Spring FCWS Donations

The First Coast Women's Services had been so pleased with our first donation, that we wanted to make it a monthly habit. They said that 4 or 5 new women choose to keep their babies after coming throughthe facility each month, and we volunteered to keep up with that number.

April-

In April, we experimented with granny squares. This type of blankets is light and airy, great for the hot and humid spring time we have here in Florida. We made them with all types of colors and textures and had a lot of fun in the process.



From left to right-
.Seashore
.Garden Party
.Meadow
.Baby Pink

May-

In May, we decided to give 4 baby sweaters, and we had chosen a pattern written by Elizabeth Zimmerman. EZ, as the knitting community calls her, is famous for her simple way of explaining techniques that would usually be dreaded. We had heard about her from many knitters on Ravelry and in our knitting group, so we decided to purchase the pattern for the "Baby Surprise Jacket" or "BSJ".

We made our first BSJ in January in a self striping yarn that worked out very well. After that, we were hooked. We bought 3 more colorways of this particular yarn and got to work. Of course, there were interruptions in between, but we seamed on the last button in May.




June-

We've been working on a set of blankets to give for June. They are made with classic baby colors, pastels of blue, pink, yellow, and green. We are also making baby booties to match :)
All of the blankets are finished except green, and we only have yellow and green booties to go.

The progressing sets are simply adorable!


here they are! all finished! 6/3/09

FCWS Blankets

We had been accumulating blankets over the past several months, the types of blankets that you knew you had to make the moment you spotted them on ravelry. Sadly, at the time, we had no babies to make them for, but made them anyway.Suddenly one day, it hit us. Our love for babies, and our ability to craft adorable things for them was no coincidence! How could we go all this time without putting the two together? We would help babies in need!
So we decided that we would make 5 girl and 5 boy blankets for our local women's help center. As soon as we finished the tenth blanket, we made a trip up to the center. It was such a nice visit, and we even got to see a young lady pick one out for her son-to-be, Jonathan.
(Wittle Jonathan will be happy to receive the Handsome Spring Blanket when he is born)


Pink Gingham


Blue Gingham


Plushy Granny Square


Handsome Spring


Melody


Footprints



V-Stitch Pastels


Another Plushy Granny Square


Stockinette Pastels


Hooded

Some of these blankets are available in our etsy shop, if perhaps any of them have caught your eye ;)