Midwest Great Lakes Oddball Baby Blankets

#1

Hello friendly charity knitters and crocheters! :waving:

We work together to make Oddball Baby Blankets for charity. Our blankets will be made according to the requests of local hospital(s), so keep watching this thread to see our guidelines.

[B]The Midwest [U]Great Lakes[/U] Baby Blankets[/B] are led by traceleighj

The Great Lakes region includes Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.

If you would like to volunteer to help make baby blankets, please send a private message to traceleighj, and she will help you get started!

Our project will begin in August, so let’s start our plans!

#2

I’m still in :]

#3

Hi! I am so excited!!
I am working on a blog for us and I will let you know when that is up.
For now, we need a few more knitters and some great blankets to get us going…I am sure there are a ton of ideas out there and I am welcome to any and all suggestions!!!

#4

I’m in and excited about the project:cheering:

#5

Yippe! I finally get a night off and have accomplished a ton of work for our group! Emails sent, check. Ravelry updated, check.

I have even hit up my knitting group- from Ravelry into joining up- they all see me working on the blankets every month and love them. It won’t really be a hard sell.

Last on the list, Blog, CHECK! More to come as we get going, but it’s a start!

http://greatlakesoddball.blogspot.com/

#6

Way to go Tracie!! I’m in…just let me know what I need to do!

#7

Are we going to start back up right on August 1st? We might need to get some ideas together!
Is there only a few of us? No one is really active on this thread…

#8

Yes, this thread has been kind of quiet. I am oging to get some needles and start a blanket. Right now there aren’t too many of us- so put on some pressure! I will post our frst blanket tomorrow and get that going! Wicked- would you like to be #2? I am at work right now and my lists are at home, but I will definitely get one going and out the door on Monday!

#9

Don’t we need to come up with some themes for our blanket?And what about colors? My computer will be down for the weekend so don’t worry if I don’t answer right away

#10

I’ll be sending some needles and yarn your way soon, traceleighj!
:muah:

#11

Thanks Shandeh!

Momwolf- I do have ideas and will post more tomorrow- I am stuck at my parents tonight dog-sitting and will get home tomorrow afternoon to post a couple to start. If you do have any ideas, let me know I would love to have a bunch!

#12

Tracie – I would love to be number two on our first blanket! I am so uncreative when it comes to names and whatnot…everything I think of is so similar or exactly the same as ones we did as a large group!!
I definately think the rainbow themed ones were amazing!

#13

ETA: I am going to keep this post as a running list of blankets.

12/8/08- updated

[B][U]Somewhere Over the Rainbow-[/U][/B] (temporarily MIA)
[B][U]Little Bo Peep-[/U][/B] traceleighj is knitting the border

[U][B]Butterfly Meadow-[/B][/U]
traceleighj- DONE
Ladybug Lady- DONE
Monzogary- DONE
Momwolf- DONE
Crystal1615 (Rav)- working on it
becjo

[B][U]Cottonball- (all white)[/U][/B]
traceleighj- done
Monzogary- DONE
Momwolf- DONE
Ladybug Lady- DONE
Babsnelson-DONE
Crystal1615 (rav)- working on it

[B][U]Rainbow Brite- all garter stitch[/U][/B]
red- traceleighj- done
orange- Baronreads- DONE
yellow- Momwolf- DONE
green- Becjo- DONE
blue- Mulderknitter- DONE
purple- Monzogary

[B][U]Not Easy Being Green- all greens [/U][/B]
Mulderknitter- DONE
Momwolf- DONE
Monzogary- DONE
Baronreads- waiting for it to arrive
Becjo
thesawat (Rav)

[U][B]Peppy Pastels- [/B][/U]
Cheryl1973 (Rav) DONE
applemac (Rav) DONE
jelwismuth (Rav) DONE
becjo DONE
thesawat (Rav) DONE
babsnelson (Rav) working on it

[B][U]Winter Wonderland- [/U][/B]
Momwolf- DONE
Mulderknitter DONE
jlewismuth (Rav) DONE
mapletree1234- working on it
applemac
schcrochet (Rav) section and border

[B][U]Berry Bliss- [/U][/B]
Babsnelson (Rav) DONE
baronreads (Rav)
jlewismuth (Rav)
cheryl1973 (Rav)
applemac (Rav)
mapletree1234

[B][U]Sunny Daze-[/U][/B]
traceleighj DONE
BBQknits (Rav) DONE
thesawat (Rav) waiting for it to arrive
Packerbelle (Rav)
mapletree1234
schcrochet (Rav)

#14

Tracie-I definately have some stash orange!
Do you want to do it in all garter stitch?

#15

Good luck with your blankets, Great Lakes region! :thumbsup:
Be good to your new leader, my friends! :muah:

#16

Can I have Green please?
And I can be # 2 on Little Boy Blue

#17

You’re in momwolf…thanks! I am just waiting for the pot of water to boil to straighten out the circular needles. Plus, I went a little crazy on yarn…:eyes:

#18

garter sounds good to me!

#19

I just replied to the blog - but I’d love to be included in this myself. I live in Indiana - so is this the right area where I need to be? Sign me up for wherever you need me & let me know what I need to do! I’d be thrilled to be included!!!
:cheering:

#20

You can sign me up for both Tracie. I can do Yellow for “Over the Rainbow” and I’ve got TONS of misc blues. (DH’s favorite color!!)