May 2012 - Picture Gallery

These are some of the handmade items we completed this month. Please feel free to share your pictures as well.

Project 2012 Unveiled: The Lighthouse Center

Our 2012 Project is officially kicking off as of now! The Lighthouse Center in Virginia Beach needs 60 cold weather sets to give out during Winter 2012. The majority of their population is male so let's keep most sets gender neutral. For our purposes, a set consists of a hat and scarf (mittens, gloves, earmuffs, etc. would be nice but are not mandatory). Please go to to find out more about The Lighthouse Center and get a feel for the community that you will help this year.Thank you all for your time and generosity. Let's try to make it to our goal of 60 sets by November 1. Like last year, I will request a tally once a month just to gauge where we are as a group. I will write everyone for our first tally on June 1. Dust off those hooks and needles and let's get to work ladies!

SHOL Project 2012 - TBA soon!

Hi ladies, I hope you have enjoyed the last few months and feel refreshed. With Easter right around the corner, I will shortly announce Sew Hooked on Love's 2012 project. I am prayerfully narrowing down our choices. I love starting our projects around Easter, it helps me remember why I'm doing what I do. Because Christ loves me and His love compels me to love others, even in seemingly small ways. Our deadline will always be November 1. My desire is to free us up for November so we can tend to our holiday preparations.

This year, there will be a few changes. I will be moving to CT for 1 - 4 years. My husband was given surprise orders and we are rolling with the changes. However, my friend and fellow SHOL member, Elizabeth, has enthusiastically offered to help carry on the part of SHOL's work that needs a local contact. Me and her will share admin duties and she will be the one who will collect and deliver our items.I will crochet and mail my stuff to her. So, SHOL emails may come from me or Elizabeth. She is an awesome friend and sister in Christ. Please copy both of us on any email correspondence.

I want to thank all of you for joining us for another year. We each pay for our own yarn and we spend hours working on things for people we will never meet. Honestly, the fact that you joined this group says a lot about your desire to give. I thank God for each of you and your big giving hearts. Thank you!

Last piece of business, we are always looking for volunteers to join our ranks of hooks and needles. Please pass on the word to friends and family who may be interested in something like this.

Love, Sandra

P.S. - I called the For Kids Homeless Shelter this week and they reported back that they distributed every single one of our 110 donated pieces. Yay! I wish we could have seen the kids enjoying the items but, understandably, the kids at the shelter cannot be photographed. Let's gear up for another year of meaningful giving.

1-0-5 sounds soooo fine!

Ladies, you all went above and beyond! Thank you for all your hard work.

OUR FINAL TOTAL: 105 cold weather items. Here's our SWEET breakdown:

39 Hats
22 Afghans
42 Scarves
1 Earmuffs
1 Sweater

Tomorrow is donation day. The For Kids organization is also giving our group a one- hour tour at 10 am. Please contact me if you need more information. 

May God bless each one of you during this upcoming holiday season. They'll be plenty to do during this time of year. I am just wrapping up my first crocheted Christmas gift of the season (a throw for my dad). I hope you have enjoyed our first project. I'll email all of you next Spring with our next project. Til then, you can give those hooks and needles a rest. It's a wrap for 2011!

Alexis' Latest Creations

One of our lovely members shared the following pictures of her lovely work, which will all be going to the For Kids Organization in a few days. I'm in LOVE with the rose-colored one. Great job girl! You are inspiring me to take a stab at knitting.

My latest hat and scarf combo

This is my latest patten. This one is for a 1 - 4 year old. I made it using Michael's Loops and Threads, which was on sale last week. Only 2.99 per skein. Normally, they are $4.99 a skein. I went ahead and bought a grey, deep purple and a lavender skein. My next set will be in this pattern in either the purple or lavender and for an older little girl. Can't wait to see how that turns out.

September was GOOD!

We really outdid ourselves this month! You ladies came in with full force. Let's get straight to the numbers because they speak for themselves...

5 Scarves
7 Hats
3 Afghans

SEPTEMBER TOTAL: 15 more pieces

OUR GRAND TOTAL: 62 pieces of cold weather items. Here's our current breakdown:

1 Sweater
19 Hats
13 Afghans
28 Scarves
1 Earmuffs

It was very pleasurable for me to crochet with the cooler weather. There was even a day or two so far this month that I had to put hats on my children before going outside. I remember thinking, "Imagine if I didn't have a hat to put on my kiddos right now..." Unfortunately, there are mothers in Hampton Roads in that situation. I thank the Lord for each one of you. That has really driven me to buy tons of yarn (on sale :) this month and try my hardest to crochet some more items.
It's our last month to make a few more items; lets keep those hooks and needles going!