More Blanket Families

Hi! I've been busy making fleece edged blankets, and I've just finished these. Many times the preemies are born in multiples, so it's nice to have blankets for twins/triplets/etc. They're each different, but they might all have the same fleece, but different yarn, etc. The green ones are neat, because they're all from the same piece of fleece, but the material would change colors gradually like that. All the fleece in the pictures were donated for me to use for charity, and I will be giving these to our local Project Linus shortly. Thank you to all who donated!!!

Update!

Hi! I haven't written in a while, but I've got a few more blankets to share. Since the last time I posted on here, we've found out we're having a baby, and we've been getting ready for that little bundle to come along late Feburary. Needless to say, crochet for charity has been put on the back burner, but I've been itching to get more blankets done for the foster care kids in our area. Last night I had a dream that I was fostering 6 children, along with raising our 2 1/2 year old, and pregnant with another one. It was just like when I taught school; the kids were all about the same age. Without further ado, here are some of the blankets I've finished for foster care kids. Thanks for reading! If you'd like to join our crusade, check out our yahoo group (link further down the page) and we'd love to have you join us!

The fleece blankets are all made from donated fleece that I put the crochet edging on, and the last one is made from donated squares all joined by me. They look great!

Fleece Blanket Family!

Hi! I just finished this family today, out of fleece. :) I'll be posting tips on how to get the most out of 1 yard of fleece in the next blog, but I wanted to post a picture of these. They were all made with just 1 yard of material. There is a baby blanket (red edging), and 2 preemie blankets. The preemie blankets (orange and blue edged ones) will go to Project Linus in our area, and will likely be used for twins. I like to make them with a different edging, because they are different babies. However, it's cute that both patterns are the same. The larger blanket will go to my local DHR, through Sweet Dream Blankies.

Thanks so much for looking! :)

Victoria

2 more fleece blankets

Hi! I just finished up one of these, and the other I finished a while back. :) They're fun! They're both made with fleece, and I just used an edgerydoo to make the holes to use to crochet through. These are the "neutral" pattern that I've got posted, with just dc's around.

These were donated to the DHR in Athens, Alabama this morning, as a part of Sweet Dream Blankies. The receptionist says that they love to be able to give them out to the kids! I asked her to let me know if they ever get overrun with these, and she says not to worry about that! :)

Bright Neon/Purple/Orange Pillowghan FINISHED!

Hi everyone! I wanted to post a picture of this afghan, just finished for Sweet Dream Blankies. It was made from squares from several women from Crochetville. Thank you sooo much!!! Without you, I couldn't have made this blanket. :)

Sujo from Pflugerville, TX

Pat from Trenton, NJ

Ann from Barre, MA

Linda from Greenville, NC

Victoria from Athens, Alabama

Thank you all of you who made squares for this blanket!!! I just can't thank you enough!

Have a great almost Friday! :)

Victoria

Patriotic Pillowghan FINISHED!

Hi everyone! This afghan is finally finished! Thanks to several ladies from Sweet Dream Blankies and from Crochetville, it's done, and ready to be given to a child in the foster care system here in North Alabama. :)

The squares were sent in by:

Jen in Montgomery New York

Samaria from Garnerville, New York

Naymi from Kemah, Texas

Tracy from Stouffville Ontario Canada

Ashley from American Fork, Utah

Judy from Aberdeen, New Jersey

Victoria from Athens, Alabama (just 1!)

Thank you all sooooo much! I'm glad to have this one ready to go, so that the child who picks it out might use it for a picnic or something on July 4th.

Hugs,

Victoria

Purple/White Afghan for Sweet Dreams

Hi! I've just finished this afghan, another one for Sweet Dream Blankies, which I've started, to give blankets to kids in foster care, here in Athens, Alabama. I love this pattern, and you can find it here if you'd like to make one too. I'm not picky about what pattern to use for Sweet Dream Blanies, I just really like this one so far. :) The link there takes you to a great tutorial about how to do the blanket, with many wonderful pictures!

Thanks for reading! Have a great Sunday!

