December 2006

Tiffani who works here and sometimes joins our group finished her scarf! Yeaaaaa! She's a knitter!
Many many scarves for holiday presents!

This is a blanket!
Here is a hat and scarf!
We have a new design for a felted bag.

Terry, our intern, just began knitting and finished scarves for her family for presents.





This scarf has many pieces of fun fur and boa yarn and turned out beautifully.
Someone showed us how to do a log cabin blanket and one of the clients is making a patriotic blanket to send to her son who is stationed in Iraq.


Happy Holidays!

With all of the busy ness I have not been able to post photos but there continues to be an enormous amount of knitting going on. Hats and handbags along with scarves and blankets have been turning out beautifully with all of the creative combinations of yarns. I am struggling with learning a new program to download the photos on the blog, as they keep updating the software, I have to learn how to use it! What should take minutes seems to take hours.

We had a wonderful holiday party last Friday. Each client received several skeins of different yarn and needles so they can continue on as their knitting skill increases.

Thanks to all who have sent yarn and needles and magazines to us. It is being used as you can see from the photos.

November 22 and 29th, 2006

Here is Maude, she works here and is now joining our knitting group again. Welcome back Maude!!!!!
This is Megan, a new volunteer, who is learning how to knit and the clients here have taught her.

Lucia with a scarf she is working on. Stay tuned for a mohair scarf one of our clients is now working on thanks to her inspiration.
These scarves are made by a client who loves odds and ends of pieces of yarn. The multi colored one is so beautiful - my photo doesn't capture it.
She finished her felted bag! She designed it and felted it herself. This lady is now in outpatient and will be joining our residential group for knitting each week.
Megan, a new volunteer and new knitter, just finished this shawl.
Everybody loves showing off their beautiful scarves and blankets!

Zelphia, our volunteer, just finished this sweater. She designed it!



This is Tiffany, she is a therapist here and has been knitting for only two weeks and finished her first scarf.


We have many clients who are busy making felted handbags!

The Words for These Two Weeks: One day at a Time

With the holidays, trying to get everything done is a challenge. I have many more photos to post for these two weeks but wanted to at least get this much on the blog. Thank you all who have sent yarn to us. It has come from so many places. We just received a package and the women were very touched when I read the letter enclosed to them. Thank you for all of your positive comments about what we are knitting and crocheting here. All of the yarn sent to us iss all mixed in together in these photos. I will try to add to this blog before the next one is due......................

Nov 3, 10, 17, 2006

Leslie, our designer who we are lucky enough to have with us each week is modelling a sweater she just completed.




This beautiful scarf was made from bits and pieces of feather and fun fur yarn.
We have some very cretive felted handbags.




Another sweater by Leslie!
And: ta da!!!! This is the first sweater created by an Interim House client. Yeaaaaaaaaaaa! She did it!

We love first projects!!!
Lucia had a mitten clinic a few weeks ago and we have seen some mittens!





Zelphia is always inspiring us with her beautiful knitting.



One of our clients designed this crocheted poncho.



The words for this week: Gratitude and Thanks over and over again.


Thanks to all of you who follow us and who have donated so much beautiful yarn and needles. We thank you all the time! We are all working on holiday presents and I try to capture the yarn and projects but sometimes they are given to family before I can take the photos! I also have been struggling to learn a new upgrade on bringing digital photos from my computer to the blog. It took three weeks but I did it with some help from my more computer-able friends.