Making : blankets

We went to see some friends a couple of weekends ago.  They have a new house.  We wanted to give them something special, for their new home, something warm.  You know, as a house-warming present.

So I made this blanket for them.

I love using recycled sweaters as something pretty and useful.  I could have my house wall papered in these… I think my family just looks at me, when I either bring more sweaters to felt and re-use, and when I make one more blanket… really!  Who needs so many blankets for each room!

But we figured.  Our friends have a bigger house now, more space, cooler winter, right?  They needed a blanket, I know!

And actually because they bought a bigger house, so they can have their college age daughters live in the downstairs, on a separate unit, I had to make two blankets.  Right? Everybody needs a new blanket!

One for each home is what’s needed.  This blanket, I’ve been knitting for few years.  Three or four years maybe.  I was using all my left over wool from passed projects.  It was so much fun to search and find something to add.  Find another piece and knit.  Not much planning, I love it that way sometimes.  Perfect for my social knitting, when I don’t have to pay attention to what I’m knitting, so I can also talk and pay attention to them.  Just fun knitting.  All knit, no purl, just change color when the ball of yarn is done.  I loved making it!

And some of the yarn I used was yarn I had spun… one of my first ones from many years ago… actually before having kids!

I had a lot of fun.  I think they were really happy to get them too.  We miss our friends, now being further away from us, but they have a little something from our home to theirs that will keep them warm.  Happy House Warming, or maybe Happy Lap Warming!