tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158332229025351782011-04-21T17:20:40.695-05:00Members of the Knitting Help Forum (and Ravelry) from the Midwest are working together to make preemie baby blankets for a children's hospital.stagebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922249391874341479noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415833222902535178.post-28747826201629237172008-09-22T18:09:00.004-05:002008-09-22T18:14:53.111-05:00<strong>"Five Little Monkeys"</strong> - need 4 knitters and border<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SNgl3EABl3I/AAAAAAAAAJU/n1-mZ0JJ2WQ/s1600-h/5+little+monkeys-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248986993597192050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SNgl3EABl3I/AAAAAAAAAJU/n1-mZ0JJ2WQ/s320/5+little+monkeys-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>"I Love You Through and Through" </strong>- need 4 knitters and border<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SNgl3GwxCgI/AAAAAAAAAJc/FNZegXplTss/s1600-h/through+and+through.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248986994338499074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SNgl3GwxCgI/AAAAAAAAAJc/FNZegXplTss/s320/through+and+through.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/415833222902535178-2874782620162923717?l=midwestpreemiekal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stagebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922249391874341479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415833222902535178.post-26664699819340369542008-08-25T09:14:00.009-05:002008-08-29T10:31:08.786-05:00I have begun another blanket “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (and other favorite bedtime stories)”<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SLK-fpdeGII/AAAAAAAAAIc/FWrPIRmAT8M/s1600-h/twinkle+twinkle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238458767499991170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SLK-fpdeGII/AAAAAAAAAIc/FWrPIRmAT8M/s320/twinkle+twinkle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Knitters for "Twinkle Twinkle":</strong><br />stagebear<br />Mulderknitter<br />momwolf<br />Cheryl1973 (rav)<br />monzogary - last section &amp; border<br /><br /><strong>Knitters for “Love You Forever”:<br /></strong>kellyh57<br />my3boys<br />traceleighj<br />momwolf<br />monzogary<br />stagebear - border<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/415833222902535178-2666469981934036954?l=midwestpreemiekal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stagebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922249391874341479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415833222902535178.post-32165454564403489532008-08-05T09:44:00.002-05:002008-08-05T09:46:57.853-05:00<div>We have a theme for our first blanket! We'll be using the cover of the children's book "Love You Forever." </div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SJhnxpormxI/AAAAAAAAAIU/WofeTUjSXB8/s1600-h/love+you+forever.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231045069878565650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tCtCyiK20c/SJhnxpormxI/AAAAAAAAAIU/WofeTUjSXB8/s320/love+you+forever.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/415833222902535178-3216545456440348953?l=midwestpreemiekal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stagebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922249391874341479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415833222902535178.post-12946553650756017492008-07-21T09:19:00.000-05:002008-07-21T11:32:15.195-05:00Hello friendly Midwesterners!<br /><br />Our region is so large, that we have split it into three groups: Midwest Preemie Blankets, Great Plains Baby Blankets, Great Lakes Baby Blankets.<br /><br />I will be heading up the Midwest Preemie Baby Blankets.<br />The Midwest region includes <strong>Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and Nebraska</strong>.<br /><br />If you would like to volunteer to help make baby blankets, please send me a <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/member.php?u=14462">private message.</a><br /><br />Our project will begin in August, so let’s start our plans!<br />I was thinking maybe we could start with blankets based on nursery rhymes? I have a whole list of ideas. Let me know what you think.<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>Original Instructions from Sandy:</em></strong><br /><br />All the blankets will be made with 100% acrylic, soft sportweight (DK) yarn (washable).<br /><br />The blankets are started by casting on 90-100 stitches with a size US 5 or 6 knitting needle. The first knitter will knit 3 to 6 rows, then continue knitting with the design of their choice for 4 inches (keeping 3 knit stitches at the beginning and end of each row). Then the project will be mailed to the next knitter. There will be 5-6 knitters for each blanket, so the blanket should measure about 20 inches long when complete.<br /><br />Let's stick to basic stitch designs for this project, with <strong>no holes </strong>in the blankets. We don't want tiny fingers to get stuck in the blankets! So, just knit and purl stitches. No yarn-overs, slipped stitches, ribs or cables.<br /><br />Here are some good yarns to choose from for the blankets:<br /><em>Red Heart Soft Baby<br />TLC Baby<br />Baby Bee Sweet Delight (from Hobby Lobby)<br />Bernat Softee Baby<br />Lion Microspun<br />Caron Simply Soft Baby<br />Bernat Satin Sport</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/415833222902535178-1294655365075601749?l=midwestpreemiekal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>stagebearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922249391874341479noreply@blogger.com0