December Has Arrived

December is here, and along with it, a dose of cold weather.

My parents left this morning for the Caribbean (stinkers!).

The December AC4C Project is to make blankies for shelter pets. I whipped up several, using pieces of fleece that weren't large enough for baby blankets.

Two or three pieces serged together were just about the right size for a cat.

Wouldn't be suitable for a baby, as you wouldn't want all those serged edges right next to their skin. Our resident Cat, however, approved these heartily.

Photos to follow.

ETA: Photos! Two examples of smaller pieces, serged into something useful:

November Shipments

Finally back after picking up some nasty Spyware along the way.

After following NINE pages of directions, I seem to have the little bugger under control [quickly knocking on faux wood]!

A few quick photos of items that have gone out this week:





The scarf and mitts in the first photo (and several others like them) went to Cangleska, Inc., the shelter on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Cangleska

The scarf was knit for Marilyn, "The Baby Lady"* from the AC4C group, and sent to Re-Member on the Reservation in her honor. Re-Member

* When a group member donates 100 handmade items to the AC4C monthly projects, and the moderators verify the donations, "The Baby Lady" makes them up an authentically- sized preemie doll that can be used as a model for their handmade items. Several of us try to make a few extra items while Marilyn's busy "Makin' Babies'.

The scarf is 100% wool, and darn wide and long.

[My neighbor admired another scarf knit in the same wool, different color, and it ended up going home with her.]

The photo doesn't do it justice, because some little stinker manhandled (childhandled?) my camera. While it continues to limp along, working occasionally, the photo quality is... uh... poo-poo.