When Kathryn was expecting a baby I, of course, wanted to make a baby blanket for my new grandchild. I searched many stores in the Lower Mainland before finding some lovely purple wool (purple was Kathryn’s favorite color). At some point before Will was very old, his purple blanket fell out of favour and the new “must have” blanket was this green one.

After it was accidentally left behind in a hotel room the call came that he needed a new one. I already had several squares done for a granny-square afghan so this was the quickest solution. It seemed that every time I visited his blanket had sprung another hole that I would have to stitch closed. At first I wondered why, but Kathryn told me that when Will is going to sleep he likes to poke his toes through the holes.

Earlier this month I had a call from Kathryn that Will’s blanket was beyond repair, and did I have another one on hand. I didn’t, but I got busy and found a pattern and some wool in the Saskatchewan Roughrider colors. At first look (via Face Time) Will was concerned that there weren’t any holes in it for his toes. He was pleased that the finished product had lots of toe-holes.