Cotton Candy Baby Blankets - Donated to Project Linus

As always, I was on the lookout for good yarn deals and found a great one at Walmart. These Bernat Baby Boucle skeins were the larger size and regularly sold for $6.99; I bought six of them on sale for $0.75 each! Needless to say I was thrilled.

I decided to make a very simple striped blanket pattern out of them and was able to make six blankets in various color combinations for Project Linus. I love these blankets because they were relatively fast to make (11 - 13 hours each) and they are so soft you can't help but want to touch them. They look so much like cotton candy that I called them that the entire time I was making them.

You can find this blanket pattern at www.bernat.com. It is called the Baby Boucle - Hush - A - Bye Blanket.

As always, if you are interested in learning more about Project Linus, please visit their national website at www.projectlinus.org.

Crocheted Lamb Toy - Donated to Salvation Army

I made this lamb for the Ohio State Fair. The category was the "Help A Child Smile"category. It accepted all types of toys and pillow pets that were handmade. The lamb ended up taking best of show, which I was very surprised at considering that I thought he was quite ugly. (Apparently the judges had different tastes than I do!) The best part of the category was that all the items were donated to the Salvation Army to give to children in need. I sorely wish that they would bring this category back because I love to make toys!

This lamb was a kit I ordered from Mary Maxim's craft catalog.