Rectangle Granny Blanket

Here is a “Rectangle Granny” that was very easy to make and large enough for a teenager. This is the largest blanket l have made for “Project Linus”.  Thanks to the “Crochet Crowed“ for the inspiration and pattern video.  68×50

       How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams!
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Little Boy Blue Blanket

 

Celebrate this year with new hope, new resolutions and new creativity. Try to find a new way to live a wonderful  life. Wishing you  a Happy New Year ! This is my first Project Linus blanket for 2015, wow how time fly’s! This  “Little Boy Blue” blanket is  another corner to corner blanket, that is 46×46 and is very soft.

Honey Rose Blanket

 

Here is another “Corner to Corner” blanket for Project Linus, that my sister made in just seven days. The colors and shell stitch make this a very sweet blanket, hence the name “Honey Rose”. 46X46

Frilly Kritters

This is my first “No sew blanket” and another blanket for the “Baby Toes Challenge“. It was a lot of fun to make this blanket with my husband and sister, each of us had a hand in the making. This is a definite make again project. 48×60

Baby Toes Challange

If you are able, make a donation of $10 – $25 to Project Linus. That’s it! Then share this message with 5 of your friends and ask them to do the same thing. We can easily reach tens of thousands of people who only need to make a small donation — and we can make this our own viral challenge. We’ll put updates on the Project Linus page to track how we are doing. We know that we can do this, and we know that we have thousands of supportive friends who will help us. We need your help! Share, share, share this message on Facebook, Twitter, and face to face with your friends and family. Then add the cute Baby Toes graphic below as your Facebook profile picture for the month of September. Let’s see how many Baby Toes we can see on Facebook!

Crocheting is Wonderful in So many Ways!

 

We all Scream for Ice Cream!

 

 

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband of 27 years, who helps me sort out my yarn and drop off blankets! An easy fun cake to make with children for  any celebration. ❤

 

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe!

Serves: 6 to 8

Ingredients

• – 1 box of twelve Ice Cream Sandwiches (or two boxes for a large cake)
• – 1 tub of Whipping Cream
• – Magic Shell Caramel
• – Magic Shell Chocolate
• Optional: Oreo Cookies (crumbled into pieces)
• Optional: Candy bars (diced into pieces) Snickers, Hersheys, Twix, Reeses, Optional: M&M’s, Nestle Crunch, etc…
• Optional: Nuts

Instructions

1. Unwrap all the ice cream sandwiches
2. Lay the first layer of three down
3. Drizzle chocolate, caramel and any other toppings you want. This will harden and act as a glue to hold this cake together.
4. Lay the second layer of three ice cream sandwiches
5. Drizzle chocolate, caramel and any other toppings again.
6. Lay the last layer of three and then frost the outside of the cake with whip cream topping.
7. Top the cake with more drizzled chocolate, caramel and any other toppings you want on it.
8. Enjoy!

July 4th Blanket

 

 

I received a generous donation of red yarn a few weeks ago and decided to make a blanket to honor July 4th. This blanket is larger (50×50) then most of the blankets I have made for Project Linus, suitable for an older child or teen.  A simple large granny square, with a finishing picot stitch to represent the stars on the flag. I didn’t plan it this way but finished just in time for Flag Day, just an added bonus! Happy Flag Day!

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. ~Kay Redfield Jamison

 

 

Benefits of the Giver