I love it!! It is now on my dining room table soaking wet with straighter edges than you see here.
A week ago . . .
I got a call from a friend of mine who had cleaned out her mother's crafty stashes. She knew I was of a yarny sort and offered all things yarn related to me: yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles, books, you name it. Of course, I wasn't about to turn down her offer!
When I picked up the lot, it was in several boxes, old comforter bags, totes, so I set to organizing it. I found quite a lot!
I gave all of the kitting needles, books, and knitted works in progress to my eldest daughter, along with a super cute wicker basket to store it in. Above is what I kept.
Found amongst the yarn and what not, was a blanket almost completed (the stripey bit up top the size of a twin bed) and granny squares. There were enough granny squares for two blankets: one baby size, and the other, a lap size when finished.
This isn't all of the yarn, but a sampling of what there was. I was familiar with the Red Heart yarn and the Lion's brand and some others in the mix, but not Deborah Norville or Vanna yarns. There were also some really pretty hand died skeins of super soft alpaca. Yummy!!
I set forth laying out the squares I could join to finish up whatever this project was intended to be. Jerry (the crocheter of these squares) makes her squares differently than I do: looser, using different yarn, and a much bigger hook. I ended up using an "I" sized hook to join the squares. It took no time to join them all together into a super cute blanket. It was kind of neat to take someone else's handy-work and make it mine. Now I've got a sweet little blanket ready to give!
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