tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74916027602857437782024-03-08T09:22:43.214-08:00Oddball Blanket FinderOver 200 members of the Knitting Help Forum, from all over the United States and Canada, are making blankets for charity!Shandehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00761779621427135020noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491602760285743778.post-7535248393064134142007-05-15T09:22:00.000-07:002012-09-11T22:23:32.396-07:00Oddball Charity BlanketsMembers of the Knitting Help Forum have been working diligently together to create Oddball Blankets to give to charity.<br />
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"Shandeh" in North Carolina came up with the idea, and it soon took root and blossomed in the forum. Now, there are more than 200 knitters involved in the project all over the United States and Canada. Cool!<br />
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We have decided to give our large blankets to an international orphanage. One of our blankets is 100% wool, so it will be given to a charity organization that requires wool (or other animal fiber). Our lapghans are going to a rape crisis center in North Carolina, our baby blankets are going to hospitals, and our pet snuggles are going to animal shelters.<br />
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Each blanket is growing to be a beautiful finished project!<br />
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Blanket #1<br />
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Blanket #2<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59646927@N00/7978678548/" title="Oddball Blanket #2 Complete by Shandeh, on Flickr"><img alt="Oddball Blanket #2 Complete" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7978678548_f1095ed719.jpg" width="371" /></a><br />
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Blanket #3<br />
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Blanket #4<br />
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Blanket #5<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59646927@N00/5172540593/" title="Oddball Blanket #5 with Recipient by Shandeh, on Flickr"><img alt="Oddball Blanket #5 with Recipient" height="389" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5172540593_410f8ae182.jpg" width="265" /></a><br />
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Oddball Lapghan #1:<br />
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Oddball Lapghan #2:<br />
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Oddball Orphan Blanket:<br />
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Here is a link to the Knitting Help Forum: <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/index.php">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/index.php</a><br />
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And here are links to each of the Oddball Blanket discussions:<br />
Blanket #1 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=54114">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=54114</a><br />
Blanket #2 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=55563">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=55563</a><br />
Blanket #3 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=55944">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=55944</a><br />
Blanket #4 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=57670">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=57670</a><br />
Blanket #5 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=58704">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=58704</a><br />
Lapghan #1 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=61877">http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/forum/showthread.php?t=61877</a><br />
Lapghan #2 - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66280">http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66280</a><br />
Orphan Blanket - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81308">http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81308</a><br />
Oddball Pet Snuggles - <a href="http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83565">http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83565</a><br />
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<u>GUIDELINES FOR STARTING YOUR OWN ODDBALL BLANKET PROJECT</u><br />
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I am so pleased that our Oddball Knitting Projects are so successful! Right now, there are over 200 knitters involved in making Oddball charity projects in the US, Canada, England, and Australia! :) So, I would like to post some guidelines here for public use.<br />
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Feel free to start your own Oddball Charity Knitting group, with a little help from these charts I've made. They took a LONG time to put together, so take advantage of my work! :D<br />
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Oddball Blanket Guidelines:<br />
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I've also made a chart for making blankets for the Snuggles Pet Blanket sizes:<br />
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If you prefer to have your group knit squares, here's a chart to help with that:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59646927@N00/508939217/" title="Photo Sharing"></a>Shandehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00761779621427135020noreply@blogger.com2