See my previous Project Linus post for details. The second blanket I finished was from leftover yarn, which I actually started before the blue/green striped one. This one took about half of the blocks. When I get around to putting the rest of the blocks together, I’ll post that one :-).
I enjoy knitting and crocheting, and one of the main reasons is to have something to keep my hands busy while watching or we’re roleplaying or things like that. But I can’t just make stuff to make stuff — I want to know that someone’s going to make use of it. I tried one of the things where people make sweaters that are given to needy kids, but that got to be too much work (I hate having to sew bits together, and getting something like that sized right takes enough concentration that it defeats the “knit while you’re doing … (read more) “Busy hands and Project Linus”