Group Challenge Completed!

Earlier this year, Shandeh challenged the Oddball groups to knit two special theme blankets: Genius and Superheroes. We took her up on that challenge and had some pretty terrific results.

Genius was knit using red, black, and white yarn. The idea behind this color scheme is that these high-contrast colors are meant to stimulate visual development in babies. Here it is pre-border:

and post-border:

Knitters on this blanket were:
purlingkitten
yarncharmer
ozuri
bpeatknits
krismorales
pinnut
bugsyblacklab (border)

With Supherheroes we were asked to incorporate some of our favorite comic book character colors:

Knitters on this blanket were:
mspwrz ~ Captain America
bailchri ~ Batman
dimpledapple ~ Spiderman
bpeatknits ~ The Hulk
glowyone ~ Superman
krismorales ~ Green Lantern
kae1crafts (border) ~ Wonder Woman


It was a lot of fun to work on these blankets, and it was especially fun to see what each knitter came up with for their section. Thanks for the challenge, Shandeh!

Busy Summer

The group has been very busy this summer. Let's take a look at our current blankets.

From pinnut we have the newly started Veggie Tales:

and our first pictures of Alma Mater:

and of our challenge blanket, Genius:

Speaking of challenge blankets, here's Superheroes ready for its border:

Completed Blankets

From our fearless leader, purlingkitten:

"Since I was in the area, I made another donation to Seattle Chilrden’s Hospital. The blanket delivered to them included: Wizard of Oz, Blue Jean Teddy Bear, Peaches and Cream, Rose Petal, Leprechaun, Beach Party, Spring Fling, Candy Land and Grape Vine. It was a big bag of blankets and they were so appreciative!"

Let's take a look at some of these gorgeous blankets.

Leprechaun:

Knitters on this preemie blanket were:
bailchri
bpeatknits
suehling
krismorales
hularac
kae1crafts (border)


Beach Party:

Knitters on this blanket were:
purlingkitten
peattiewa
stisdale
hularac
pinnut
tgriffin541
kae1crafts (border)


Peaches and Cream:

Knitters on this blanket were:
kae1crafts
krismorales
jyoshin
working4yarn
hularac
mspwrz
purlingkitten (border)


Wizard of Oz:

Knitters on this blanket were:
kae1crafts (Emerald City ~ green)
bailchri (Munchkin ~ blue)
pinnut (Tin Man ~ gray)
dimpledapple (Dorothy ~ red)
shasha (Cowardly Lion ~ brown)
krismorales (Yellow Brick Road ~ yellow)
purlingkitten (Border ~ orange)


Blue Jean Teddy Bear:

Knitters on this blanket were:
knit2tunes
tgriffin541
PeattieWa
Cheryl1973
anneknitsinkent
mspwrz
purlingkitten (border)

Works in Progress

Behold our beauties currently on the move!

Grandma's Flower Garden:

Mardi Gras:

Cinco de Mayo:

Lucky Charm:

It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Springtime

I realize it's practically summer, but since the weather has been rather crazy this year, it's kind of felt like we bypassed spring. Not to worry, though. These gorgeous, bright blankets are here to bring to some color and spread some cheer!

Here's Beach Party courtesy of pinnut:

And from hularac we have Leprechaun:

and our first picture of Mardi Gras:

Hmm, anyone else find it ironic that it starting raining as I was writing this post?

On the Move

Here are the latest pictures of our talented group's efforts!

Beach Party:

Grandma's Flower Garden:

Cupid:

Knitters on this blanket were:
purlingkitten
hularac
shasha
mngiraffe
pinnut
cheryl1973
sandycrochet (border)

Rose Petals has also been completed! Knitters on this blanket were:
pinnut
glowyone
hularac
ozuri
krismorales
bailchri
mamapaulsel (border)

Blanket Round-Up

Let's look at our group's progress for this past month, shall we?

Starting off, we have our two newest blankets: bailchri's Leprechaun:

and dimpledapple's Lucky Charm:

Stisdale provides us with our first picture of Beach Party:

and pinnut gives us our first glimpse of Cupid:

Rose Petals:

Wizard of Oz:

and one of our group challenge blankets, Superheroes:

Finally, our latest blanket to be completed, Spring Fling:

Just look at those gorgeous border flowers!

Knitters on this blanket were:
pinnut
krismorales
hularac
ozuri
tgriffin541
bailchri
kae1crafts (border)


Until next time!

A Challenge

Last month, Shandeh (the lovely lady responsible for the original oddball blanket project) challenged all the Oddball Blanket groups to knit two blankets: GENIUS (black, white, and red) and SUPERHERO (comic book colors). Being the awesome group that we are, of course we accepted!

Behold the fabulousness (fabulosity?) that is Superheroes:

Captain America (is that yarn perfect or what??) was knit by mspwrz and bailchri sent out the Bat-Signal.

Definitely looking forward to seeing the progress of our two group challenge blankets!!

An Update

Lots of pretty pictures to look at, so let's get started!

Rose Petals courtesy of ozuri:

From bailchri we have Spring Fling:

and Blue Hawaii:

And now for our completed blankets! Candy Land pre-border:

and post-border:

Knitters on this preemie blanket were:
mamapaulsel
sandycrochet
anneknitsinkent
hularac
yarncharmer
bailchri
kae1crafts (border)

Finally we have Grape Vine sans border:

and with its border:

Knitters on this blanket were:
mamapaulsel
anneknitsinkent
bailchri
Cheryl1973
mspwrz
dimpledapple
kae1crafts (border)

Blanket Love

Happy Valentine's Day! From a group that does a great job of keeping a positive message alive year round, here are the latest pictures.

Keeping with today's pink theme is Rose Petals, courtesy of hularac:

Here's the completed Mossy Delight:

Knitters on this blanket were:

purlingkitten
krismorales
bailchri
dimpledapple
pinnut3200
sandycrochet
kae1crafts (border)

Next is Pumpkin Patch I:

Knitters on this blanket were:
purlingkitten
hularac
pinnut3200
bailchri
mspwrz
kae1crafts
sandycrochet (border)

And last, but not least is Sweet Pea:

Knitters on this blanket were:
pinnut3200
hularac
anneknitsinkent
tgriffin541
glowyone
dimpledapple
sandycrochet (border)