock.blogspot.com and see pix of the store and team Purple Sock above) started a Warm Hands project. Its August and voila!:

These two beautiful crochet blankets are made by Teresa of Phelpstor. Thanks Teresa, if you're reading this:

And the two little sweater sets below were done by Gayle from Coldwater. I moved from room to room to try to get a decent set of photos but no luck on this grey day. Can you tell my deck needs staining? Check out the little ducky buttons on the cardie's:

And these two hats and pairs of socks are from Pat of Coldwater. Very cute!

Hats hats hats + one pink neckwarmer from Brigitte from Collingwood. My favorite is the pink hat with the tassles - perfect for a little girl (or boy, no judgement here).

And last but not least, Jessie from Oshawa went to town with 14 sets of beehive mittens plus various socks. Jessie thank you so much - my daughter tried on the mittens and confirmed that they are "warm and cozy":

Kathleen Walling of Bedford N.S....

knitted these fabulous socks, sweaters and neck-warmers (that is my attempt at being arty with the neck-warmers). Thank you so much!

I picked up some beautiful Noro (I think) blankets from Yarn Forward but no tags :(

If you are reading this, noro-knitter, I would love to hear from you...

Hope that summer is going well for all you warmhanders, and that fall will bring in as many beautiful items as we have received in previous years. So many partners, so many projects, so much fun. Thank you all!