What on earth have I gone and done?
A few weeks ago my local wool shop had an all-night knit to make squares for a blanket to be auctioned off for a neo-natal charity.
(I made some squares but didn't go to the all-nighter.)
Wandering home from work on Thursday, the lady who owns the shop beckoned me in as I trundled past (I affectionately call her my dealer, as I have been known to have a slight yarn addiction). She had a HUGE pile of squares and a partially made blanket covering the table, and she was looking decidedly cheesed off.
Well, having taken up the challenge of attaching a few more squares to the blanket, I looked at it a bit more closely.
People have put a lot of time and effort into making the "squares", children included, but it was a bit, errrrm wonky to say the least. Different tensions, different sized stitches and the general concept of a 10cm square seems to have been lost on some.
I'm going to do my very best to make it into something that will raise as much money as possible for the charity, but this is what I'm up against....
Front of blanket as it was
Back of blanket as it was
A few weeks ago my local wool shop had an all-night knit to make squares for a blanket to be auctioned off for a neo-natal charity.
(I made some squares but didn't go to the all-nighter.)
Wandering home from work on Thursday, the lady who owns the shop beckoned me in as I trundled past (I affectionately call her my dealer, as I have been known to have a slight yarn addiction). She had a HUGE pile of squares and a partially made blanket covering the table, and she was looking decidedly cheesed off.
Well, having taken up the challenge of attaching a few more squares to the blanket, I looked at it a bit more closely.
People have put a lot of time and effort into making the "squares", children included, but it was a bit, errrrm wonky to say the least. Different tensions, different sized stitches and the general concept of a 10cm square seems to have been lost on some.
I'm going to do my very best to make it into something that will raise as much money as possible for the charity, but this is what I'm up against....
Front of blanket as it was
Back of blanket as it was
Uh oh
Look at all those ends (Sarah, help!).......
I know it's for a very good cause, but I really should train my mouth to behave itself a bit better sometimes -
Imagine my horror when I heard my it saying things like "give them ALL to me and I'll see what I can do" and "do you mind if I unpick it and start again?" and, even worse "would you like me to crochet round them to make it easier to sew together?"
My beads, my beads, my poor beads! They're going to be neglected for a while to come, but it's all for a good cause :-)
2 comments:
I could use just three words for you, sigh. SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT! Honestly, woman, when will you learn, eh? I wish you luck with your latest project, lol. Bet your dealer was sniggering as you left the shop loaded down with all that.
Oh my hat!!! What on earth are you going to do with that mess?? They are made in the most horrid colours that are so unsuitable for a baby anyway! Would you want your new baby wrapped in that?
I'd put them all back in the bag and throw them in her door whilst running really fast.
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