Pop 'N Love

Yesterday I finally made it over to Norman C. Sleezer Youth Home to drop off the things I wanted to donate. It wasn't bitterly cold out so that helped the process a lot.


Among the crocheted items that I left at their new home is the purple scarf you see in three different shades of Pop 'N Yarn brand yarn. I LOVE that yarn! It feels thicker than other 4-ply worsted weight yarns and the colors are so deep. Love it! I've already started another scarf in Royal Blue.


Back to the donations: I had collected a variety of items from around the house and bought a few extra things such as shampoo, conditioner when I went shopping for my own needs.



The receptionist filled out a donations intake form. She asked for my name and address and I named the things that I brought while she wrote them down.


I shared notebooks, pens, pencils, postcards, construction paper, some bookmarks that I'd made, stickers, suckers, shampoo & conditioner samples, pocket combs, green nail polish, some of my surplus emery boards. One of the ladies in the reception area said that they are going to love me. Wow! I remember being a teenage girl. I clocked countless hours doing my hair and nails. I do have lots of hair stuff from my cosmetology school days around here that I don't use, hmmm.


Last night I felt inspired enough by the experience and abundance of stuff to start another box of donations for the same place. So far there's a sweater and a pair of shoes that I've never worn anywhere. I'll donate more hair scrunchies.

Click on the pic to get a better view of the stuff. A black loom-knit hat, fleece scarf, crochet headbands, a couple of wrist purses, four pairs of pants, a top and a soft grey sweater. Important for me to keep some sort of log so I don't imagine that I still have the items and go looking for them in the house again.















I hope that colorful blanket (double-stranded, double crochet) provides the girls with warmth and cheer.

I was on another introvert vacation last week. Here's a pile of the stuff that I worked on finishing off. Have woven in the ends on several of the things. I think the teal & white blanket might be the only thing there that I might not donate. We'll see. I feel ready to start another scrap blanket.













This is the double-stranded half double crochet poncho that I impulsively decided to start making to fit a toddler. I slip-stitched the seams together. I'm going to go around the neckline and bottom in pink Caron Simply Soft yarn and add a millefiore flower embellishment.