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Auction for Ukraine: First Up, MomSense! (Open Thread)

by WaterGirl|  March 27, 202211:08 am| 155 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, War in Ukraine

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Happy Sunday!

QuiltingFool had a wonderful idea – to auction off her Ukraine quilt on Balloon Juice, with the winning bidder entering the winning amount through the Balloon Juice for Ukraine thermometer.  Winner obviously gets to choose one or all 5 of the organizations in the thermometer.

While QuiltingFool puts the finishing touches on her quilt, we thought we could have an auction of some wonderful knitted items from MomSense.

Let’s set the mood – this is the MomSense family wharf, back when they still had a shipbuilding wharf!

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HATS

Both hats are  knit to fit 22”-25” circumference. They do stretch quite a bit so will fit smaller or larger if needed. I would call them size large.  The yarn for both is considered luxury and both are my designs so no copyright issues.

Item 1: Jasper Hat  (bidding starts at $60)

Named for the amazing Jasper Beach in Cutler Maine.  The beach is rocky beach with stones of all sizes from pebble to Boulder. The design is meant to look like the play of the tides with the stones.  The wool is hand dyed in Texas 100%  superwash merino ethically sourced in Peru.

Item 2:  The Coastie  (bidding starts at $60)

This hat is called the Coastie inspired by Rockland’s Broadway Knight, my family history of shipbuilding and seafaring, and the modern day knights – the US Coast Guard stationed in Rockland.  The pattern is made of traditional cables that look like rope and armor.  The yarn is 100% merino from Queensland Australia. It looks rustic but this is wicked soft and warm.

Bidding will be open until 2pm Eastern on Monday.  That will give the weekday BJ peeps a chance, and not just the east coast peeps.  Surely the west cost peeps will be up and about by then. :-)

SWEATERS AND HATS FOR KIDS!

Item 3: Blue Snowflake Sweater  (bidding starts at $75)

Size 9 months, chest circumference 21 inches, length 10.5 inches. Unisex- 100% wool.

Item 4: Baby Beanie  (bidding starts at $25)

Soft merino/cashmere in a beautiful sea glass color.
16-18 inches circumference but very stretchy.
Can add a pompom or two if wanted.

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Item 5: Summer Daisy Hat   (bidding starts at $25)

newborn to six months, 16 inch circumference
Perfect for summer! 100% cotton.

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Item 6:  Candy Dot Sweater   (bidding starts at $75)

6-8 months, chest circumference 21”
Summer cardigan in the lightest, softest wool.
Inspired by the dots candy from the penny candy shop I loved as a child.

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Item 7:  Gnome Hat  (bidding starts at $25)

This is a 100% merino infant gnome hat. Very soft and warm. Perfect for baby’s first Christmas. Can add a white pompom to make it a Santa hat.This is a Scandinavian hat pattern.

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Item 8:  Cranberry Cardigan   (bidding starts at $35)

This is 100% wool – Fair isle cardigan.
Very warm and pretty size 6-9 months. Chest circumference is 20”.
This was a test sweater for content, so it’s not perfect, so the starting bid is lower.  The sweater is sweet and warm and a great deal.

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Thanks, MomSense for your generosity!

I will add a comment for each of the 8 items, and if you want to bid on an item, simply reply to that comment.

If you want to bid on more than one item, please reply to the comment for each of the items you want to bid on.

*We didn’t talk shipping, but I imagine that the buyer would pay for MomSense to ship to you (or to someone else if you are giving an item as a gift).

Also, OPEN THREAD.

Update at 1:30 pm:  Bidding will be open until 2pm Eastern on Monday.  That will give the weekday BJ peeps a chance, and not just the east coast peeps.  Surely the west cost peeps will be up and about by then. :-)

 

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:08 am

    Item 1: Jasper Hat  (bidding starts at $60)

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Item 2:  The Coastie  (bidding starts at $60)

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Item 3: Blue Snowflake Sweater  (bidding starts at $75)

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Item 4: Baby Beanie  (bidding starts at $25)

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Item 5: Summer Daisy Hat   (bidding starts at $25)

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Item 6:  Candy Dot Sweater   (bidding starts at $75)

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Item 7:  Gnome Hat  (bidding starts at $25)

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Item 8:  Cranberry Cardigan   (bidding starts at $35)

  9. 9.

    debbie

    March 27, 2022 at 11:21 am

    There is nothing sweeter than tiny sweaters! ?

