fingerless gloves by kathryn harper

Some times your hands are chilly, but you still need your fingers and thumbs free to do things.

These hand-knit fingerless gloves are made of wool and silk; sized to fit a small to medium woman’s hand.

Kathryn Harper is a self-taught artist, poet, and an omnivorous, voracious reader. Believing passionately in the innate creativity of all humans, she dedicates her life to igniting curiosity, promoting creative and critical thinking, and inspiring enthusiasm for lifetime learning. Kathryn can always be persuaded to savor a good meal, play board games, or dance. She lives in Santa Clara, California, with her husband, her amazing daughter Claire, and Stella the cat.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Fingerless gloves handmade by Kathryn Harper (origin: USA)

Starting bid: $20

handknit 'fidget' by kathryn harper

If you live in a cold climate but don’t like wrapping up in several feet of scarf, this item -- called a Fidget — is for you. This hand-knit is made of a wool and cashmere blend. It feels luxurious to wear and is a color that complements almost everything. 

Kathryn Harper is a self-taught artist, poet, and an omnivorous, voracious reader. Believing passionately in the innate creativity of all humans, she dedicates her life to igniting curiosity, promoting creative and critical thinking, and inspiring enthusiasm for lifetime learning. Kathryn can always be persuaded to savor a good meal, play board games, or dance. She lives in Santa Clara, California, with her husband, her amazing daughter Claire, and Stella the cat.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Fidget handknit by Kathryn Harper

Starting bid: $30

as seen on dooce: sunshine neckwarmer cowl by pip robins

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Pip Robins creates sustainable accessories ranging from handbags to cowls. Best known for being featured on Dooce's Holiday for Her: Accessories and Clothing gift list, Pip Robins' streamlined scarves have become one of this season's most fashionable buys. 

Love keeping your neck warm but hate the scarf-bulk? Picture your scarf getting caught in a revolving door? How humiliating! Or maybe you just don't know what the heck to do with all that extra length, a fancy bow, a double knot, stuffed in your jacket and caught in your zipper. A cowl is your answer!

This thick outer fabric is a beautiful sunny yellow with a beige, ivory and yellow lightly textured pattern. There's a small amount of sheen, making this cowl a bit dressy. Lined with silkscreened gold on white cotton. Pattern placement will vary slightly. Slip it over your head and you've got a no fuss scarf! Fits large heads, and dimensions laying flat are 13" x 6" (wxh).

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Neckwarmer Cowl in Sunshine by Pip Robins (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting bid: $10.00 (value: $25.00)

hand knit baby kimono sweater by rebecca keen

Wrap your brand new baby in warm, elegant softness that doesn't need to be pulled over baby's head. This beautiful hand-knit kimono sweater was knit on the wild shores of Eastern Nova Scotia, and sized to fit a preemie or newborn coming home from the hospital with room for growth as baby gets bigger. The sweater is machine washable, ties on the inside at the waist, and has a button on the outside. Colours are soft white and sage, suitable for a boy or girl. Measures 8 inches across the chest and 8.5 inches in length.

Becky was inspired to learn how to knit after the birth of her daughter, who arrived into the world on a cold November day 2 months early. "I've read so much about the positive properties that wool has on infants," she says. "After seeing what my mother (author Susan Atkinson) could knit for my daughter, I wanted to learn.  I have been knitting ever since and love creating cosy outfits for my girl and all the other babies in my life."

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Hand knit baby kimono sweater by Rebecca Keen (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Minimum bid: $25.00

custom, handmade child's play pants by mike adamick

These adorable toddler or small child play pants are based on a gorgeous oliver + s pattern, and will be custom made to the bid winner's specifications (sizes, gender, colours) by Mike Adamick -- a dad and self-proclaimed seamster who prowls San Francisco's fabric and thrift stores, hoping to find castoff outfits or fabric scraps he can refashion into clothes for his daughter, Emmeline.

He knows there will come a day when she decides it's just unbelievably tacky to wear a dress made out of used sport coats -- "I mean really dad, as if ..." -- but until then you can usually find him in front of his trusty Kenmore, his daughter perched on his lap, the two of them happily sewing as the gentle whir of the machine tints the world around them with joy and magic and promise.

