The hospice program at one of my local hospitals collects afghans to give to their patients. Unlike any other program around here, they give you the yarn to use. The last time I made one of these the colors were blue, red and white. Even though we were told not to make anything that looked like the American flag, it felt very flag-like to me.
A friend of mine works next door to the hospice and she also makes these afghans. She picked up yarn for me the last time she dropped one off, and left it on her porch for me to retrieve on Saturday. These purples and greens are so much prettier.
While the type of yarn they provide is my least favorite to use, it was still a delight to open the bag and find so many skeins. I can’t wait to start looking at patterns and making some decisions there.
I’m not going to start this just yet. It will be a nice winter project though. I worked on some other crochet today and took advantage of the sunny weather to hang the outdoor Christmas lights. I’m not ready to turn them on yet, but it was better to do it when the weather was mild than wait and possibly hit a cold snap.
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Those are nice colors. It is nice to make things for other people. Half of the stuff I make is donated 🙂
Me too. There is only so much stuff you can make for yourself, friends, and family. And it does feel god to do something for other people.
Lovely colors! Someone will absolutely appreciate it! That is nice that they supply people with yarn. I enjoy donating projects too. My loving Aunt and I are on a mission with that too. 🙂
That is a good mission to be on. My craft group tries to find something to do donation-wise each year too.
That will make a pretty afghan.
I keep changing my mind about the pattern, but deciding on one is fun.
What a great palette of colors. Oh, the design possibilities! That should be a fun creative task.
I hope so. I always start afghans with enthusiasm, and forget they take so long…
Yup!! Lol …the colors are very soothing hopefully you will finish before you know it 🙂
It will be a good winter project.
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I agree–these colors will be a lot more fun to work with than red/white/blue!
It is an interesting challenge to make something out of colors someone else chooses, but these have a lot of potential.
Awww. How nice of you to do this. I love working up charity projects. It just gives you the feels knowing that you can do something like this for someone.
It does indeed. Earlier this year, I wrote about being on the receiving end of an afghan when my Father-in-Law was in the hospital. It gave me a whole new perspective to feel what it was like being on the other side.