  10. 10.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:21 am

    @WaterGirl: 

    Item 2: The Coastie (bidding starts at $60)

    I like the coastie. I’ll open the bidding at $60. Canadians would call that a very nice toque.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:25 am

    @debbie: I want that candy dot sweater, so adorable!  But I have no one to give it to.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:27 am

    @Thor Heyerdahl: Pretend I’m talking really fast, using a lot of words, ending with “and we have $60!”

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:30 am

    I’m going to add this link here since only 9 people saw it on the overnight post I put up a few days ago.

    Subaru Diane sent this 5-minute video to me, it’s awesome, and it deserves to be seen.

    Hans Davis – Shadow Act – The world greatest Cabaret

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:31 am

    Does anyone else remember a penny candy store from when they were kids?

  15. 15.

    CaseyL

    March 27, 2022 at 11:38 am

    Those sweaters are just so adorable!

  16. 16.

    JR

    March 27, 2022 at 11:39 am

    Lovely knits, Momsense. The gnome hat looks like a Phrygian hat to me, though.

    A la lanterne!

  17. 17.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 11:40 am

    @Thor Heyerdahl:

    Yes a Toque but not a Tam!

    Two of my kids have a Coastie and they wear them all the time.  The other wears the Jasper hat all the time.
    I make the brims extra long so you can roll it up and have twice the warmth around your ears.

  18. 18.

    debbie

    March 27, 2022 at 11:41 am

    According to @bellingcat the Russian FSB paid billions of $ to ensure that some shadowy political class in Ukraine supported this war & created an internal coup d'état immediately after the invasion. But Ukrainian agents who took the money ditched them.They just screwed them over— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) March 27, 2022

  19. 19.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 11:42 am

    @JR:

    Oh cool.  There is a lot of sharing of knit designs.  I found Scandinavian examples of this hat and other examples called gnome or pixie hats.

  20. 20.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 11:43 am

    @WaterGirl:

    OMG, yes! The best one was a kiosk in the gorgeous Post Office in Oak Park. It was a newsstand-cum-tobacconist-cum-candy shop, operated by a blind man who nevertheless knew his inventory. I used to buy my Little Lulu comic books there, as well as the pastel candy dots on long strips of paper, Fleer’s Double Dubble Bubble Gum (it always included a comic strip and a joke or riddle of some kind), wax bottles and lips filled with coloured sugar water, candy cigarettes, and so much more. A dime-a-week allowance went a long way then!

    (Some editing post-posting).

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:45 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: You forgot to mention red licorice!

  22. 22.

    Jerzy Russian

    March 27, 2022 at 11:45 am

    @WaterGirl:   I remember a Woolworth’s Five  and Dime store from when I was chronologically 12 years old (mentally I have been stuck at 12 years of age for the last 43 years).  I am not sure all if the items in the store actually costed either 5 or 10 cents.   I don’t specifically remember any penny candy stores.

  23. 23.

    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 11:47 am

    @WaterGirl: I remember penny candy.  Also when candy bars were a nickel, and Three Musketeers had three sections. :-)

    I carry a stone from Jasper Beach in my pocket, a bit of Maine to go with me wherever I go. Plus it’s so smooth, it’s my worry stone.

    A question for Momsense — maybe I missed it, but what size is the cranberry cardigan? I have a new grandkid, born in Nov 2021, and am wondering if it would be a good size for her next fall.

  24. 24.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 11:48 am

    The hats are gorgeous. Not much call to wear them in this climate, but I’m trying think in terms of birthday and Christmas gifts for next year.