When he's not sewing or finger painting with Emmeline, he regularly writes for National Public Radio, The New York Times, McSweeney's, the San Francisco Chronicle and his own blog, Cry It Out: Memoirs of a stay-at-home dad. He is addicted to musicals, reruns of the Gilmore Girls and cage fighting.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Handmade toddler/small child oliver + s play pants (Origin: San Francisco, California)

Starting bid: $35.00

as seen on dooce: neckwarmer cowl by pip robins

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Pip Robins creates sustainable accessories ranging from handbags to cowls. Best known for being featured on Dooce's Holiday for Her: Accessories and Clothing gift list, Pip Robins' streamlined scarves have become one of this season's most fashionable buys.

Love keeping your neck warm but hate the scarf-bulk? Picture your scarf getting caught in a revolving door? How humiliating! Or maybe you just don't know what the heck to do with all that extra length, a fancy bow, a double knot, stuffed in your jacket and caught in your zipper. A cowl is your answer!

This cowl is made from a shimmery silvery, slightly metallic fabric will really spice up your winter wear. The fabric is woven and warm. Lined with soft ivory, in 100% cotton. Slip it over your head and you've got a no fuss scarf! Fits large heads, and dimensions laying flat are 12.5" x 8" (wxh).

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Neckwarmer Cowl in Metallic Silver by Pip Robins (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting bid: $10.00

limited edition dread crew t-shirt: adult small

If you're a pirate and you know it, wear the shirt. Only a very limited number of these t-shirts were produced as giveaways at the Dread Crew book launch in November 2009 -- the remaining stock are posted here, in varied sizes, for Haiti relief. All feature Captain Hector Gristle, Captain of the great Barrow wood ship.

To browse other available sizes up for auction, click here.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Limited edition Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods t-shirt, ADULT SMALL, khaki green. (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting Bid: $22.00

mamalove/dadalove toddler t-shirt by kate inglis, leigh steele & jeanette leblanc

"Even though I’m starting to come out of the fog now, two days later, I still struggle with what to say. So I whisper the same thing I whispered to Evan during fitful nights: mama love, mama love, mama love.

As we are able to see more baby and less machine we talk to them about skipping rocks in frog ponds, and finding treasures on beaches, and about a big brother who will teach them all kinds of tricks."

~ from sweet | salty

Upon the birth of my twins, the beautiful and soulful Leigh Steele of Meremortal sent me two of the tiniest onesies I'd ever seen, imprinted with first thing I could think of to speak to my babies as they lay in stasis in the NICU.

Since then it's come to mean so much more than an utterance during trauma. Parenthood is not wholly difficult and angsty, nor wholly easy and cheerful. But the common denominator is love. Steadfast, cheerio-crunching, snot-wiping, floor-tussling love.

Choose either mamalove or dadalove toddler t-shirt in the size and colour you prefer.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

mamalove/dadalove toddler t-shirt by Kate Inglis & Leigh Steele (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting bid: $16.00

mamalove/dadalove onesie by kate inglis, leigh steele & jeanette leblanc

"Even though I’m starting to come out of the fog now, two days later, I still struggle with what to say. So I whisper the same thing I whispered to Evan during fitful nights: mama love, mama love, mama love.

As we are able to see more baby and less machine we talk to them about skipping rocks in frog ponds, and finding treasures on beaches, and about a big brother who will teach them all kinds of tricks."

~ from sweet | salty

Upon the birth of my twins, the beautiful and soulful Leigh Steele of Meremortal sent me two of the tiniest onesies I'd ever seen, imprinted with first thing I could think of to speak to my babies as they lay in stasis in the NICU.

Since then it's come to mean so much more than an utterance during trauma. Parenthood is not wholly difficult and angsty, nor wholly easy and cheerful. But the common denominator is love. Steadfast, cheerio-crunching, snot-wiping, floor-tussling love.

Choose either mamalove or dadalove onesie in the size and colour you prefer.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

mamalove/dadalove onesie by Kate Inglis & Leigh Steele (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting bid: $12.00

limited edition dread crew t-shirt: youth medium

The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods is recommended for antsy boys who long for glory, for spritely girls inclined to reach out for adventure, and for good-humoured grown-ups who like the smack of limburger and jalapeno calzones with a dash of junebug pepper. This book is not recommended for genteel folk with fears of heights, uncontrolled speed, thievery, thuggery and general recklessness.

If you're a pirate and you know it, wear the shirt. Only a very limited number of these t-shirts were produced as giveaways at the Dread Crew book launch in November 2009 -- the remaining stock are posted here, in varied sizes, for Haiti relief. All feature Captain Hector Gristle, Captain of the great Barrow wood ship.

To browse other available sizes up for auction, click here.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Limited edition Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods t-shirt, YOUTH MEDIUM, forest green. (origin: Nova Scotia, Canada)

Starting Bid: $18.00