Arrrgh!!!

If you do, I hope you will visit two blogs to learn about a project that involves granny squares.

Janet, at Life in Westcliffe, has a blogging friend who is asking people to donate 6" granny squares to be used to make afghans for kids who will attend cancer camp next summer.

Janet has jumped in whole-heartedly, and you can see the results of her efforts over at her blog today. She inspired me, so I started making the squares and hope to have five or six to share.

But....beyond my own work, I've asked the ladies at my exercise group, my mother and several other relatives, and two of my blogging friends, if they would be interested in participating in this endeavor. I've heard a resounding "YES!" from everyone! I'm going to ask my mother's Empty Nester group if they would do blocks, too.

The idea is that a LOT of people contributing make the load light.

Go read what Shelly has to say about what they need. If you go to the main page, you'll find a button to click to "Share a Square", but the link here should take you directly to that page in her blog. She is accepting the squares, and finding people to assemble them into afghans. They are doing the lion's share of the work. All we have to do is make a square or two and mail them off. You can make a square while you watch your favorite TV show, or while you sit and talk to your sister, or while you wait at the doctor's office. Use yarn that you have on hand, as long as it's washable, in any color.

This is the best kind of generosity, to me. First, the exercise for your hands is GREAT! This is going to keep your hands mobile, longer. Secondly, you get to use up scraps of yarn that might otherwise go to waste. Remember, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Let's not make these kids "Do Without." Let's show them that we care, and that they have our prayers and best wishes.

Join us, won't you? Share a Square!