  25. 25.

    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 11:48 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Wax lips and candy cigarettes, oh my!

    Also makes me remember how many nickels my brother and I spent on packs of baseball cards. If only we had kept track of them before our mother cleaned out the basement 30 years later…..

  26. 26.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 11:50 am

    Jasper Beach is in Cutler, Maine.  Cutler was an important place during the Cold War as it was the sight of a US Naval listening station.  There were tall towers with constantly turning equipment.  This part of Maine is called the bold coast and is the easternmost part of the United States.

  27. 27.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 11:51 am

    @JanieM:

    May be a little small by then.  The chest circumference is 21”

  28. 28.

    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 11:51 am

    @MomSense: Okay, thanks.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 11:53 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I didn’t forget. It was deliberate :-)

    Never have been a fan of licorice, whether red or black.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:53 am

    @JanieM: That was a copy & paste error on my part.

    I have added the size info for the cranberry cardigan up top.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:54 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Pistols at dawn!

  32. 32.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 11:55 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I’m going to add this link here since only 9 people saw it on the overnight post I put up a few days ago.

    Subaru Diane sent this 5-minute video to me, it’s awesome, and it deserves to be seen.
    Hans Davis – Shadow Act – The world greatest Cabaret

    I saw it.  I watched it.  I loved it.  So good.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:55 am

    @MomSense:  I think you should rethink the name of the summer daisy hat – that twist at the top reminds me of bam-bam.  Or was it pebbles?

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 11:56 am

    @mrmoshpotato: It really is amazing.

  35. 35.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 11:57 am

    @WaterGirl: I’ll start at $60.

  36. 36.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 11:57 am

    @WaterGirl: I like the Jasper. I’ll open with $60.

  37. 37.

    Miss Bianca

    March 27, 2022 at 11:58 am

    @WaterGirl: Hey, only nine people may have commented, but I saw it last night! And yeah, it was amazing.

    Oh, sweaters and hats, so gorgeous! MomSense is such a fiber artist, I am in awe of anyone who can knit – I am all thumbs with a pair of knitting needles, as it turns out.

  38. 38.

    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 11:58 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    @WaterGirl:

    Pistols at dawn!

    Black licorice for me.

    What do you call a duel if thee are three people in it?  :-)

  39. 39.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 11:59 am

    @PAM Dirac: Messed that up. I switched over to my laptop to see what I’m doing. Will reply to the correct comment.

  40. 40.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 11:59 am

    @WaterGirl: Do the pistols shoot licorice?

    Mmmmmm Twizzlers Pull N Peel

  41. 41.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    @WaterGirl:

     

    Item 1: Jasper Hat

    I will start the bidding on item 1 at $60

  42. 42.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    @JanieM:

    Black licorice for me.

    Why does that even exist? :)

  43. 43.

    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Why does any of it exist?

    Sugar + (whatever)…..

    But I liked Black Jack gum as a kid too, and didn’t like the flavor of red licorice at all.

  44. 44.

    Miss Bianca

    March 27, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: THEM’S FIGHTIN’ WORDS, SPUD-BOY!!

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    @PAM Dirac: @grandmaBear:

    I think that’s two $60 bids for the Jasper hat.  Do I hear $65?

  46. 46.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I think that’s two $60 bids for the Jasper hat. Do I hear $65?

    I’ll do $75 for the Jasper

  47. 47.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I don’t care for licorice, and don’t eat it.

    That leaves more licorice for you.

    Win-win!

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    @PAM Dirac: @grandmaBear:

    That’s $75 for the Jasper from PAM Dirac.

    grandmaBear?

  49. 49.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    @JanieM:

    Why does any of it exist?

    Sugar + (whatever)…..

    LOL!

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Your offer is acceptable!  :-)

  51. 51.

    Sure Lurkalot

    March 27, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    @WaterGirl: My great uncle owned a five and dime. I remember much of the candy already mentioned, also orange wax whistles, elastic candy necklaces and Sugar Daddy pops. There was also a lot of cheap toys-caps, paddle balls, a kit with a straw and smelly stuff to blow balloons, jacks, etc. And Millie the Model comic books.

