Long time, no blog

Haven't been here in almost two months.  Wow!  But I have spent a lot of time knitting, mostly charity things.  The church group that I knit with donates prayer shawls to the VA hospital and hospice here in town, so I have knit a couple of long rectangular shawls.  These are a simple chevron pattern that is perfect for car knitting, which is where one of them was done.  They are 55 inches long and 17 inches deep, and are knit from 3 skeins each of Caron Simply Soft.

The other charity project that I participate in with my church group is hats for babies and children.  Last year we donated over 500 hats from preemie to adult.  The hats were made for church members, kids at the Boys and GIrls Club, and those served by the homeless shelter and domestic abuse shelter.  I have discovered my new favorite hat, that can be made in any size simply by changing yarn and needles.  The pictures below are from sock yarn (preemie hats), sport weight (baby hat) and worsted weight (kids and adult hats.)  The pattern is called Aviatrix, and is on Ravelry.  It is simple to memorize, and quick to knit.  I used up leftover yarn from my mom's Red Heart stash to create solid/variegated hats.