Do you see the button to the right, at the top of the sidebar? It has the power to take you to a blog where wonderful things are happening.
Sherry at This Eclectic Life has a goal she is trying to reach, and she needs our help. She would like to make an afghan made of crocheted Granny Squares for every child who will be attending Cancer Camp in Ft. Worth, Texas next summer. To accomplish this, she needs thousands of granny squares, and that's where you come in.
Would you click on the button, and go read what she hopes to accomplish and then send her at least one granny square? The squares should be five rounds, six inches, and made of whatever washable yarn you have to donate. Patterns for the squares and instructions for the simple stitches can be found on-line.
I've asked the members of my exercise class to help, and Elegante Mother's Empty Nester sewing group. I've asked family members to contribute. If you can't crochet, Sherry will accept a six inch knitted square. If you share the word, then many hands will make the work light.
Mailing information is given on Sherry's blog. Perhaps you can spread the word for your contacts and be the collector and mailer of the squares. Our goal is to get them to Sherry in August. She's received 634 of the 6720 she needs.
I have seven made from two kinds of variegated yarn.
I hope to make several more in the more traditional pattern with a different color for each round. This type of work is very portable. You can carry it with you and work on it anywhere you have to wait for a bit.
Won't you please help?
Comments (3)
Oh Buffy... you are wonderful for doing all that and getting many others involved. I need to make a trip to Canon City for more yarn. I like working with the soft baby yarn, it is easier on the hands.
Thanks from Shelly and I both and all the kids that will get a blanket.
Posted by janet | July 23, 2007 7:51 AM
Posted on July 23, 2007 07:51
Janet, I'm delighted to help. My crocheting isn't as good as my quilting, but I think my squares are useable. I have seven almost finished. I need to thread the tails through the stitches. One of the exercise ladies gave me seven to send, and another is just starting on them. She also mentioned this project to the manager of a Boston yarn shop, who asked to have more information! I hope a WHOLE LOT end up coming from the Boston area!
I hope that Shelly is able to get the 6000+ squares she hopes for!
Posted by buffy | July 23, 2007 1:34 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 13:34
Hi Buffy,
I tried to e-mail you three days ago, and it just got returned to me this morning. I was trying to thank you for your help with Share A Square! I should have just commented instead. I really do appreciate you helping spread the word. You had mentioned that some people wanted to donated an entire afghan, but that really defeats the purpose of what we are trying to do. Although it would probably be easier to have just one person make the afghan, we were hoping that each afghan would have squares made by 48 different people.
You are on the blogroll of Share a Square. I look forward to getting your crocheted squares in my hot little hands!
Thanks again.
Shelly
Posted by This Eclectic Life | July 25, 2007 6:58 AM
Posted on July 25, 2007 06:58