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    ::  fingers tapping on the table as I consider what might be considered a proportionate response ::

  53. 53.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    @JanieM:

    Or — since I declined the challenge — what do you call a duel if there’s only one person in it?

  54. 54.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    @Miss Bianca:

    THEM’S FIGHTIN’ WORDS, SPUD-BOY!! 

    SPUD-MAN!!  You see the “mr!”

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    We have bidding action on the two grown-up hats.  Clearly we need more babies around this place!

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    Does anyone think the idea of an auction for the Ukraine quilt is a good idea?

  57. 57.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 27, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    @Sure Lurkalot:

    I don’t remember Millie the Model, but I remember both Mopsy Modes and Katy Keene.  Paper dolls among the comic strips! And wasn’t Little Lulu’s Aunt Fritzi a fashion model with a fabulous wardrobe?

  58. 58.

    Madeleine

    March 27, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: #2 Coastie—I’ll raise to $65. Beautiful knitting, MomSense, wonderful patterns. Makes me think of my mother’s, especially the baby sweaters.

  59. 59.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: “They call me… MISTER SpudMan!!!!!”

    Doesn’t quite have the weight of “They call me MISTER TIBBS!”

  60. 60.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    @WaterGirl: I think Miss Bianca beat you to it. ?

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    @Thor Heyerdahl: @Madeleine:

    That’s a bid of $65 by Madeleine for The Coastie.

    Do I hear $70?

  62. 62.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Clearly we need more babies around this place! 

    That’s a rotating tag line.  Like now.  Just overrule John.

  63. 63.

    Orange is the New Red

    March 27, 2022 at 12:22 pm

    @WaterGirl: $70 for the Coastie

  64. 64.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:22 pm

    @WaterGirl: coastie I’ll raise to $75

  65. 65.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    @WaterGirl: Never seen it, but I’ll add it to my list.

  66. 66.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 12:31 pm

    @WaterGirl: $80 for Jasper

  67. 67.

    debbie

    March 27, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I remember everything on your list, but I especially loved those dots! About as much payoff as a pomegranate, though.

  68. 68.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    Here’s an article about Jasper Beach – 2nd to last photo shows how the rocks look when they are wet.
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/maine/jasper-beach-me/

  69. 69.

    Raven

    March 27, 2022 at 12:35 pm

    @WaterGirl: Does Vriners count?

  70. 70.

    Sure Lurkalot

    March 27, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Yes! The store had lots of paper dolls but sadly, I don’t remember them too clearly.

  71. 71.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    @Raven: I loved Vriners!  They had the best ever candy cane sticks, hands-down, no chemical flavor at all.

    And other candy. And I liked their food.

  72. 72.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Item 7:  Gnome Hat

    I’ll give $25 to start the bidding.

    You may have to remind me to pay up if I win.  (How long is the auction open?)

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    @grandmaBear: that’s $80 for the Jasper from grandmaBear.

    @PAM Dirac:  You were at $75, the ball is in your court now.

    If I missed anyone else bidding on the Jasper, let me know please.

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    @HinTN:

    Thanks for bidding on the gnome hat, that is one of my favorites.  So fun!

  75. 75.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    @Thor Heyerdahl: You’re at $75 for the Coastie.

    @Orange is the New Red:  Last I saw, you were at $70.

    @Madeleine:  Last I saw, you were at $65.

    Do I hear $80?

  76. 76.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    @WaterGirl:

     

    You were at $75, the ball is in your court now.

    It’s for a good cause so I’ll go $100 for the Jasper.

  77. 77.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    @PAM Dirac: That’s PAM Diract for $100.  Go you!

    @grandmaBear: the ball is in your court now.

  78. 78.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 12:48 pm

    Question to everyone who is bidding:

    For the quilt, we will showcase the quilt in a thread ahead of time, and announce the date/time for the bidding ahead of time.

    but for these smaller items…

    Should we leave this open for 24 hours?