Victoria

Striped Grey Afghan

Hi! I finished this blanket up yesterday, and wanted to post a picture of it here. I made it for Sweet Dream Blankies charity, that I started, to make blankets for kids as they go into the foster care system. You can read about it more, by going here. It's made based on a seed stitch type idea, only I used double crochets instead of singles, and 2 in each space, instead of a chain. It was based on an afghan that used a seed stitch, but I didn't want an afghan that was THAT thermally warm, but something that was nice anyway. The length was good, at about 48", but the width was a little smallish, at about 30". If I hadn't run out of yarns, I would have made it a little wider. It's made with 2 strands of yarn held together. I used about 3 1/2 skeins of Red Heart Super Saver in grey (that's about 25 oz. or so) and not more than 4 oz. of any of the solids, maybe a little less. But then again, I would suggest putting one more row of color in, to make it a good width. With one more band of color, it would take a full 4 skeins of grey, and just one more color.

Here's the pattern:

With an N hook, chain 85 loosly

Row 1: sk first chain, sc in next chain, ch 1, sc in next chain, across turn

Row 2: ch 3, sk first sc, in first chain of row 1 make 2 dc. sk next sc, 2 dc in next chain space, across. In last sc, do 1 dc. turn (at end of each row, turn)

Row 3: ch 3, 2 dc in space between last 1 dc, and 2 dc cluster. 2 dc in each space made between each 2 dc cluster from row 2. At end of row, 1 dc in last dc.

Row 4: Repeat row 3 for as many rows as desired width.

Last row: ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, across, to mirror the first row

Boarder:

I simply did a round of dc evenly spaced all the way around, with [dc, ch 2, dc] in the corners, with the main color, grey.

Here's my stripe pattern, but feel free to use whatever pattern you would like:

1-5: Grey (5 rows)

6-7: Yellow (2 rows)

8-11: Grey (4 rows)

12-13: Orange (2 rows)

14-17: Grey (4 rows)

18-19: Green (2 rows)

20-23: Grey (4 rows)

24-25: Blue (2 rows)

26-30: Grey (5 rows)

Perhaps you could have a row of red, or purple, and make it a rainbow. :)

I would love to see pictures, if anyone makes this up! This pattern has not been tested, so if you find an error (VERY likely) please let me know! Thanks!

It is FINISHED!!!

Hi everyone! This is a blanket that has been a long time in making... The squares were each lovingly made by members of crochetville, as we began our spring round of the secret pal swap. Overall, about 200 squares were mailed to me to be used for this project, as well as to be made into tote bags. There are two tote bags pictured on this blog, and this afghan, is made by some of the same people. This afghan will be auctioned off to raise money for the upkeep of the website, http://www.crochetville.org/ as all of us from there want to see it keep going! :)

The first picture shows the afghan from the right side. I didn't think about it at the time, but I put the tags with who made each square on the right side of the afghan. So, without taking off the tags, it's hard to tell what the afghan would look like from the right side. The side without the tags is a back view, which gives you a pretty good idea of how it'll look once the tags are gone. :)

Here's a list of who made which square. The names are listed, from the picture with the tags, so it starts with the top left square; the off white/grey square, and works left to right, top to bottom, just as if it were a paragraph that you were reading. Oh, keep in mind that some people who sent in squares may not have a square in this afghan, and some may have more than one. I tried to make as organized of an afghan as I could, but use the most variety of squares that I could. So, here's the fine list of people who sent in squares that became this afghan:

Top row:

Tracy in Ontario Canada

Lynn in Coal Twp, PA

Carol in Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Annon. in Garfield Hts, OH

Linda in Port St. Lucy, FL

Row 2:

Lynn in Coal Twp, PA

Rosemeri from Jacksonville, FL

Rosemeri from Jacksonville, FL

Alice in Clinton Twp, MI

Meilssa in Leighton, PA

Row 3:

Rosemeri from Jacksonville, FL

Joyce in Ft. Wayne, IN

Alice in Clinton Twp, MI

Meilssa in Leighton, PA

Joyce in Ft. Wayne, IN

Row 4:

Melissa in Leighton, PA

Annon. in Garfield Heights OH

Carol in Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Jen from Montgomery, NY

Linda from Port St. Lucy, FL

Row 5:

