FEBRUARY MEETING

Winter is still here, and it's cold out there. So if you have a little time to spear to craft an item for some one in need, and have no time to attend a meeting, you can contact us to pick up your goods.
We are in great need of winter goods for the Homeless and Shelters in York Region. So please help us make a huge difference in York Region.
Here are some of the things we knit and crochet. We work all year round making warm clothing for the winter to keep some one warm.









The happy hooker is back!!!

Tracy is showing a baby blanket she crocheted.

And on the table are many, many more blankets and hats. Great job Tracy!

Leann a friend of Tracy knitted these baby jackets and mitts.
Thank you so much Leann!

And here is Siobhan showing this beautiful purple jacket.

Also on the table is a baby's bonnet and mitts whit a Cha Cha hat and scarf.

Well Maria! This Pullover is to beautiful to give away, but hey people this is what we do! not thing is to good for the people we donate to.

Maria loves the front post stitch as you can see, she made two more of those blankets. The are colourful and they are great for kids. Good stuff Maria!

Here is a hat and scarf she crocheted.

These three baby blankets were donated to COTC by Elisabet Truesdell a member of the Markham Guild.
Thank you very much for your donation.

Pat the knitting Machine is also back,

Here pat is showing a baby hat and mitts.



And here are a lot of preemie hats and a couple more blankets, from Pat.

Two beautiful hat and scarves from Margaret.

And Monica, a baby blanket and hat,

and on this table another blanket and a hat and scarf.

These are from Nayana, hats and scarves and a couple of preemie hats.

And this crocheted cross stitch baby blanket,

by me.

and on the table a blanket using the front post stitch. I also love this stitch. And to use up the Christmas yarn we have inherited, a hat and scarf.

Thank you Ladies for such a veriaty of clothing. Keep up the good work.

2010 FIRST MEETING

This is very good for the first meeting of the year, considering the number of members that attended. I was very grateful that they made time over the Holidays to work on their projects.

Thanks you all for your hard work and devotion to Casting off The Cold. This year we have added a new Charity, the Bereavement Program for the Markham Stouffville Hospital. One suggestion for the blankets, they should be done in cotton and you can find the sizes on the blog.

For those who would really like to help out with any of the Charities we support and cannot join us at our meetings, we do have an on line group. So please join us on line, every one is welcome. Knitters, Crocheters, Quilters, and if you sew that will help also. I am looking forward to hearing from you.


Now for the members show, hear we go!!

Well Tracy you did it again, this is one amazing Afghan. It is made up with 56 different squares and some of the squares has a beautiful motif on it.To check them out, click on the picture.

Here is another, just gorgeous.

what a beautiful paw print blanket.



Here some of her fleece blankets, always lovely.

And some preemie blankets.

This one is an abstract,

And this one is the crazy blanket,

The lady bug.

I must say that Tracy has been very creative over the holidays. Keep it up Tracy!!!

lots more from Tracy, fun scarves,

Hats and scarves,




A shawl and two scarves.

Beautiful Cathrine Wheel scarf.



Lots of hats,

Do you love it!!



And of course a baby dress.

Also Madge as been working hard over the holidays, here she is

showing off this beautiful scarf,

And lots of hats, Scarves, and some preemie hats.

It looks like Pat has been working a lot over the holidays, as you can see she is modeling one of her scarves. And lots of hats on the table.

Fahida is a new member from Richmond Hill, and she is working on a baby blanket.

Preemie hats and a cotton baby blanket, from Barb.

And here she is showing this unusual blanket. You can click on the photo to see the stitch. I love the colour.

This blue and white hat and scarf is from Jane.




Margret has worked a storm, She is modeling one of her scarves, and in her hand is a hat and scarf.

That's a lot of hats and scarves for some one who just started back knitting.

Monica decided to design a hat, andit turned out great!! I love it.

And many more hats and scarves.

I was not able to produce as many as the others, because I have been working on Afghans for gifts. So here are a couple of hats and scarves from me.

This afghan is one of the gifts,

I am sure some of you saw me working on this one, here it is finished. This one is in Winnipeg.
I will post photos of the others when I get them, since I forgot to take shots of them.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

Hello very one, I hope you all had a great holiday season and will be ready to start the New Year working on projects for those in need.

unfortunately we will not be meeting today January the 3rd because of the weather. We have rescheduled the meeting to January 10th at the Markham Library at 1pm to 3pm. For all new members who would like to join us, we will get back on schedule in February to meet at the Markham Library first Sunday of the month and Richmond Hill Michael's the second Sunday of the month.

I am looking forward to seeing you all then.

BATA SHOE MUSEUM'S ANNUAL SOCK DRIVE

Calling all knitters and crocheters to the Bata Shoe Museum for their annual warm the Sole Sock Drive.

You are invited to join them on Nov, 13/29 2009 on the bottom floor, in the knitting nook room to knit or crochet a scarf. All finished items will be donated to the Scott Mission.

The weather is defiantly getting colder and it is such a great feeling to help keep some one warm this winter. So get your needles out and grab some yarn and head on down to the Museum and knit up a scarf. Be kind to some one this winter.

For more info you can to http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/

Have Fun!!!

ANNUAL DONATION DAY 2009

November 1st was our big donation day, we donated over 1500 items to many shelters in York Region. Here are a few pictures of the representatives collecting there goods, and as you can see they were all so appreciative for what they received.

The Member were working very hard this year, so we were able to have a lot of baby blankets and afghans, so the Charities will have enough for all the little ones.

I am very grateful to have such a great bunch of ladies volunteering their precious time to make a difference in York Region. As always, I could not do this with out you.

I would like to thank you all very much.

Here you can see a few of the bags and a display of items on the table.

Representatives from the Yellow Brick House, The Pregnancy Centre,
Pathways, and Krasman Centre.

Members of Casting Off The Cold.

And Pat working on a scarf,

Barb and Madge knitting away, already they are thinking of next year.

I had to tell them to take a break and work on some thing for your self or a Christmas gift.

Out side of the Markham Library, Rogers TV taking some Pictures for the evening news.

DONATION FROM KNITTING KNITCH KNITTERS

Thank you Knitting knitch, for your wonderful donation of baby outfits, it is people like you in our community who really help make a difference. The outfits will be donating to these two charities, Rose of Sharon and the Pregnancy Centre, In York Region. And I am sure they will be delighted when they receive these gorgeous baby items.

Thank you once again and keep up the good work.

If any one is looking for pattern books at a good price, you should check out the knittingknitch first.. I found some wonderful patterns books for baby blankets. You can find the link on the blog.

MORE DONATIONS

This is wonderful, we are still receiving donation, thanks to the members, working very hard to fill a few bags we are very short of hats and scarves for the outreach programs.

To all the knitters and crocheters out there we would appreciate your help very much. If you would like to donate knitted or crocheted good, please send us an email and we will arrange for pick up or drop off.





At the last meeting in Richmond Hill, a new member Janice made these squares for us to put together, and I have to say that her work is very good.

These are some Cha Cha scarves she knitted, and she left some yarn to knit up hats to go with them. Barbara and Siobhan has taken the challenge.

also a crocheted baby blanket.

Maria did it again, sweaters for kids,

and another blanket using the front post.

And lots of hats to match up scarves.

here are some hats and scarves from Nayana,

This blanket Nayana put together, the squares were knitted by Liz.