rows on a single project before I gave up. It just wasn't that interesting to me. But now I think it'd be kind of cool to knit my own blankets and scarfs and, if I got really good, maybe a sweater or hat.
My mom crocheted more than she knitted. I have a few afghans that she crocheted. She was a prolific crocheter. Reading her journals, she was always just finishing another afghan. She made a lot of small afghans for children for Project Linus, which provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. She must have made hundreds of blankets for Project Linus.
I love this--what a wonderful use of her talent! This would be another reason I'd like to learn to knit: I could indulge in a hobby and give the finished project to a worthy cause.
My mom was always crafty (and she could never understand why neither of her daughters were into doing crafts, which isn’t even true because I remember my sister going through a candlemaking stage). Anyway, when we were kids, we had a stack of Christmas placemats that my mom had made by collaging the nicest of the Christmas cards she received. She finished by coating them with something clear that made them cleanable with a damp sponge. In those days, sending Christmas cards was a big thing. My parents probably recieved a few hundred Christmas card each year.
The placemat idea is great! I may have to try that...for a few Christmases now, I've been saving the cards I get with the idea of making a Christmas card garland. It was something I saw LONG ago; somebody took their old cards, cut out circles and then somehow attached them to thick twine and used the finished craft as garland for their tree. I actually stopped putting garland on my tree a few years ago when it became obvious I had plenty of (too many <g>) ornaments to decorate the tree, so it's not a top priority project.
It IS another reason to lament people foregoing sending Christmas cards in favor of texts or Facebook greetings. We got maybe 20 Christmas cards this year (5 of them were photo cards).