    End bidding if someone bids 2x the amount to open the bidding?

  79. 79.

    J R in WV

    March 27, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    Can’t wear wool of any flavor, but wow the goods are so so good!!!

    And the shipbuilding, from back when the ships were wood and the men were iron! Wow, what a family heritage! I was in the Navy of Iron ships, and the men were not. Iron, that is.

    Thanks for sharing the historic photo, and for raising funds for the Ukrainian people!!

  80. 80.

    Nancy

    March 27, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    @WaterGirl:  I will bid $50.00 for the summer daisy baby hat. Hope I’m doing this right.

    I decided to bid more before I read Watergirl’s idea about ending the bidding.

    I am fine either way. I need a baby gift in the summer so this seems perfect.

  81. 81.

    PAM Dirac

    March 27, 2022 at 1:02 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Should we leave this open for 24 hours?

    End bidding if someone bids 2x the amount to open the bidding?

    I would be happy to leave it up to you. It is for a good cause and I’m not going to get stressed by any of the details.

  82. 82.

    Raven

    March 27, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: I knew Pete, Willie and Georgia back in the day!

  83. 83.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    @J R in WV:

    I think there is a fight happening in the foreground.  You can still walk out on the wharf – it’s made of earth.  The wooden pilings and staging are all decaying into the sea.  It’s one of my favorite places to walk, just across the street from my dad’s place.  The plan for 2020 was to add a park there – just a simple place with several benches, but COVID delayed things.  It’s one of the stops on the Harbor Trail.  My dad and some townspeople convinced the town and local businesses to create a pedestrian walk along the water.  It’s become such a nice feature.  There are lots of little parks and picnic places along the trail now.

  84. 84.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    @MomSense:

    Here is a link to the harbor trail.

    https://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/rockland-harbor-trail

  85. 85.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 1:14 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    End bidding if someone bids 2x the amount to open the bidding?

    I think that if you choose this route and there is bidding between two or more friends of Ukraine, then there should be an opportunity for best and final offers.

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    @Nancy: You did it right!

    $50 bid for the adorable daisy hat.

  87. 87.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 1:23 pm

    @HinTN: I don’t actually know much at all about bidding and auctions.

    So I have no idea if ending the bidding at 2x makes any sense, I’m just throwing ideas out there and asking for more.

    But a final opportunity for best and final offers sounds like a good idea, on matter what.   thanks for the idea.

  88. 88.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 1:25 pm

    @Raven: I think we all did.  :-)  Though I’m pretty sure I couldn’t pick the out of a lineup at this point.

    Though I’m sure I could recognize them, but I wouldn’t know the they were from Vriners.  So sad when it closed.

  89. 89.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    @WaterGirl: too much for me – I’m out.

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    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    @MomSense: It looks lovely, I am so jealous.

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 1:30 pm

    @grandmaBear: Thanks for being part of this!

  92. 92.

    delk

    March 27, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    You bought penny candy at the corner store. Convenience Stores pretty much killed all of them off.

  93. 93.

    artem1s

    March 27, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I’ll go to $80 for The Coastie

  94. 94.

    Madeleine

    March 27, 2022 at 1:34 pm

    @WaterGirl: $80 for Coastie!

  95. 95.

    Raven

    March 27, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    @WaterGirl: Pete and Willie were IN lineups for sure! Georgia work for the Champaign School District!

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    JanieM

    March 27, 2022 at 1:36 pm

    @MomSense: Rockland is the coastal town I go to most often, for the Farnsworth, hellohello books (owned by one of our old babysitters), and Trillium soap.

    I spent a gorgeous spring day walking around town in May of 2021, at a time when I thought (how naive!) that we were getting toward the end of covid. I walked part of the trail, and it was indeed lovely. Fun to know your dad was involved in creating it.

  97. 97.

    Montanareddog

    March 27, 2022 at 1:38 pm

    My niece is within days of giving birth to her first born, after years of trying, including a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.  A BFD for the family.

