Since I posted Part 1 of my crocheting story last year, I figured I should post part two this year that I typed up to put in my Record book (explanation in Part 1). I love doing this to see where I was a year ago, and how far I have come in a year!
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My Crocheting Story
My favorite hobby has been the same for several years. That
hobby – crocheting has taken me beyond my wildest dreams.
If you read my Crocheting Story last year you would have
heard all about the first year of the Block Party, how that birthed my mission
trip to Ukraine, and about the beginnings of the adoption of my little brother
Elijah. As well as how I was selling items to bring him home. I’m going to
leave off from there and tell you about this past year.
After an amazing benefit from our church raised all the
money we needed to bring Elijah home, I decided to change my blog to Handiwork
for Tori to raise money for another little girl who needed a family. After she
got fully funded and found a family I changed my blog to Handiwork for Anastasia,
but then Tori’s family decided to adopt her too! After that I went through
Handiwork for Sergey, Handiwork for Eddie, Handiwork for Noah, Handiwork for
Jonathan (my other new little brother), and Handiwork for Lilly, the current child.
My friend Rachel has also been helping me crochet things to
sell since Handiwork for Jonathan. We sell most of our items on our blog – www.handiworkforelijah.blogspot.com,
but we also do some craft sales.
Above is our business card, with Elijah at the top right and
going clockwise to the bottom right and across are all the children we have
featured – Tori, Anastasia, Sergey, Eddie, Noah, Jonathan, and Lilly on the top
left. I’m so grateful that God has given me the gift to crochet so
I can help these precious children in this way!!
Also thanks to the hobby of crocheting, this past year, I
organized, with Rachel and my mother’s help, the second annual Block Party this
past February. An explanation of the Block Party – I ask a bunch of knitters
and crocheters to make 6 inch squares or blocks. Then on a Saturday morning, we
get together and sew them together into blankets which we send over to Ukraine.
In 2010, the first year, we had 308 blocks. This past year, my goal was to
double that, and double we did!! We had a grand total of 659 blocks!!! The 308
blocks of last year made 8 blankets and 2 scarves; and the 659 of this year
made about 18 blankets! A group of quilters also made 20 more quilts, out of
fabric, not yarn. In addition to that, we had lots of scarves, slippers, hats,
and other items of the sort donated too!
For this coming made
about 18 blankets! A group of quilters also made 20 more quilts, out of fabric,
not yarn. In addition to that, we had lots of scarves, slippers, hats, and
other items of the sort donated too!
For this coming year, the Third Annual block Party, my goal
is 1000 blocks. I thought this goal was crazy at first! But hey, the Block
Party isn’t till February, and we are currently just over 75% of our goal!!!
Yep, we are just over 750 blocks!! Crazy? I think so!! I can’t wait to see the
results of this year’s party and the follow year! J Here are picture’s from this
past year’s party –
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| One of the finished quilts |
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| Finished Blankets - |
