Little Blanket

My concern: How do you show your friend dealing with a life altering illness that you care?

My daughter and I discussed my desire to support Lisa and let her know she is in my prayers. My inclinations lean toward doing something and we came up with the idea of making a blanket of portable size so she could take it along to chemo.

A few years ago, many volunteers offered their talents and time to create a large version - The Hope Blanket. Donations were made the American Cancer Society and the blanket was given away. Luckily, I still had the patterns and enough of the original yarn to make this for Lisa. She actually was a contributor and her square designs are included in her new blanket.

If you have a minute, please stop and say a little prayer for those who are dealing with any type of cancer. Before you say 'Amen', please include a little blessing for Lisa.

seriously?

The thought of finishing up the Baby's Texture Blanket has been so exciting and has made me a bit nervous as the end has neared. The ball of white yarn has been getting smaller and smaller.

Dag-gone-it!

Are you serious? I am nearly out of yarn! There is no way that is enough yarn to finish two sides of edging.

After an unsuccessful search on Ravelry, I broke down and ordered one ball from Knit Picks. It makes me flinch to pay more for shipping than the yarn costs, but that is exactly what I did.

Shipping from Knit Picks can take awhile so after the little white that I have is gone, I will proceed to finish up Camellia. I've also hunted high and low for the perfect pattern to accompany my Briar Rose Penny Lane. The pattern is on it's way to me and I've already swatched so it will cast on as soon as my package arrives.