Showing posts with label San Diego Wildfire Blankets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Diego Wildfire Blankets. Show all posts

11.17.2007

Hey Lisa, How Is This Picture?




Okay, Malachy took that picture of me wearing Juliet and I still don't think that it is a good one. I will have to wait until someone taller can take my picture.

Look at Susan's, my swap partner, ballband dishcloth. It looks like the angels brought it for her. Oh, Heavenly!

We all met today to join the 8" squares to make blankets for the San Diego Wildfire Blanket Project. We had a pretty great turnout. Someone dropped off some 80 or so squares already with crocheted edges and ready for seaming. How cool and amazing is that. We had alot of fun and I think we just made a small dent in the making of the blankets, but, you know what, there are that many more people who will have the warmth of our handmade blankets before Thanksgiving. Some of the girls today took home squares to finish up a few more blankets. There was a donation bowl, that turned into two donation bowls and more and more. I am glad that once the smoked died down, everyone's enthusiasm for making the squares did not dwindle. We are going strong and we are also getting the help and support from some local yarn stores. So we were pretty pleased and today was only one of many joining parties. So knit on!!

My kids and I are going for a photo shoot tomorrow morning in La Jolla. Black and white pictures. I will post them when they are ready. If Margo can get all of us to smile like Normal people in one picture it will be nothing short of a miracle or some pretty amazing photography. Oh yeah and by the way, Margo wants us there by 8am, yes 8 AM, in the morning, on a Sunday. Yes, I asked her if she were crazy, too!! She compromised and said, okay, make it 8:30 am! Gee, thanks, Margo :) So I hope we don't look all sleepy and with all kinds of crazy hair. I have curly hair people, it takes quite some time to dry. As in hours.....

10.26.2007

San Diego Wildfire Blankets



So I have been knitting like a crazy woman. I AM a woman possessed. Possessed with the fact that there are so many people without homes and we want to make blankets and comfort as many as we can. If you have some acrylic around, please knit or crochet some 8" squares and find out what my very good friend GeorgeAnne is doing. She has a new blog just for the San Diego Wildfire Blankets at San Diego Wildfire Blankets

Here are pictures of my squares. I bought Red Heart Soft at Michael's on sale, 2 for $5.00. I am knitting all garter stitch squares and each skein makes 4 1/2 squares. I am using US8 needles and I cast on 32 stitches. They are very soft and washable, which is what we are looking for.

Look at that picture of Matthew. That house was at our second evacuation point in La Jolla. While I was busy gathering my cat and important papers, Matthew was grabbing the laptop and his headset so that he could stay connected. And staying connected he did. He played WOW (World of Warcraft) with his friends, apparently they were also grabbing laptops while running from the fires!! I am glad that he was, as they say, "None the worse for the wear"!!

Things are starting to get back to normal. My kids will all be returning to school on Monday. Actually, Malachy is the only one that is excited, besides me!

BTW: I forgot to mention, in all the excitement, that I am on Ravelry. Woohoo!! What a cool place that is. My name is: craftyloca, of course. If anyone is on there, come visit me or leave me a comment with your Ravelry name, so that I can come and say hi to you :)

Knit-Laugh-Enjoy