Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Announcing the Ships for This Year
This message from Lynne…
Great news ... with Shanti's assistance, we have selected two frigates that are currently deployed. The USS Rentz is off the coast of South America and the USS De Wert is in the 5th and 6th fleet areas of responsibility (Middle East and Mediterranean). Both ships have 220 - 240 sailors on board and are very excited about being our ships of choice for 2013. These numbers mean that we have just about the right number of hats available this year.
Great job everyone. You are going to make a lot of sailors happy this year.
Great news ... with Shanti's assistance, we have selected two frigates that are currently deployed. The USS Rentz is off the coast of South America and the USS De Wert is in the 5th and 6th fleet areas of responsibility (Middle East and Mediterranean). Both ships have 220 - 240 sailors on board and are very excited about being our ships of choice for 2013. These numbers mean that we have just about the right number of hats available this year.
Great job everyone. You are going to make a lot of sailors happy this year.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
They are arriving every day! These are the hats that have arrived over the last week or so. Aren't they beautiful!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Do you know Lynne?
November Deadline
First things first, don't forget our deadline is fast approaching. Hats need to be mailed to me, Sandra, on or before November 11th. If you do not have my address, please email us at hatsforsailors@gmail.com.
Do you know Lynne?
There are so many amazing and wonderful aspects of being involved with Hats for Sailors. One of the best is getting to know so many of you. We all have many facets to our lives, including Lynne. Most of you know her as Shanti's mommy. If you haven't read it before, Signature Needle Arts profiled her on their blog awhile ago but it is worth mentioning again for any of you that don't know her. Here is the link.
It is good to look back at how we started and the two amazing women who had this idea and made it happen.
First things first, don't forget our deadline is fast approaching. Hats need to be mailed to me, Sandra, on or before November 11th. If you do not have my address, please email us at hatsforsailors@gmail.com.
Do you know Lynne?
There are so many amazing and wonderful aspects of being involved with Hats for Sailors. One of the best is getting to know so many of you. We all have many facets to our lives, including Lynne. Most of you know her as Shanti's mommy. If you haven't read it before, Signature Needle Arts profiled her on their blog awhile ago but it is worth mentioning again for any of you that don't know her. Here is the link.
It is good to look back at how we started and the two amazing women who had this idea and made it happen.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Stalled at #41
I think I have always had this problem. I'm not sure if it is because I have a short attention span or that I am a procrastinator. Either way, it has negatively impacted my hat knitting over the past couple of weeks. As you already know, I am trying to knit 100 different hats from 100 different patterns. I plan on achieving this in 2 years, which is basically a hat a week. In order to stay on track, I need to have completed at least 50 hats by the end of the year. I was on #41.
I also seem to have great difficulty limiting the number of projects I have on my needles. I spend a lot of time knitting and I rotate through my projects, spending a little bit of time on each. Eventually I finish most of them. Sometimes projects have sat around long enough that it is like discovering it all over again and it motivates me to finish.
I seem to be having problems sticking to my point (which is part of my problem)!
I started a new hat from a great pattern that is perfect for when I need mindless knitting. I also chose a wonderful, plain yarn. The problem is that I had a mindless knitting pattern with mindless yarn and no time that required mindless knitting. To add to that, all of my other projects seemed to be at that same mindless stage. As a result, that hat just sat in the pile and I couldn't bring myself to work on it. Even worse, I started looking around for something interesting to do. It was like I moved into a place of magical thinking. " Oh, look at that beautiful sweater, I am sure I can whip out a tunic length cabled sweater in a week or two just working on it part-time!" (I couldn't finish a hat and I thought I could knit a sweater?) I spent a lot of time flirting with other patterns and yarn and feeling guilty for not paying attention to that hat.
Finally, I forced myself to work on THAT hat, even if it was just a few rows at a time. It started to grow much faster than a sweater would have. Once it got to the point that I could put it on my head to check the sizing, I realized that it is a great hat and my motivation came back. It was quickly finished. It IS a great hat. Now I am on to the next one. This new one has cables.
I am trying very hard to stay focused on our November 11th deadline! But, do I hear Christmas knitting calling?
I also seem to have great difficulty limiting the number of projects I have on my needles. I spend a lot of time knitting and I rotate through my projects, spending a little bit of time on each. Eventually I finish most of them. Sometimes projects have sat around long enough that it is like discovering it all over again and it motivates me to finish.
I seem to be having problems sticking to my point (which is part of my problem)!
