Dear Sun Spots: On Oct. 20 I wrote to Sun Spots requesting yarn for a mother/student who is excited about learning to knit. The response was wonderful!

I have no time for this hobby at the present time, but I knitted afghans and slippers galore while I was at home raising my four daughters. Yarn is expensive! Needless to say, I was excited when I saw the yarn Angie would have for her projects this winter (and next). When I told her about the yarn you all donated, she was ecstatic! Some of the yarn has already been delivered to her and she is working on a sweater sampler already. It warms my heart to see her so excited about this craft. I will be delivering the remainder of the yarn to Cooper, Maine, on Thanksgiving weekend. I want to thank everyone who responded to my letter. I am so blessed by this entire Sun Spots experience. You were all so wonderful. Thank you all, again. – Bernadette, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: What a wonderful job you do!

I wonder if you could please help me? I would like to have an address, if possible, for Hamilton Beach/Proctor/Silex. I have a small True Air product of theirs and I do not know how to clean it as I don’t have any directions for it.

It is model No. 04251, Type AP03 Series B0910BB. I would appreciate your help very much. Thank you in advance. – M.G.M., No Town.

Answer: To obtain a use and care booklet, send a $2 check or money order (reprinting charge) and a brief note including your name, address and model number to: HB/PS, 234 Springs Road, Washington, NC 27889. Your booklet should be delivered within two weeks. Use and care booklets are also available on their Web site at www.hamiltonbeach.com/use_care/index.html. In addition, you can contact the company at (800) 851-8900. You can also write to them care of the address above.

Dear Sun Spots: I met a woman at Ames when they were here, and she crocheted. She gave me her business card, which I have misplaced. Her name was Karen and she lived on Malo Street in Lewiston. I can’t remember her last name. I would like her to give me a call at (207) 353-8260. Thank you very much.

I love Sun Spots and have taken the Sun Journal 50-plus years. Sun Spots is the greatest part of the paper! – No Name, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: We would like to donate a Maestro double-keyboard organ to a local church, either to be used by the church or to be sold by the church – at their Christmas fair, for example. It is in excellent condition. I can be reached at (207) 783-3890.

Thank you so much for all the good you do for our wonderful community. – May, No Town.

* Readers seeking shoe and other cobbler repairs can continue to contact Sugar Bear Shoe Repair (Sun Spots column Tuesday). Local cobbler Zachary Gibbens contacted Sun Spots to say he remains open and assures his customers he is still in business. He is open Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday’s from 9 a.m. to noon. You can also reach him via phone at (207) 782-2700. Zach says everything is going fine

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