28 Jan

I decided to take a little break from boxing in...

I'm revisiting my Tunisian days... I forget how perfect and pretty it comes out... My mother taught me to do this when I was very young, probably in the single digits... I didn't learn how to do any other kind of crocheting until I was teenager... So this has been a wonderful walk down memory lane.... Found a very pretty color at Wal-Mart and decided to make an 8 inch square for our Army Vet with it... :D

Going to finish my 8 inch square.. Then back to joining Mission 4 together...

Just thought I would make a post.....

Mission 2, 3, 4

Mission 2 -  Susan, the Soldier with Brain Cancer - I do believe I have enough rainbow 8 inch squares to finish this one up as well... Will need to double check...

Mission 3 - Tony, our Army Vet with Pancreatic Cancer -  I only have about 10-15 squares for this one. What I started were mostly green, blue, and grey squares with extra yarn I had lying around. Any help with these would be great!

Mission 4 - Sharon M, one of our beloved Soldiers Angels' Moms' with lung cancer - This one is just about complete! DeAnna sent me a beautiful 14 inch square.

I have been adding a row or two onto the twelve inch squares I received to make them 14 inches as well so we can use this beauty! I decided to make this a three by three Afghan, as it come out being 48 inches square, and I will throw a beautiful scalloped border on it for effect. I do believe Sharon will love it. I should, fingers crossed, have it finished this weekend. I will begin on Susan's next week!

I will be working on getting a picture with Sharon R and her's this weekend! If she feels up to it, had another rough treatment last week, and we are hoping she feels better this weekend.

Thank you all for all your help! It means the world to me!

J

Mission 1 - Sharon R - Georgia - COMPLETE!!!

In The Beginning...

In Early December my Mother In Law was diagnosed with Breast Cancer... This was a stun, to both her, and us. It has been a short journey for us so far, as I know others have dealt with it much longer then we. As I thought of what I could do for her to give her some comfort, I thought back to high school. My best friend's Mom passed away and that time I was part of a square exchange. I requested squares and cards from the group and I pieced them together as a gift of love for her. I decided to do this again, I reached out to friends that I knew crocheted and knitted and too some that I didn't through Facebook... It turned out to be a beautiful, beautiful afghan! She enjoys it very much, and was very uplifted by the cards of hope that came with it. I then decided to start a group to do this on a regular basis. 

It did take me awhile to come up with the name, I had some help from a friend, Ianna, but we decided on one, and it has been quite a bit of fun organizing and collecting the squares. We now have a waiting list of 7 afghans to make, for people all over the country that have been recently diagnosed, that we are trying to share some love with!!! 

Wish us well on our journey, as it is just beginning!