Finished blanket #3 for Project Linus
Annie Deighnaugh
6 years ago
Heading out today to get more yarn. It's quite addictive, esp the creative part of picking out the yarns and patterns.
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Comments (35)I can honestly say that crocheting for charity saved my life, literally. Five, six years ago I was in a very dark place. My son had sustained life-threatening injuries in an accident. I could hardly function for the crying and worrying. Then we got hit with back to back hurricanes. The county flooded. Families had to evacuate. Kids were left with the clothes on their backs and flip flops on their feet. School opening was delayed by a month. It was that bad. We're a small, rural county. People just started pulling together. Wal Mart donated shoes and sneakers to every school aged child. Others donated clothes. I started crocheting. I got out the scraps. I started making hats and mittens. Eventually I concentrated on hats because I could get more hats done in the time it took to make a pair of mittens. Someone saw me crocheting at the library and asked what I was working on. So happens, she was the president of the ladies auxiliary at her church. She asked for donations of scraps and passed them on to me. By the time Christmas came around, I had more than 100 hats that were distributed through the schools. I kept going. I worked like a crazy person for 3 years. It was a mission. Eventually, every kid that wanted one, got a hat. I'd go to Wal Mart to shop and see a kid in a hat I made. It made me cry. It also helped my smile again....See MoreProject Linus #4 done
Comments (6)Annie, another lovely afghan. I am amazed at how creative you are!...See MoreNot quilting, but some finished projects!
Comments (10)My mom would often make knitted or crocheted afghans for relatives. I never particularly liked them, so whenever she asked if she could make me one, I declined. After she died, we found about six that she had made, but never gifted. We gave them all to charity, except the one that was her favorite that she always used for herself. I took that one, because everyone else already had one that she had made for them. I now realize how selfish I was to decline her offer, and I'm so happy that I have one. I feel sad that I probably offended her. I started quilting several years after her death, so she never got to decline my offer of a quilt, not that she would have. Oh, well, live and learn....See MoreAnother project linus complete
Comments (47)Already looking at beanie patterns. Granddaughter turns 13 today and loves beanies. I am left handed, may try to crochet right handed so I can teach her also. I am a very dominant left so will see if my brain can switch it up. Thanks Annie. Have a quilt to finish today. Have lots of yarn and a few crochet needles. Will look tonight for supplies in my “knitting room”. May have to change name of room. Will see if this works for me. Certainly giving it a try....See More
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