The Hospital for Sick Children meet Canadian Oddball Baby Blankets!

Ladies:

The first ever delivery of our Canadian Oddball Baby Blankets has been accomplished. The lady was very nice in person, seemed totally grateful and was very pleased and friendly once the case was opened and the blankets were coming into view. She loved the idea of the journals once she saw them. The blankets are going to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) of the hospital. They will be well loved there. The blankets are given to a child, who can then take it to tests or surgery, keep it with him/her and when (if) he/she goes home, the blanket and journal goes with him/her.

I was told to convey heartfelt thanks from the Hospital to each and every knitter!

Without further delay, here is what Crycket (a KH member and friend who came and took pictures for me) and I saw when we entered the hospital.

The donation is complete!

Ladies: Once again I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for helping me to make my dream come true! Your work is beautiful, the blankets will now be in the hands of little ones who can really use them AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!!! Thanks so very much!

Eight blankets make their final trip!!!

Tomorrow some of our blankets are travelling to their final destination, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

The list of blankets going to the hospital tomorrow is:

* Princess Power
* Mud Pie
* Soft Hugs
* Fluffy Clouds
* Flower Garden
* Powder Puff
* Sky Blue
* Bold is Beautiful

Life's a Beach already went to a small baby in my town (with permission from the knitters) and Teddy Bear Love already went to Austin at the Shriner's Hospital (with permission from the knitters).

I have Snails, Whales and Puppy Dog Tails and Sugar and Spice here but they are not finished yet. The rest of the blankets are spread around Canada!!

Ladies, once again thank you so much for all your hard work. I will post some pictures tomorrow when I get back from the hospital!

Princess Power is Finished!

Hear ye, hear ye, oh kind, generous and loving members of the Canadian Oddball Baby Blanket KAL, it is with the greatest of pleasure that I present to you all another finished Oddball Baby Blanket. This is Princess Power! I hope you are all pleased with the way it looks and how it turned out.

Also, please welcome Mickey and Defarge666 to our group. Welcome ladies!

Ahoy There & New Member

Here is the latest new blanket that has been started. It is called "Ahoy There" and the starting knitter has sailboats floating across the blanket. I think it's awesome.

We have a new member. Please welcome Mickey to the group.

BOLD IS BEAUTIFUL IS FINISHED.

Hear ye, hear ye, oh kind, generous and loving members of the Canadian Oddball Baby Blanket KAL, it is with the greatest of pleasure that I present to you all another finished Oddball Baby Blanket. This is Bold is Beautiful! I hope you are all pleased with the way it looks and how it turned out.

Also, I will be on holidays for two weeks starting Sunday. If you need anything you can contact knitgal.

Have a great long weekend!

Happy Knitting!

Sky Blue is Finished!!!

Hear ye, hear ye, oh kind, generous and loving members of the Canadian Oddball Baby Blanket KAL, it is with the greatest of pleasure that I present to you all another finished Oddball Baby Blanket. This is Sky Blue! I hope you are all pleased with the way it looks and how it turned out.

Also: Austin received his blanket, Teddy Bear Love, and I was asked to tell you all that he is very pleased with the lap blanket and the toys he received from us. He received his blanket last Friday, but I was away at the cottage so I did not get the chance to post. I did receive a text message on my cell phone telling me he had gotten his package and was thrilled with all it contained.

This is a direct quote from the message Austin's Mom sent to me on Wednesday:

Please tell each & every one of the women who worked on it thank you for me! He did smile when I described the blanket to him & told him someone sent it all the way from Canada to him.

Teddy Bear Love is Finished!

Teddy Bear Love is Finished!!!
Here is a picture of the finished blanket, Teddy Bear Love. I just love this blanket. Do you know what I noticed? The section below mine (mine are the hearts) the knitter has put the words "teddy bears" right into the blanket. This is one really terrific blanket. So much love and knitting knowledge went into this one. I just love it!!!

Ladies, I am sitting here surrounded by a rainbow of knitting. I am so emotional right now, totally overwhelmed by all the support and help you have all given to me, so that I could realize my dream of helping the hospital that saved the life of my daughter when she was only 9 weeks old! I can't thank you enough, each and every one of you! Tomorrow I will have blanket #8 in my hands and all it needs is a border. Monday the post office is bringing me #9 & #10, one just needs a border and the other needs some knitting and a border. When those are finished I will be taking a trip downtown to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

Once again, thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Keep up the good work!!!

Love,
Christine

P.S. the whole blanket picture is the one closest to the real colours of the blankets. Sorry, I have to take the pictures inside where I can lay the blanket flat to photograph it and the flash goes off, changing the colours. The picture of the whole blanket is the best shot for true colour!