Carol from Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Melissa from Leighton, PA

Jen from Montgomery, NY

Wendy from Australia

Tristi from Galloway, OH

Row 6:

Carol from Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Jen from Montgomery, NY

Joyce from Ft. Wayne, IN

Linda from Port St. Lucie, FL

Lynn from Coal Twp, PA

Row 7 (bottom row):

Tena from Albion, PA

Betty from Selesgrove, PA

Carol from Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Lynn from Coal Twp, PA

Rosemeri from Jacksonville, FL

Everyone did an amazing job! I'll post here when I get the details on when and where you can bid on this beautiful afghan. :) It measures approximately 35"X50", which is a good lapghan size, or small throw for a couch. It is sure to go with the colors of just about any livingroom!

Thank you so much for giving me the chance to make this afghan! It's been a pleasure!

Victoria

Lizard Blanket!

Hi! I made this blanket a while back, and have just had it to the side waiting to be given to a child in foster care. I'm trying to get several made up to give at once, and I've got 2 now done! :) Yipee! This one was made with some fleece that a wonderful woman from crochetville gave me, and is plenty big enough for a child, even as they become a teen (I didn't measure it, but it's got to be 40"X55" or larger). Thank you so much!!! The fleece is really nice quality, and it's hard to find something as cute as this here in our small town Wal-Mart. I also made up a little baby blanket out of the same fleece, and will be making it's twin soon, to post when I'm done. Those will be for the NICU in Huntsville, for the Project Linus there.

Rectangle Granny Afghan

Hi! I finished this afghan up recently, had it 1/2 finished for a while, but it's done now! It's made with Red Heart Super Saver yarn, about 12 oz of each of the solid colors, and about 3 oz of the verigated color, and a J hook. You can find the pattern here, by Erin Lindsay. This blanket will be going to the local (Athens, Alabama) DHR in my city here, and will be loved by a little girl. It is a good lapghan sized blanket, perhaps about 40"X 50" or so; not sure. I just made it until it would fit over me comfortably, and cover me up a bit. :) If you would like to make blankets for your local DHR office, just do a search for DHR in your state, then find your local office. E-mail them, letting them know what you'd like to do. The one here in Athens was very quick to call me back, and sounded so surprised that anyone would want to do something like this. If you would like some ideas, and perhaps more help in contacting your local DHR, please check out my VERY NEW (tonight) charity yahoo groups website here, called Sweet Dream Blankies. Thank you so much for reading this, and have a great night!

Crazy Afghan

Hi! I made this afghan a while back, but I just haven't mailed it out anywhere yet. It's really a fun afghan, made with many different sized squares. Through my charity yahoo group I asked members to send in crochet squares of any size they wanted to. Then, I gathered up several, and made strips of them that were the same length, although different widths. Then, I just sewed them together, and I have a nice afghan that is a lot of colors! I'll definately be making more of these, as I have a few more random sized squares here and there. It makes it a lot easier than trying to get 40 squares all the same size, I just got about 10 at a time, depending on the size, evened out.

I'm still not sure where I'll send this one, but likely, either to my local Project Linus group, where we donate afghans to hospitals, nursing homes, homeless shelters.

This would be a great project for anyone who has "homeless squares" from those projects where you think you're going to make squares for a blanket, but after 5 or so, you decide the pattern is just not worth it. You know what I mean. :) The only thing I'd mention though, is that I tried not to put two squares of the same color next to eachother. Otherwise, it's random! Enjoy!

Grey Blanket

Hi! I've had this blanket finished for a while now, but just didn't know whom to donate it to. Earlier today, I was visiting crochetville, and I saw this thread about a wonderful woman who is gathering up 100 blankets to be given to men and women in a local nursing home for Christmas. So, I'm packaging this one up to send to her, as it's a good lapghan size, probably for a man. What a great project! Thank you for the work you do, and for letting me help out! I'll be sending more, I hope! It is made using fleece I purchased from Wal-Mart (you've got to love the remnants' section hehe), and some "I love this yarn" purchased from Hobby Lobby. I really do love that yarn, because it makes a neat self striping type thing, and it is very soft. It was also purchased on sale. :)