The Finished Product(s)

So the blanket arrived in Prince George today and Courtney sent me this photo of it in use:


And here are the pictures I took before sending it off:



Thank you to everyone who gave their time and love to this project. I hope the love that fills this blanket continues to envelop Leah for many, many years to come.

All Done!

So the blanket squares all arrived in early April and we had an unprecedented extra three squares! I made an executive decision to leave three of them out, either because of size, or colour-matching, but I made sure that at least one square from every contributor is in the blanket. (I sent the extra squares to Courtney in case she gets inspired to do something wonderful with them.) Anyway, I was contentedly and unhurriedly working away at sewing the blanket together when the little munchkin made her appearance ten days early! Immediately after the joy of hearing of her arrival, I thought, "Man, I'd better get going on that blanket!" And so, one day after little Leah's appearance, the blanket was finished and sent off.


Since I'd like the blanket to still be as much of a surprise as possible, I'm only going to post this pics of the ends I trimmed off after stitching the blanket together and weaving the bits in. The blanket should arrive next week, and I hope it has a long life of cradling Leah in warmth and love.

Great Things Courtney Has Made

I thought I'd share with you these pictures that Courtney sent of her squares, and of darling Brynn helping out.




Stella and Brynn even helped with the blocking!



How wonderful that the whole family is helping out to make this gift of love for the new little one. Thanks Coco and Brynn (and Stella) for your love-filled addition to the blanket!

Portable Love

The updates on the blog for the blanket have been few and far between. This is for a number of reasons, but partly because even though Courtney is participating in this one, I'd still like the final product to be a bit of surprise! But I've blocked the first pile of squares, which have come from Marg, Jean, Tory and myself, and here's what things look like so far:

A week or so ago, the Yarn Harlot wrote a beautiful blog post about the meaning of knitting, in which she said that "Knitting is the best container I know for love - especially when you give it to another knitter." That's what we're doing here with this project, and with every Love Blanket which is so aptly named by Kyle and Courtney: offering up "portable love." Thanks for making this so special!