With Apologies... (pt. 3)

How's that stamina? We're almost there! Now let's take a look at the beautiful new blankets our fabulous knitters have started.

Hularac is sending us some island and Elvis vibes in Blue Hawaii:

Pinnut is helping us start the new year with Rose Petals:

And Spring Fling:

Sorry about the delay, once again. We've done a wonderful job this year, and I can't wait to see the amazing blankets for 2011. Happy New Year!!

With Apologies... (pt. 2)

Ready for more? Of course you are! We only have two, but they definitely deserve their own post, what with them being some of the last ones to be completed in 2010!

First we have Key Lime Pie. We don't yet have a picture of the completed blanket, but here's a little reminder of what it looks like:

Knitters on this preemie blanket were:

purlingkitten
mspwrz
woollymoose
PeattieWa
bailchri
working4yarn
mamapaulsel (border)

And here's Corn Maze. First, after pinnut's section:

And now with kae1craft's beautiful, popcorn-inspired border:

Knitters on this blanket were:

purlingkitten
dimpledapple
krismorales
glowyone
pinnut3200
hularac
kae1crafts(border)

Now let's go see our newest blankets!

With Apologies...

I offer the last and much belated (I'm really sorry about that) update for 2010. Since there's a lot to share, I'm breaking it down into three posts: current, finished and new blankets.

Let's start off with the current!

Courtesy of krismorales, here's Baby Blueboy:

Followed by Baby Sparkler via Dimpledapple:

Next is Confetti with pictures from baichri and pinnut:

Pinnut brings us the latest picture of Falling Colors:

Two pictures of Mossy Delight, courtesy of bailchri and Dimpledapple:

And finally, hularac gives us a picture of Peaches and Cream (top) and Confetti:

On to the finished!

More Blankets on the Move

Our blankets are growing quickly!

Here's Pumpkin Patch I after bailchri's section:

Kris added a section to Falling Colors:

and Corn Maze:

And now on to our completed blankets. Hokey Pokey:

The knitters on this blanket were:

mamapaulsel
nannaknits
pinnut
mspwrz
hularac
bailchri
purlingkitten (border)

Banana Split:

The knitters on this preemie blanket were:
bailchri
PeattieWa
working4yarn
pinnut
crisco
tgriffin541
purlingkitten (border)

Great job, ladies!

New Blankets

Here's the progress on some of our newest blankets.

Pinnut added a section to Pumpkin Patch I:

and Pumpkin Patch II:

Corn Maze got a section from Dimpledapple:

Completed Blankets

There's been a lot of activity recently and along with several new blankets, we have three completed ones.

Purlingkitten added the border to Spring Flowers:

Knitters:
kae1crafts
PeattieWa
krismorales
bailchri
hularac
AshleyP
purlingkitten (border)

And to Easter Egg:

Knitters:
nostash2big
tgriffin541
bailchri
mamapaulsel
dimpledapple
working4yarn
purlingkitten (border)

Kae1crafts finished up Beach Ball:

Closeup of the border:

Knitters:
purlingkitten
hularac
vegasdealer78
dimpledapple
mspwrz
pinnut3200
kae1crafts (border)

We've also completed Pooh Bear and Friends! We don't currently have a picture of the completed blanket, but will add one if we do get it.

Knitters:
purlingkitten (Pooh)
krismorales (Piglet)
PeattieWa (Tigger)
bailchri (Christopher Robin)
working4yarn (Rabbit)
mspwrz (Eeyore and border)

It's very exciting to see all this activity. And to get a taste of what's to come, here's our first picture of Confetti, courtesy of kae1crafts:

Can't wait to see the progress on the rest of our blankets!

Twenty-five and Counting

Pinnut spent some time searching our past posts and noted how many blankets we've worked on in 2010. According to her count, the grand total comes out to 25! And that number might not even include our two newest blankets! In Pinnut's words, "This group is truly amazing, and I am so proud to be a part of it. Let’s give purlingkitten, our coordinator a HUGE “Thank You” for keeping all of these blankets circulating. We could not accomplish so much without her. Thank you, Janet!" Hear, hear! And thank you, Nancy, for compiling this information :)

Now onto some pretty pictures to better illustrate this group's awesomeness.

First up we have Baby Blueboy:

For those of you who are curious, bailchri said she used a TLC 'Wiggles' yarn for her colorful section.

The next two pictures come to us courtesy of pinnut. Here is Beach Ball ready for its border:

And here's our newest blanket, Sweet Pea:

Ladies, you all deserve a big round of applause. Keep up the excellent work!

Welcome Midwest Knitters!

The West Coast has merged with the Midwest and our group now includes 26 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Very exciting!

Per our fearless leader, purlingkitten, "if you have friends, relatives or even acquaintances [from these states] please invite them to join us to create wonderful baby blankets for charity."

Welcome and happy knitting!

Hokey Pokey

Our little Hokey Pokey is ready for its border! First we have a picture after mspwrz' section (hadn't been posted before due to a small oversight on my part -- sorry!):

And here it is off of bailchri's needles heading straight to purlingkitten for the border:

Completed Blankets!

We've been quite the busy group of knitters and have completed several blankets in the last couple of weeks. They're absolutely lovely, and they all happen to have Kae borders. Kae not only crochets gorgeous borders, but she's started a couple of our precious blankets, too!

Case in point, Peaches and Cream:

Such a pretty stitch! And now on to the finished blankets!


First up is Plum Pudding:

The knitters on this blanket were:

purlingkitten
krismorales
bailchri
dimpledapple
PeattieWa
nostasht2big
stisdale
kae1crafts (border)


Next we have Spearmint Candy:

The knitters on this blanket were:

nostash2big
scrappygolden
nannaknits
krismorales
mamapaulsel
dimpledapple
kae1crafts (border)


Then we have Frogs and Snails:

Notice how the border resembles little snails sliding around the edge. I love it!! The knitters on this blanket were:

mspwrz
mamapaulsel
tgriffin541
krismorales
bailchri
working4yarn
kae1crafts (border)


And finally there's Jack Frost. This blanket was completed a while ago, but I'd simply forgotten to post about it. We currently don't have a picture of it, but I'll definitely add one if we get it. The knitters on this blanket were:

purlingkitten
bailchri
nostash2big
krismorales
dimpledapple
pinnut3200
AshleyP
crisco (border)

Congratulations, ladies, on such amazing work!

More blankets!

Pinnut, who has been described as the Wonder Woman of blanket knitting, has completed several, beautiful blankets!

Ballpark Diamonds:

Blueberry Pie:

Snowdrift:

Snowflake:

I'm sure the families who get these precious little blankets will love them!

Super Green!

Our two green-themed blankets just got their latest section from bailchri and are now ready for the next knitters.


Key Lime Pie:

Frogs and Snails:

New Batch of Blankets

As most of our older blankets are getting a border, our awesome knitters have started quite a few new ones!

This here is Hokey Pokey:

And then there's Banana Split:

More pictures to come later!