There’s Still Time

Squares for Brandon & Denver’s blanket continue to arrive. Here are some of the latest to arrive:

Over the last 2 weeks I have had more people write to ask if they can contribute squares – the answer is YES! The blankets have worked out to be a little smaller than expected and so I calculated that we needed 44 more squares — 28 of which we now have.

Any squares that arrive after the completion of the 2 blankets will be used to make blankets to donate to BC Children’s Hospital. So there is no such think as being too late or having too many squares!

I just want to quickly thank everyone who has contributed to this project so far. Whether by sending a square, a hat , posting about this on your own blog or sharing your personal stories, each one of you has given of yourselves to help make this project successful and I truly appreciate it. The knitting community is a beautiful one.

Once I realized we needed some more squares I made a trip to our LYS and picked up these lovelies.

 

This yarn is incredible. 100% Alpaca. It is unbelievably soft and knits up into a dense fabric with excellent stitch definition that is somehow still lofty. I really wish I had oodles of money and a personal knitter, say Jared?, who could make me a Tomten with this in the green. And maybe one in the brown.

I’ve made a square from each colour – the last (read only!) projects completed during Earth. Where did 2 months go? Now we are in the Air element. Have I told you I’m afraid to knit with white? I am. I have white yarn. Some beautiful Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora – enough for Ophelia. But I’m scared I’ll wind up with grubby grayish spots (at best!) and that if I somehow make it through to an FO without catastrophe I’ll wear it once and disaster will ensue. Any words of advice?