Remember
Size made: 25" x 48.5" (Lap Blanket)
Craft: Crochet
The Tale
In my senior year of high school my grandpa was in the hospital awhile, preparing himself for his final journey. I went to visit him and talk with him and my dad almost everyday. While there I would work on crocheting a ripple afghan. I had made a fair amount of progress until I finally gave it up for a bad job (my gauge…if I had done one, would have been really off).
I haven’t used this yarn for anything since then. Even though it is very simple red heart yarn; it was irreversibly linked with grandpa in my mind. I wanted to make something with this yarn, I didn’t want it to go to waste. However, I want to give it to someone who can really appreciate what this yarn means to me, even though it is such cheap yarn.
I decided to make a lap blanket for my dad out of this yarn as a birthday gift.
I hope that every time he uses it he will think of fond memories of grandpa.
In my senior year of high school my grandpa was in the hospital awhile, preparing himself for his final journey. I went to visit him and talk with him and my dad almost everyday. While there I would work on crocheting a ripple afghan. I had made a fair amount of progress until I finally gave it up for a bad job (my gauge…if I had done one, would have been really off).
I haven’t used this yarn for anything since then. Even though it is very simple red heart yarn; it was irreversibly linked with grandpa in my mind. I wanted to make something with this yarn, I didn’t want it to go to waste. However, I want to give it to someone who can really appreciate what this yarn means to me, even though it is such cheap yarn.
I decided to make a lap blanket for my dad out of this yarn as a birthday gift.
I hope that every time he uses it he will think of fond memories of grandpa.
Materials
Hooks used: J and K
Yarn used: Red Heart Yarn Ltd.
Color: white, light tan, dark tan, dark brown
Bought yarn from: Wall-Mart (?-years ago!)
Use yarn again? Not if I can help it but I will be making more projects with the rest of the leftover yarn.
Project Details and Feedback
Duration of Project: October 4th, 2010 to January 17th, 2011
Made for: Daddy
Modifications: Chained 138 with K hook, and worked the rest of the pattern with a J hook.
Make this pattern again? Yes but there are also tons of other blankets I would like to try. Definitely a project you can re-do and still enjoy.
Thoughts on this project: This took a long time only because it was my off-and-on crochet project from October to January 10. I did only about 8 rows in all of that time. From January 10th to the 17th I finished the rest of it very quickly. This was a really fun project and I really like how it looks.
Love,
LeeAnn
1 comment:
Love and respect both of these guys. Wonderful tribute, LeeAnn. You are a special lady. xxxooo mom
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