Dear Heart In Hand

Photo from Violet Bella. This sweet crocheted envelope is from Violet Bella. Find Laura's pattern here.

Hello all.

After three months of illness and family challenges, I am doing my best to reboot the project.

During this past fall, I have been working on the first two blankets and will post pictures of them very, very soon. My goal it to have dozen or may blankets distributed by the anniversary date and then another dozen by next holiday season.

My energy is returning slowly and you can read more about our situation here if you are interested. This is certainly not required reading. Projects, including this one, abound, but I am so looking forward to getting back into the thick of things and feeling productive once again. There are two clear signs that I am ill or stressed beyond my limits. The first is I stop drinking coffee and the second is that I lose my creative drive. This fall has been one without creativity and without much in the way of good coffee. Sigh.

I very much appreciate your support and your continued caring these past three months. I am hoping to enter the new year with merely a few symptoms and a grateful heart as I continue to be on the mend. Watch for regular updates. And, if I owe you a thank you post/pictures and an e-mail, these are on the way shortly.

With heart,

Kelly

Thank You Knitters in Missouri

Terry K. of Belton, Missouri was kind enough to send us a package of knitted squares this week. She noted these are leftovers from a previous project and the thanks go to knitters in Missouri. Well, thank you knitters in Missouri and thank you Terry K. for digging through the extra and giving these wonderful squares to The Heart in Hand Project. We so appreciate it.


I am not sure what is happening with my lighting, but I think it is fooling my camera. See the gray squares? Well, these squares should read a wonderfully saturated purple. Really.


I love the textures and patterns.


Terry K. is another talented knitter we found on Ravelry. You can find her there as foxycrafters. She has an amazing 71 projects logged on Ravelry including this oh so amazing shawl she named Copper Verdigris Whirls. As you can imagine, I did not hesitate one second to add this to my favorites. This is beautiful.


Updated totals:

Squares - 196
Skeins - 5

A Pile of Squares

I was thrilled to open a box sent by Kris K. of Saxonburg, PA this past weekend. It was filled with wonderful crochet goodness. Thank you, Kris for this ever so generous gift from your hands and your heart. Kris' workmanship is simply beautiful. There are squares of many colors, shapes, and sizes.


The yarn Kris used is soft with a beautiful sheen and saturated color.


I am partial to pink. What about you?


There are solid squares in interesting textures and patterns.


There are stripes.


And, grannies. Love those grannies!


Aren't these pretty?


The camera just does not do this purple justice.


Soft and sweet.


Such variety.


Large and small.


Have you been counting? Well, if not that's okay, because I counted. Kris sent us 30 blanket squares. Amazing! We love them all. Here is the pile.


Kris also included some yarn to help us in joining squares. This is so appreciated.


You can find Kris on Ravelry as mams. If you visit her there, you will wonder how she managed to get all of the squares completed. She is a busy, busy mom who clearly loves to knit with 114 projects showcased in her Ravelry notebook. You rock, Kris! As I was looking through her projects, I could not help but notice several of her Abagail sweaters. Here is one. Isn't it sweet?

Photo by Kris K.

This amazing donation brings are totals to:

Squares - 186
Skeins - 5

The Heat is On!

The heat is on literally and figuratively. It is over 100 degrees here in the Ozarks today with a relative humidity of 65 percent. Yikes! But, things are also heating up with blanket squares. I have had three deliveries in as many days! It is ever so exciting. Now, I feel like there are enough squares to begin sorting into blankets. Can you believe it?

This enormous stack has been shipped to us from Lisa and her wonderful Central Ohio Binky Patrol. The Central Ohio Binky Patrol is chapter of the Binky Patrol Comforting Covers for Kids. Lisa is the Ohio chapter coordinator. Woohoo for Lisa! Check out the links here to learn more about this organization and Lisa's wonderful hard work and dedication. Lisa is a blogger as well. Check out her writing at Life Full of Laughter. We thank you Lisa and all the amazing volunteers of the Central Ohio Binky Patrol. You can find Lisa on Ravelry by seeking out centralohiobinky.

Here is what I found inside Lisa's huge box.


What I found inside Lisa's box was a mountain of blanket squares. Yippee! There were pastels soft and calm cotton squares.


Some squares were knit and others crochet.


Some were crazy bright and happy.


And, I do mean crazy bright! Perfect for kids.


There were many different sizes and colors.




Look! Halloween blocks!


There were colors and patterns to appeal to so many recipients.




Here I tried to get hem all in one shot.

And here. How many are there you ask? Drum roll please....125!


Oh my goodness and bless my stars! This brings our total to 156. Yes! And, watch for more posts as I still have two more boxes to open. This is truly an amazing journey.


How can you help? There are so many ways. You can knit or crochet squares, sponsor a giveaway to inspire others to participate or donate yarn to help connect our sweet squares. Contact me if you have any questions at heartinhandproject@gmail.com.

Ambassador Crochet

Kristine from Ambassador Crochet has been so kind to the Heart in Hand Project. She has listed us on her Crocheting for a Cause page and written a sweet shout-out for our group. Thank you, Kristine. We appreciate all you do. Your designs are wonderful and blog a great read. Check out her Etsy shoppe then visit Kristine's blog for a chance to win this pretty Cables and Lace Beanie.

More Blanket Squares

We have received a dozen blanket squares from Kae E. in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Thank you, Kae! Your work is impeccable.


Just look at these sweet squares in calming spa like colors and warm browns with pops of color love.


Aren't they beautiful? Kae found us on Ravelry and joined our group. You can find her there as kae1crafts. She is quite amazing with 254 projects featured on Ravelry and a majority of the groups she belongs to, and actively participates in, are groups just like ours where members use their talents for the benefit of those in need.


Two of Kae's blocks remind me of impressionistic work. I love the cool blues next to the warm rusts.


Here is one of my favorite afghans on Kae's project list. Isn't it wonderful?

Lightening Wounded Warrior Afghan

This brings The Heart in Hand total to 31!