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  1. Awesome! I am a quilter and show my love through quilts. Last year I went on what my son called a “Cleanse”. I did not allow myself to buy any new fabric for a year, two exceptions a wedding quilt promised to a neighbor and backing fabric. I made over 8 quilts. Three won ribbons in the state fair. I challenge you to go on a cleanse and see what you can make with what you have. It encourages creativity and it it wonderful to go through the stash and for me the fabric brought back memories.

    • How wonderful. I need to do the same, but the bags full of fleece from England are blocking access to my sewing supplies !

  2. How pretty! This time of year I always want to start a crochet project, it’s the weather getting colder and that cozy feeling.

    I crocheted lap blanks a few years ago for both of my parents so they could wrap it around them and get a hug from me whenever they wanted.

  5. Pretty darned sweet to have something described as “this is my mothers love’!!! That’s like a verbal hug.

  6. Beautiful and awesome. There is something so satisfying about that stack of granny squares. I can feel the sense of accomplishment wafting off them.

    For all fellow fiber artists, here are the best two sites for thousands of free patterns to knit and crochet.

    Laughinghens.us and Novita.com.

    Laughing hens is British and offers a compilation collection, Including Drops and Rowan patterns.

    Novita is Finnish and credits the pattern designers. Unlike everyone else, Novita does not include a picture in the pattern file. If you are a collector like myself, you want to copy a photo and give it an associated name to keep it with the source pattern.
    I have been building a pattern database for the last few months and these two are the motherlode. They even have plenty of childrens patterns, which i have always found difficult to find.

    On with the Knitting! On with the crochet. On with more free Amurigami!

  8. I have the quilt that was given to my parents when they married after WWII. My Dad’s mum and grandmum made the top — it had pieces of fabric in it from my Dad and Mum’s clothes, as well as some from all their siblings. Then my Mum’s Mum hand quilted it and bound it. Mum never used it, it was always on the spare bed until someone came to visit. Ten it was carefully folded and stored in an old pillowcase until the company left.

  10. Absolutely fantastic and lovely. I’ve tried crocheting and nope, no skill. I looked at a video for knitting and I’m not all that sure I’ll be any more successful at learning that. Currently trying embroidery since it’ll also teach me the basics for hand sewing. 😉

  12. Kid2 is so very lucky! That is a beautiful blanket, and you can see the love in the picture. Well done! My favorite blanket was crocheted by my grandmother. It is yellow and green joined panels that were single crocheted, then cross stitched with a floral pattern. My grandmother has been gone for 32 years, but I still have and love that blanket, and think of her whenever I see it.

  16. I taught myself how to crochet when I was in my twenties or thirties (not sure which) from an instruction booklet. I loved it because it seemed simple and easy. I made several throws but living in Texas I rarely used the one I kept for myself. When I saw my grandmother’s creations I knew I couldn’t do that. I didn’t have the patience and using the much smaller yarn was a real challenge for me. She made beautiful table cloths for all her daughters that were complicated. One of my cousins found someone to mend hers and the person doing it asked if she could copy the pattern and make one for herself. I still have the one she gave my mother, which was probably made in the forties. She made many different things including edging for pillow cases. It is a lost art now.

  17. Oh, that is gorgeous!! I will makes the granny squares, but I HATE putting them together. I sent them to me daughter who put them together for me. Then she sent the blankets to a charity group.

  19. So amazing! That’s a great accomplishment. I usually get bored working on blankets– I worry that I would stop halfway through.

  20. That is a lovely blanket. I have been thinking of picking up the yarn craft again. I feel the tingle of having to start pulling out yarn and feeling it up.

  26. i love it, it turned out great! love the color choices.
    i too am jealous that it only took you two months.

  30. Knitting a fuzzy blanket for my 8yo now I’m almost done. My oldest now wants one but waaaay bigger he says. Hehe yay more yarn!!!
    PS—anyone have favorite online yarn stores?? I’m still new to knitting but I like natural yarns but hate the prices…I found knit picks and hobii but is there anywhere else that has good quality and decent prices?? would be appreciated!!

  31. 🥰🥰 I cried when Mumsy (my MIL) made me a crochet blanket. I felt like I had joined the love club. (we’d been married for 38 years by then, she loved me)
    It is so soft, it’s like a hug every time I use it.

  32. That is beautiful work. My daughter has just finished 225 squares and blocked them. The project kept her busy for quite some time, but the results will be in her home forever.

    • The Maggie snippet has been archived. Edits are still going on, it was only shared as a treat 🙂

  37. Your daisy square blanket turned out lovely. I used the same pattern and made 12 daisy squares and made a tote bag out of them. I lined it with daisy patterned cloth and crocheted a strap. I gave it to to my 10 year granddaughter. I used single crochet to attach squares to each other. I have already crocheted afghans for my 7 grandchildren and one for my daughter-in-law. It was nice to learn some new stitches for the daisy squares. I had never done the magic circle or clusters before. Thanks for sharing the pattern.

  38. Моя жена начала вязать «Бабушкин квадрат» две недели назад. Пока связала капор и пол шапки 😇

  41. You have more stamina than me. I keep starting a granny-square afghan, but I never end up FINISHING.