Additional thanks to...

I was happy to be able to meet up with some of my local knitter friends today, and was happier still when they started handing over squares that they had knit for Bertie's Blankets:

My heartfelt thanks to you all:

Kim at Knitter in Progress kindly gifted 4 sock yarn squares.  I know, 4! I felt like I had hit the jackpot :)  The shades of green were selected by Kim's daughter, who is obviously in the know as I recently read (I think it was a Vogue knitting email) that emerald green is the pantone colour of the year :)



Terrie at Starspry knit up 3 squares for the coastal afghan.  I think the one with the heart might be my favourite because it visually communicates the love that is put into each of these.  It is such a sweet touch that I'm tempted to do something similar for one of the sock yarn squares, so that each of the blankets we donate has a little heart in the bottom corner of each blanket.



Jennifer shared a couple in this great basket weave pattern.  This is a super stitch pattern and I am really fond of this deeper shade of blue; it is going to provide a lovely contrast to some of the lighter shades that we have collected so far.



Cynthia at Virtue of Patience provided this lovely moss stitch square in self-striping shades of lavender, blue and greys.  Cyn, if you read this I'd love to know what yarn you use - it is so pretty and I'd love to make a couple more.



I'm trying to keep pace with all the kind contributions and have also made a couple more for the sock yarn blanket.



Thank you.  Your friendship and kind support of this project is dearly appreciated.
Hugs,
Sam
xxx

Thank you xxx

Big thanks to Monica at s w e e t p u r l s, for these beautiful squares for the Coastal aran-weight hospice blanket:



Aren't they pretty! They are made from Martha Stewart's Extra Soft Wool Blend, and are true to the description - so wonderfully soft. Such a lovely shade of blue too. Now, as if this wasn't kind enough, Monica also sent some lovely stitch markers too. You really are super sweet, thank you so much.



A couple of days later I received a package from Wendy at WendyWorld containing these gorgeous wonky log cabin squares for the hospice quilt. These were exactly the types of colours I had envisioned when thinking about a quilted blanket. Thank you so much Wendy, they are beautiful. Naomi thanks you for the candy canes too :)

 

This morning I received an email from Wendy's Mum... she has also created a couple of wonky log cabin squares for Bertie's Blankets. I can't tell you how touched I was. Of course I immediately emailed my Mum to share the wonderful news and she had the same response I did - tears. Happy, happy tears in response to such kind words and deeds.

 

Thank you so much.

I've also been working on squares for the coastal aran blanket and the sock yarn blanket. They are starting to come together, and thanks to your help I am super excited about getting a couple of blankets to Trinity Hospice early this year.

 

With all these squares rolling in, they needed a temporary home while we accumulate enough to make a blanket. My friend Stacey already had this covered and gifted this awesome bag for the blanket squares. Yes, I might have had a weepy moment then too ;)



I am thankful for all your help and support.
Much love,
Sam xxx