    We know it’s a boy, and he will make me s great-uncle for the 1st time. #4, the baby beanie seems like a perfect gift. I bid $50

  98. 98.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    @Raven: I mentioned in a dead thread about a month ago that I got down to Edisto Island. There’s lots to like about that place! Very similar to where we go in North Carolina.

  99. 99.

    JaySinWa

    March 27, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:
    They (the guns) are licorice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjuvr5uGA4s
    Modern version: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/black-gun-toy-with-fruit-flavor_60700751333.html
    Old and new ways to get yourself killed by candy.

  100. 100.

    Madeleine

    March 27, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    @WaterGirl: $85 for the Coastie?

  101. 101.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 2:12 pm

    @JanieM:

    They are expanding it.  It is going to go to the vocational school on South Main – by the public landing and park. Eventually it will go all the way to the lighthouse!

  102. 102.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    March 27, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: I second this. That video was remarkable! Thanks SO much for posting.

  103. 103.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    March 27, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    @WaterGirl: Both the adult hat designs are wonderful, but I’m a blue girl, so I bid $100 for The Coastie. (Last bid I saw in comments was $85).

  104. 104.

    Another Scott

    March 27, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    (Wrong thread.  Sorry.)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  105. 105.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    March 27, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    @JanieM: I spent a semi-gorgeous day in May 2021 celebrating “the end of COVID” by going to the Mendocino Botanical Garden with a friend and being absolutely blown away by the rhododendrons in bloom.  We’re planning on going back again this year.  The display of flowers was so gorgeous and there were so many plants we got tired of saying “Oh my God look at this one”.  Maybe this year it will be the beginning of the “end of COVID”. One can only hope.  In the meantime, we are vaxed and boosted (me double boosted).

  106. 106.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 2:43 pm

    @PAM Dirac:

    It’s for a good cause so I’ll go $100 for the Jasper.

    @WaterGirl: I’ll go $125 for the Jasper.

  107. 107.

    The Golux

    March 27, 2022 at 3:04 pm

    @MomSense:

    There is a lot of sharing of knit designs.

    Speaking of sharing, I guarantee that when I show these to my wife, who knits constantly in her spare time, she will want the patterns for the first two caps (if not most of the items!).  The cabling on those two is very interesting.  Are the patterns available?

  108. 108.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    March 27, 2022 at 3:14 pm

    @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan):

     

    @WaterGirl: raising to $110 for the Coastie

  109. 109.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    March 27, 2022 at 3:23 pm

    @Thor Heyerdahl: Raising to $125 for The Coastie

  110. 110.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    @Montanareddog: Baby beanie bid at $50!

  111. 111.

    Sure Lurkalot

    March 27, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    Beautiful fiber goods, high in demand too! So nice of you to donate these items, MomSense.

    I love the baby things but the last baby born, a great nephew, is huge!

    So, I put $100 into the thermometer thing.

  112. 112.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    @Raven:

    Pete and Willie were IN lineups for sure!

    ha!  not exactly the way I intended it, but that was funny.

  113. 113.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    @Montanareddog: I started to write that I hope you win that bid because I’m so happy things are working out for your niece, but I got a phone call so I just had to leave it at what I had already written.

  114. 114.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:08 pm

    @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): Okay, catching up on the thread…

    Just want to acknowledge a $100 bid for the Coastie.  If there’s another bid after this I will edit this comment.

    Edit: @Thor Heyerdahl:  And a $110 for the Coastie!

    Edit: oh, gosh, I see a $125 for the Coastie!  from @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan):

  115. 115.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    @HinTN: I see your bid of $125 for the Jasper!  I will update this comment if there is another bid for the Jasper  that I haven’t seen yet.

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    @The Golux: I think that at least one of the hat designs is a MomSense original, but maybe both.  I just texted MomSense to ask.

  117. 117.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    @Sure Lurkalot: Thank you for the donation in honor of the beautiful creations by MomSense!

