And Granny Makes 6!

Thank you all so much for your kind comments about my ripple preemie! Now I know how to get you all to comment! lol I also really want you to know how much I appreciate that you all take the time to stop by here and read what I have to say each day. I would love to return the favor, so if you have a blog and it isn't listed on my sidebar, please let me know and I will happily subscribe to you too.

Now, if you liked the ripple preemie, I think you are going to really like the granny preemie. Drum roll please!

However, putting the granny preemie together made the ripple preemie look like the height of sanity! By the time I had woven in all the ends, blocked the squares, sewn them together and edged the thing, I had a lot more than 1 hour invested. I really don't suggest doing charity projects this way! But the granny preemie was also a good learning experience for me, so ultimately I can't complain. I may have said this before, but I used odds and ends of sport weight yarn for the squares and an G hook. The blanket is approximately 20" square.

I don't know for sure yet, but it sounds like the preemie blankets are being donated later this summer (like August), so I may slow down a bit on them for now. By last night, I felt rather burned out on preemies, so I added 8 rows to my big ripple blanket instead. It is getting close to being done, so I might try to finish it up before summer really hits. I also have all sorts of ideas floating through my head for granny squares, and I am itching to start a granny afghan for myself, too. As usual, so many projects, so little time!

Grannies for Preemies

So in an effort to redeem myself after the mistakes of Saturday, last Sunday I decided to use up some scraps of yarn that have been hanging around for ever and make some granny squares that I could put together into another preemie afghan. I really had fun putting different colors together, and I managed to make 7 squares out of my scraps. I needed 9 squares to complete the blanket, so for the last 2 squares I used yarn from a couple of newer skeins. I think all the squares work together, but I was surprised by the differences in color and texture from the older to the newer yarns. I was also surprised by how easily I chose colors to put together. I think the ripple along and the granny along are really starting to have an impact on my color sense!

I should have spent last night weaving in ends on these squares, but I started working on another idea. The squares with green, pink and yellow have really inspired me, and I am trying to incorporate those colors into yet another preemie blanket. I know what I want, but I am still working out some details.

(I have CNN on as I am writing this, and the disconnect between this happy post and the horrible news out of Virginia Tech is starting to get to me. All I can say is that when I hear about such evil in the world, I realize that my charity knitting and crocheting is very important to me. It's not much, but it is my way of bringing a little good into the world. In the meantime, my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone on Virginia Tech's campus. No one should have to live through such an act of violence.)