Until the weekend we had a large stack of blankets, quilts, and afghans piled neatly beside the fireplace in the living room. We had gotten word that perhaps the living room furniture was coming soon so I needed to do something with that pile. Dear One felt that it would be reasonable to put them in the dumpster because "it is too hot for them here and we don't need them." Well, since I had personally made most of them, and was emotionally tied to them, PLUS the possibility that someone at some time in the future might need them, it made me think of what to do with them to get them out of the living room.
Long ago I read a book, maybe Little House on the Prairie or some other book of that same wonderful ilk, where the mom stacked all the extra quilts on the bed that was saved for when the Grandma came to visit. When Grandma came the quilts were stored elsewhere for the time frame of the visit then returned to the bed.
This is what I did. There are eight blankets on the bed.
The top blanket is the Barbara Walker Learn To Knit Afghan taken from the book by the same name. It is a wonderful book. There are sixty-three different squares to knit. I learned a ton as I was knitting the blocks even though I have been knitting for years. Anyone who wants a great project should look for the book. I found it at a knitting store but it is available on Amazon for $20.00.
Underneath that afghan is a blanket I knit on the Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine using cotton yarn. It is a pretty good blanket. You cannot see it at all. You CAN see the blue and white gingham border from a tree of life quilt I made for my mother-in-law which I took back after her death. Sadly it took on a bit of damage in storage but still, if someone was desperately cold, I am convinced they would not mind the discoloration.
What progress will we make this coming week? I wonder.
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