  118. 118.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:18 pm

    Summarizing the status of bids at 4:15 pm on Sunday.

    The Jasper:  $125 from HinTN

    The Coastie:  $125 from A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan):

    Baby Beanie:  $50 from Montanareddog

    Summer Daisy Hat: $50 bid from Nancy

    Did I miss anything?

  119. 119.

    Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937

    March 27, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    I kicked in a match (up to 250) for whoever gets the Coastie. It’s gorgeous but my knitting wife would be suspicious of me wearing a hat not made by her. Thanks for doing this.

  120. 120.

    Betsy

    March 27, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    Golly!  Are these gorgeous and awesome!! I wish I had the talent or patience to knit such beautiful things!!  Splendid work.  And looks so cozy :)

  121. 121.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:22 pm

    @Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937:

    Rule #1: Stay out of trouble at home. :-)

    Thanks for the match!

  122. 122.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    I have email messages from 2 more artists/artisans who are offering some of their works for a future auction.  If anyone else finds themselves inspired by the auction idea, just send me an email.

    Here on Bj you guys are not just talented, you are also generous.

  123. 123.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    @Betsy: I can’t believe no one has bid on the little dot sweater.  I guess you have to have just the right little one at just the right age.

  124. 124.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 4:34 pm

    @WaterGirl: $30 for the gnome hat

  125. 125.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    @grandmaBear: $30 bid for the gnome hat, acknowledged!

    (I love that hat.)

    edit: If you have the winning bid, are you going to ask for a white pom pom?

  126. 126.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    @Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937:

    ??

  127. 127.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    @The Golux: MomSense says “yes” on sharing the patterns.

    edit: I see that Momsense is back on the thread, so she can tell you herself.

  128. 128.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 4:50 pm

    @The Golux:

    Happy to share the patterns – they’re my designs.  Tell your wife that the crown shaping on the Coastie is funky so we may need to talk or zoom when she gets there.  The Jasper is very straightforward.

    I told watergirl that I often test out ideas with baby things – hence the couple of things I’m not 100% happy about with the cranberry cardigan. It’s really cute but I’m a horrible perfectionist.

  129. 129.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 4:52 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    it started pouring rain at my kids’ gig so they have had to move their set up under the tent.  I’m ok with the delay – so they don’t get electrocuted!

    They are killing it though so I’m happy.

  130. 130.

    Ruckus

    March 27, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    All of this knitting is beautiful.

    The idea of an auction for Ukraine is amazing to say the least.

    I wish I could bid but the reality is that I can’t. I am thankful for everyone that is. I’ve been on BJ for a long time now and think this is an idea of it’s time, that we can discuss and yes argue, and more important – learn from a far wider bunch of humans is fantastic. JC, my hat is off to you for coming up with this place and keeping it such that we can see, learn, discuss and enjoy humanity in action.

  131. 131.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 5:03 pm

    @WaterGirl: I like it as it is, actually.

  132. 132.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    @MomSense: I’d like the jasper pattern! What yarn did you use?

  133. 133.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    @grandmaBear: Me, too. Elegant in it’s simplicity.

  134. 134.

    Denali

    March 27, 2022 at 5:08 pm

  135. 135.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    @MomSense: It must be thrilling to see your kids succeeding with their music like this!

  136. 136.

    Rozziegirl

    March 27, 2022 at 5:17 pm

    @WaterGirl: So that’s my entire childhood in Boston!  Maryjanes, bullseyes, wax coke bottles filled with different colored sugar goo, wax lips, candy cigs (prepping for adulthood, amirite), double bubble, bazooka (far superior), bit’a’honey, and…I guess I could go on.  Some owned by Jewish-Americans, others by Irish-Americans.  And how stoked was I to get to college in Amherst in the late 60s to discover Augie’s…can’t even tell you.

  137. 137.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    @grandmaBear:

    I used Madelinetosh dk twist in the whiskey barrel colorway.  It’s a heavy dk so worsted would work too.