I started a new hat from a great pattern that is perfect for when I need mindless knitting. I also chose a wonderful, plain yarn. The problem is that I had a mindless knitting pattern with mindless yarn and no time that required mindless knitting. To add to that, all of my other projects seemed to be at that same mindless stage. As a result, that hat just sat in the pile and I couldn't bring myself to work on it. Even worse, I started looking around for something interesting to do. It was like I moved into a place of magical thinking. " Oh, look at that beautiful sweater, I am sure I can whip out a tunic length cabled sweater in a week or two just working on it part-time!" (I couldn't finish a hat and I thought I could knit a sweater?) I spent a lot of time flirting with other patterns and yarn and feeling guilty for not paying attention to that hat.
Finally, I forced myself to work on THAT hat, even if it was just a few rows at a time. It started to grow much faster than a sweater would have. Once it got to the point that I could put it on my head to check the sizing, I realized that it is a great hat and my motivation came back. It was quickly finished. It IS a great hat. Now I am on to the next one. This new one has cables.
I am trying very hard to stay focused on our November 11th deadline! But, do I hear Christmas knitting calling?
Monday, September 30, 2013
A Few Changes
We have been making a few changes at Hats for Sailors. You have probably noticed. Our banners have changed, both here and on Ravelry.
We have a new logo that we are using in lots of places including a button. You may have noticed the button in a picture of yarn from last week's blog.
There is a lot of discussion on Ravelry. And a lot of inspiration in both our WIP and FO discussions. I have a lot of new ideas for my 100 hat patterns and others feel the same. So if you haven't been there for awhile, check out Ravelry.
We also have medals on Ravelry for 2013 that people can put on their Ravelry pages.
If you have any ideas or suggestions about promoting Hats for Sailors, let us know. You can comment here, on Ravelry or Facebook or send us an email at hatsforsailors@gmail.com
We have a new logo that we are using in lots of places including a button. You may have noticed the button in a picture of yarn from last week's blog.
There is a lot of discussion on Ravelry. And a lot of inspiration in both our WIP and FO discussions. I have a lot of new ideas for my 100 hat patterns and others feel the same. So if you haven't been there for awhile, check out Ravelry.
We also have medals on Ravelry for 2013 that people can put on their Ravelry pages.
If you have any ideas or suggestions about promoting Hats for Sailors, let us know. You can comment here, on Ravelry or Facebook or send us an email at hatsforsailors@gmail.com
Monday, September 23, 2013
More November Prizes
Here is a preview to the prizes we will be highlighting on Ravelry and Facebook this week. This is the last installment of November prizes. All of this yarn was donated by Lynne and Shanti!
The top skein is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock which is 80% Superwash Wool/20% Nylon with approximately 215 yards and the color is Purple Iris. The other skein is Koigu Wool Premium Merino with 175 yards.
This is two skeins of Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran which is 55% merino/35% mircrofiber and 10% cashmere. It is 83 yards per skein and gauge is 4 stitches per inch on size 8 needles. The other one is a lace scarf kit with 300 meters of Pansy Yarn from Artisan Lace.
And the GRAND PRIZE is 12 skeins of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Yarn which is 55% Merino wool/33% Microfibre/12% cashmere. There is 90meters in each skein and the color is Evergreen.
Three skeins of Lorna's Laces Lion & Lamb which is 50% silk and 50% wool and approximate 205 yards per skein. The color is Tahoe.
Joslyn's Fiber Farm Shine which is 50% fine silk and 50% fine wool. It is about 1900 yards of lace weight yarn. The color is Real Red.
From Cherry Tree Hill one skein of Possum lace which is 40% merino/40% possum/20% silk. It is 480 yards with a gauge of 7stitches per inch on size 4 needles. The color is Northern Lights. The other skein is Supersock Solids which is 100% merino fingering weight yarn with 370 yards per skein. The color is Violet.
The top skein is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock which is 80% Superwash Wool/20% Nylon with approximately 215 yards and the color is Purple Iris. The other skein is Koigu Wool Premium Merino with 175 yards.
This is two skeins of Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran which is 55% merino/35% mircrofiber and 10% cashmere. It is 83 yards per skein and gauge is 4 stitches per inch on size 8 needles. The other one is a lace scarf kit with 300 meters of Pansy Yarn from Artisan Lace.
And the GRAND PRIZE is 12 skeins of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Yarn which is 55% Merino wool/33% Microfibre/12% cashmere. There is 90meters in each skein and the color is Evergreen.
WOW! What great yarn and a huge thank you to Lynne and Shanti!!!
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