The Sisters of the Wool Blanket
Several months ago, I came up with a crazy idea. When I asked the ladies in my knitting group to join me in my insanity, they eagerly volunteered to help.
The crazy idea was to make a group blanket project for someone special. (I won’t say who. I think she reads my blog but doesn’t comment.) There are over 20 of us in the group. My pal Jeri, who is a whiz at math, did some quick calculations and figured out that a 4×5 square afghan with 10″ squares would be just about right.
For the project, we decided to give KnitPicks’ new Comfy yarn a try. We wanted a yarn that would be washable and would make it so the blanket could be used over the summer months.
So far, thirteen of the squares are done. May has been a loony month for everyone (end of school year, special projects, life), so even collecting the squares has been harder than I expected.
Here are the squares so far:




May 27th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
What a lovely idea. I really like the colour you chose and the patterns for the squares.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:08 am
The patterns look wonderful together! I love that different people can come together to make something that will be so special!
Yeah for you.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Forgot to ask…
Is that the Charmed logo? I love it!
May 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I loved seeing all the squares that you’ve received last night. The photos you posted look great!