  138. 138.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    @MomSense: thanks! I really like it. Seems perfect for the theme.

  139. 139.

    MomSense

    March 27, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    @Sure Lurkalot: 
    ???

  140. 140.

    grandmaBear

    March 27, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    @MomSense: in the spirit of the post, can we donate/bid for a pattern?

  141. 141.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    @grandmaBear: You definitely don’t have to bid for the pattern because MomSense will share it with anyone who wants it.

    But anyone who wants a pattern is certainly welcome to donate if they could like to contribute!

  142. 142.

    Quiltingfool

    March 27, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    Oh, MomSense, your knit items are beautiful!  I’ve only knitted a scarf by hand, but I have made sweaters using a knitting machine (a heresy!).  Knowing how to knit made using the machine easier, though.  For fiber arts, I’m more of a crochet fan, but I usually made things like doilies and table runners, cotton thread stuff, not wool.  Now, though, I am addicted to making quilts (I sell my quilts to feed my addiction!).

    The Ukraine quilt (I named it Slava Ukraini) is pieced, and I will quilt and bind it this week.  I will make another (or more) and the sales will go to helping Ukrainians.  It isn’t much, but maybe it may help a bit.

    I’ve strayed from my original thought – MomSense, you are a Yarn Goddess!  Anyone who does any kind of fiber art, well, we know what it takes to create, and we know excellence when we see it.  And you create excellence.

  143. 143.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    @WaterGirl: Yes, I had a $25 bid in the Gnome Hat but I see  @grandmaBear: has out bid me.

  144. 144.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    @HinTN: I am so sorry I missed that!   You could always go for $31 if you are so inclined. :-)

  145. 145.

    HinTN

    March 27, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    @WaterGirl: I can let it go. It was for the red headed baby of the very red headed daughter of a red headed friend. ? It appears I’ve got the Jasper for Mrs H

    ETA – Will you email us when we need to pay up?

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    @HinTN: Unless someone sneaks in a higher bid overnight!  :-)

    Bidding is open until 2pm tomorrow.

    I may put up a thread announcing the winners, or not, depending on how things go.  But it might be nice to see the thermometer go up after the thread goes up.  One way or another I will let folks know.

  147. 147.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    Summarizing the status of bids at 8:45 pm on Sunday.

    The Jasper:  $125 from HinTN

    The Coastie:  $125 from A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan):

    Baby Beanie:  $50 from Montanareddog

    Summer Daisy Hat: $50 bid from Nancy

    Gnome Hat: $30 bid from grandmaBear

    Did I miss anything?

  148. 148.

    BottyGuy

    March 27, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    $200 for the Jasper

  149. 149.

    BottyGuy

    March 27, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    $200 for the Jasper.

    my normal email address seems to be blocked on this site is there someway to fix that?

  150. 150.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @BottyGuy: I just fixed you so you can comment.  Not sure exactly what happened.  You had two different nyms with the same email address – one is this and the other was a regular first name.  And now you have two email addresses associated with this nym.

    Would you like me to fix all that?

    edit: Okay, sometimes you are BottyGuy, and sometimes you are a regular first name and sometimes you are a regular first and last name, and sometimes you are your first name and where you live.  You must be a free spirit. :-)

    Whatever the cause, you are able to comment again.

  151. 151.

    WaterGirl

    March 27, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    @HinTN: Rut roh, you lost the Jasper unless you want to go to $201.

  152. 152.

    BottyGuy

    March 27, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    @WaterGirl:
    you can call me Ray, you can call me Jay, I don’t care what by nym is, just happy to post again with my regular email address.

  153. 153.

    Nancy

    March 27, 2022 at 11:05 pm

    This is exciting, catching up on what happened while I was not online checking every other minute.

    This is such a great way to build support and community.

  154. 154.

    MomSense

    March 28, 2022 at 11:52 am

    Oh my goodness I’m blown away. Jackals are the best.

  155. 155.

    WaterGirl

    March 28, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    Auction results on this thread:

    Link

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