Are you ready for this? It might be a long one! Do you remember.....
.... this blanket? I started out making a baby blanket - it grew out of control...and I was prepping it for delivery to my youngest sister.
I asked her if she would like flowers on the corners of her blanket, but she wanted critters...... so I started knitting little critters......
I went through all my critter patterns and just kept knitting.
Eventually I spread it out on Poppa's bed and started attaching animals. When I had them all securely attached, I sent Auntie Colleen an e-mail and told her it was finished and we (Poppa and I) had left it in the front porch at her place. The next day I got a really fun e-mail and I asked her if I could use her comments in this post. She agreed, so here we go. The comments in quotes are hers.
" I did not count the critters, but have examined each one. I love how they all have their own distinct personalities. This is the best blanket ever. Each time I think I love one critter the best, I see the next one and decide that is the one I love the best."
"Of course, Gus is my absolute favourite."
I should mention here that Gus is her dog and he looks kinda like the Gus that I knitted.
She wanted a bear because I have always had bears around and she thought it would be appropriate - so here is a bear!
An elephant.
A white mouse - trying to scare the elephant!
"A flamingo....fabulous legs and colours."
"How did you get the turtle's shell so high?"
Of course, as all the knitters will know - the shell is added after the body is done, and then stuffed and attached.
A very small duck/chick.
A long time ago, when we were a lot younger - I found a snail on the wall in my basement (a rented house - not the one we live in now!). I didn't want to touch it, so I called my Dad and he brought Colleen to our house so she could remove the snail. She was only about 10 at the time - but loved snails, bugs, etc.
A grey mouse on the other side of the elephant.
"The cat is frighteningly close to the two charming mice!"
"The little piglet following......
...... the mother warmed my heart."
I made a little penguin - because I thought it was cute.
Does anyone recognize Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster)? I found this pattern and just HAD to make her!
A hedgehog with large eyes (reminds me of the Frozen animals).
"The giant spider should make me shudder a bit, but I like her personality." Note: none of the animals are to proper scale in proportion to any other animal on the blanket.
A little lamb.
A porpoise.
The second bear - because I couldn't resist!
An Easter rabbit who forgot his basket of chocolate eggs!
She wanted a bear because I have always had bears around and she thought it would be appropriate - so here is a bear! (I know, but this is a better picture!)
An alligator.
"The frog and the turtle make me smile when I see the cheeky looks on their faces."
"We really do have bumblebees almost as big as the blanket bee."
Another snail just because I liked the colour combination.
Gus again! The "thing" at the bottom of the picture is a butterfly. I seem to be missing a couple of pictures of the other bugs, but....
Regarding this comment - "great distinctive looking slithering snakes" -here is one of the snakes. If I find more pics of the insects I will post them next time. Hope you enjoyed the blanket tour! It finished up about 50"x70" - covered the top of the queen bed.
