Progress

Every day a little more progress happens on the way to emptying the garage and filling the house!  Today's photo is of the guest bedroom.  Well, mostly just the bed.

Last week we had a big pile of folded blankets in the living room beside the fireplace.  Dear One was agitating towards throwing them away because "it is hot here. We don't need them."  Well, that was not a good comment to make. Especially since more than half of the blankets were ones I labored on for ages.  I have a real emotional attachment to them.

What to do, what to do?  A thought crossed my mind.  Years ago I was reading a book...probably not Little House on the Prairie but a book along those lines.  The mom in the house stored the unused quilts on a bed that was saved for when Grandma came to visit.  When Grandma did arrive, the quilts were stored elsewhere for the duration of the visit.

This little guy watches over the guest room.  My sister gave this to me from a seafood restaurant near her office.  I love it.

Our guest bed is just such a bed!  There are currently eight blankets stored on the bed.  The top one is the Barbara Walker Learn To Knit Afghan with sixty-three different patterns.  It was a wonderful blanket to knit.  I learned so much even though I have been knitting for years.

One of the things I learned is that the final step - sewing the squares together - needs to be done as carefully and thoughtfully as the knitting itself was done instead of slapped together fast to show some off the squares in a blanket rather than a pile of squares.  Some day before I die I hope to take the afghan apart and re-sew it together properly. In the meantime, it looks nice enough on the bed. In my opinion.  AND it is not in danger of going out the door in the big dumpster bin..