A Motley Collection of Squares

An Assortment of Squares for Oliver's Blanket

One of the nice things about long weekends with family is that I get a little time to play with my knitting needles. I didn't work on any large or complicated projects, but I was able to finish up a few small things. These squares are going to be sent off to be part of the blanket being assembled for a raffle to support Oliver.  You might wonder why I picked the particular self-patterning sock yarn that you see above.  Well, as you all know, Emma and I have traded and shared yarn for some time.  The green squares and the squares with the yellow stripes come from Opal that I have gotten from Emma.  It seemed to me that knitting it up into simple squares for Oliver's raffle blanket was absolutely the perfect way to use the last remainders of this yarn.  So I'll be sending in seven little squares (two of which may be off in size... but I figured I would leave the decision to include them or not up to the intrepid seamstresses). 

Most of you who want to share in this project probably already know that Kay at Mason Dixon Knitting has graciously offered to seam up squares on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.  So I'm going to be sending my squares to the US blanket as soon as I can get to the post office!