so um, February got away from me...

I did not get around to figuring out a February project. Maybe this won't exactly be monthly. The program at the church was only accepting money, not actual blankets. The pastor did give me contact info for someone who might have a place I could donate, but I have been busily knitting some other projects. It seems like everyone I know is pregnant right now! So here is the first thing I have finished for a friend's new baby. It may not be a charity project, but it's still something given from 1 mother to another, right?

I got the pattern from bevscountrycottage.com - a great site my mom referred me to- it's full of free patterns. I modified the hat pattern a little bit.

I'm friends with another couple that's pregnant & they aren't finding out what they're having- so I have to make a pink set AND a blue set for them. Luckily that will mean I'll have a set ready the next time someone has a baby not the same gender as theirs!

I will try to be back ASAP with another project idea, but I have a lot going on right now :(

Completed Knit One, Save One, and finally figured out how to make this idea work!

First here's my idea for this blog- each month I'll post a new charity project idea, with links to patterns or tutorials, or maybe I'll post my own tutorial. Then whoever participates can send pictures of their finished projects to from1mother@hotmail.com

So "knit one, save one" was my January project...did anyone else out there participate? I'd love to see what you came up with.

For February I'm thinking about a program my church is working with to provide blankets to victims of natural disasters. The church's involvement is just sending in $$$ to purchase blankets, but I'm going to see if the organization they're working with will accept handmade blankets also. I also have a friend with a foster child & the organization she got the baby from has a family shelter that accepts donations. Since it's a chilly February, I'm thinking hats, scarves & mittens. I will post more about that soon!


After about a month of knitting furiously, here are all the hats I've finished:

Here are some close ups of what I sent off for the knit one, save one campaign:

And I was so inspired, I made this for my little guy, it's my own pattern:

(yes the pic is super blurry- he does not stand still for anything!)

In the process of making these hats, I learned how to make an i-cord, a pom pom, and a hat that gradually gets smaller near the top instead of gathering all my stitches at the end. And I discovered how to make the pattern on my son's red hat above- knit a row, purl a row, knit a row, and do a row in seed stitch...I think I might make him a sweater vest with the same pattern, I really like the interest it adds.