Delivery to Cooper

For some reason, I always seem to be one day behind.  Yesterday morning, DH and I made the July 4th/Summer delivery to Cooper.  It is always for rewarding to make this delivery.

Babies are so precious and sick babies are beyond precious.  They are exceptionally helpless and depend on others.  The sad part is that there is so many of these precious babies.  On another note, I stopped for a few days from working on my squares but today I am starting up again.  Hopefully with a few days, I will be posted the finished blanket.

Yarn Scraps

I actually did this post a couple of days ago but I couldn't wait to show you my progress on my squares so I jumped that post ahead of his one.

What do you do with the yarn you have left over from a project especially the small pieces that you cannot possibly make anything even a preemie hat.  How about keeping the different yarn weights separate and tying the scrap pieces together to make a large ball.

 You can make a blanket with it or for a faster way to use it up is to make blanket edgings.  A quick baby blanket is to take a yard of fleece (60" wide) and cut it in half which will give you a 30" x 36" blanket, round the corners, make holes around the edge and crochet an edge.



  I do the edge with a single crochet in the hole and a sc between the holes using a size "H" hook.  I love making blankets like this.  It is so fast.  My method for making the holes is using a skip-stitch rotary blade.  http://www.skipstitch.com/products.htm

Another Way To Use Scrap Yarn

My DD had a picnic yesterday with her friends and a whole lot of kids.  Grammy is going to sit on the sidelines and watch.  Children have sooo much energy and not a care in the world.  While I am watching, I am sewing crochet squares.  Lizzy from the Caring For Cooper groups sent me squares. 

 So, here is two more ways to use left over yarn:  squares and yarn to sew them together. 

Don't forget you will need yarn for the finishing edge.  On the web, there are tons of sites for patterns for squares.  If anyone would like to share, I would be more than happy to post.

I finished half the basic blanket just by sitting at a party and watching the children play.  How easy is that....

Thanks, Lizzy.

What Happened to Feb, Mar, Apr and May?

It is very hard for me to believe that I have not posted since January.  The delivery for Valentine's Day and Spring have been made for Cooper Hospital.  I am getting ready for the Summer delivery.  Though I have not written, I have been busy knitting, crocheting and sewing. 

My dear friends from the Caring For Cooper group have been ill.  Ginnie had a stroke and Dianne is being treated for cancer.  The last time I heard from Dianne was after Ginnie had the stroke.  Ginnie was going to be transferred to a rehab center but Dianne didn't know when or where.  Dianne has had some bad reactions to her chemo therapy so I can only assume that she is not feeling up to writing.

I have joined the AC4C yahoo group.  Ginnie was a very active member in this group.  She was so active that the group has dedicated a month of crafts for Cooper Hospital.  I want to keep Ginnnie's legacy to that group and what a nice group they area.

In the meantime, my DH had a heart attack.  For almost a month, I was unable to craft anything since he required full attention.  He is on the mend and I have started this week getting back to my beloved creating for charity.

I have a few tidbits to share and will hopefully be able to post faithfully.