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.