Our Baby Items have been delivered just in time for Christmas!

I have awesome news ladies! Since we've all been busy busy and haven't had a chance to get together to take the bins of baby items in, I had Chris take them in and drop them off today!

He spoke to Lisa at St. Vincent's. She is the contact for The Children's Miracle Network there. Chris said she was so happy because there are many little ones leaving the hospital today, and that have left already, who didn't even have a blanket or hat! Last he saw her, she was headed upstairs to dig through our goodies :)

I think our assumption that others are donating to the hospital as well was wrong! We should think about making more since winter has only just started and there will be so many more babies without warm blankets to go home in. Then maybe we could take a field trip in to drop off the next batch?

I'm so very happy that we were able to get the blankets, booties, and hats into the hospital in time for this freezing cold weather. It's a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that those precious ones will be snuggled inside the love we put into making them! That is certainly what makes it worth while to me, nothing could be better!

Merry Christmas ladies! I'm so proud of you!

 Just a reminder that our very first Knotty Christmas Party will be on Tuesday, December 21st at Aunt Edith's home. The festivities will be from 10am - 3pm. I will be bringing a deli tray, Leann is bringing croissants (yum!), and I believe Aunt Edith is making a dessert. So if you'd like to bring a treat to share then that would be wonderful but we won't starve if you don't!

Also, I know I promised to get the blog spruced up a bit but honestly I've been so busy that I forgot! I am making it a New Year's resolution to have our new look live in the first week of 2011. Suggestions welcome! See you next week!

Welcome to the Knotty Stitchers Blog!

   Hi! Henrietta here doing the inaugural post on our blog :) This is our little spot for members of The Knotty Stitchers to share what they've made, fun resources, and ideas with each other. Our most recent project was to fill two totes with knitted, sewn, and crocheted items for the NICU and maternity ward at one of our local hospitals. 

   Our original plan had been to make items for preemie babies but after speaking with a very nice lady at the hospital we were told that they have a need for more than just preemie items. She said that there are many many young single mothers who come in, they do not have much and would be so appreciativeve of anything we could donate. So with that information in mind, we set out to make as many blankets, hats, and booties as we could in a variety of sizes and colors. 

So proud of you ladies for all your hard work!

   Leann took a final tally and I believe we have 33 various blankets with just as many hats and booties to take in. We have tentative plans to take a group field trip to the hospital to donate the items then go out for a ladies lunch. This will be scheduled at our next meeting, which is tomorrow!