Category Archives: Knit & Crochet

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Knit & Crochet, Quilting

November 30, 2024

I was surprised at how many items I had for donation – maybe not as many as in previous years but I’ve done very little yarn work this year unless it was something Taylor had requested I make.

I used up some yarn bits and made some blankets to go with Ken’s cradles. I sent these out to him early in October to take advantage of Canada Post’s free shipping. The package also included a small project I made several years ago.

I made two baby blankets from leftover yarn. They are both very soft.

I managed a couple of scrappy afghans.

This is the first time I have donated any quilted items. This was made with leftover scraps from another project. It hung in the TV room for a couple of years but I decided it was time for it to be passed on.

All will be donated to the Salvation Army. I’ll be happy if something ends up in one of their Christmas baskets but I’m also okay if I see it for sale in their thrift store.

Blanket for Taylor

Knit & Crochet

I was thrilled when Taylor asked me to make her a new blanket. I was afraid I was done with blankies until I had a great grandchild.

Taylor picked out the yarn and the colours and I placed an order with Michael’s. I used the huge needles (25mm) as tests using smaller needles didn’t work so well. Because a pattern doesn’t show up with such chunky yarn I knit using a plain garter stitch.

Before I ran out of yarn my arms, wrists and hands couldn’t handle the weight any longer so she got a smaller bonus blanket from the remaining yarn.

Baby Blanket

Knit & Crochet
~ 33″ x 28″

In my ongoing attempt to empty my bins of yarn I knit this small baby blanket. I had a free pattern that I really wanted to use but I didn’t have the right colours of yarn. I found a similar-looking pattern, also a freebie, and thought I could make it work with the yarn I had.

I really liked the pattern created in both the pink and the white. I still have some of the yarn left, but not enough for another one.

Now I need to decide what to do with it – a donation or save it for my hope chest (hoping for a great grandchild).

Granny Square Afghan

Knit & Crochet
42″ (almost square)

I had yarn left from the previous afghan I made but not enough of any colour to form a pattern. I decided to do one large granny square to use up the yarn. It turned out reasonably large and will be nice to cover a lap. It will be a donation.