Nursing home CAL ??

[craftygirl2]

Hi,
why don't we all get together and make LAPGHANS for our local NH for X- mas ?? :clap
Anyone wanna join me ?
It's for a good cause, and you can work up all the odds and ends of your yarn stash...:hook
M.

[darski]

I'm in for this one. Can we include shawls as well as lapghans?

[Everyday Crochet]

I'm in. I'm making one for my grandmother who just went to a nursing home in August. I also found 3 lapghans at a thrift store and bought them for $2 each. I laundered them and donated them.

A fun fast lapghan is granny squares in different colors and then sc'ed together and edged with a scallop. My aunt makes them up super fast. She does 10 squares across and down.

I have 3 of them that she made for my kids and they are cute. Another is a baby sized mile a minute. They work up fairly fast.

Great idea!

[darski]

I have a filet square pattern that I did but it needs borders and edgings - that is my first project for this. I will go looking for some simle squares patterns that I can make as well.

[craftygirl2]

we are off to a great start, ty Ladies and welcome to the CAL....
YES, darski,
shawls will work too....
anything the Elderly can use will work....
SHAWLS,HATS,MITTENS,SOCKS, LAPGHANS......

Any Ideas will be appriciated...

Happy Crocheting
huggz
M.

[losingmymind2]

I'm in! My son age 22 is in extended care for a Traumatic Brain Injury, and my goal is to have something for each of the 65 residents for the holidays. Any help would be appreciated too, if anyone doesn't have someplace to send things. I could use lapghans or scarves. Ages range from 22 up in states from minimally conscious like my son to very aware and active.

[darski]

Does anyone have a pattern to recommend for squares for this and of course the charity squares challenge?

I would like something simple and not too yarn intensive. I'm searching but I get lost in the searches and never surface again. :)

[craftygirl2]

HI AGAIN...
ALL I DO IS : I make granny squares
4 Rounds, the last one in black , and then sew together....
use lots of different colors that way...

[darski]

Yeah, I can always fall back on the timeless granny but I do like something different.

I also read where they prefer that you not use black for charity ghans. Has this come up? I think that the black can fade into the backgroud (boo, hiss, pun) if you are using brights and cheery colours.

[craftygirl2]

the black I put around the squares for the Male...
the Ladies get the white border
sorry, forgot to mention that
Male... dark colored yarn w/ black border
Ladies...light color yarn w/ white border

huggz
M.

[darski]

I found a great pattern to use for the first several at least.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7375/granny.html

This works up nicely in about 20 minutes. I'm workikng with oranges, peach and white with this block.

[craftygirl2]

Hope the ppl in YOUR NH likes that pattern....lol

M.

[darski]

It'll be a lapghan, what's not to like eh? :D

[craftygirl2]

Lol

[craftygirl2]

what colors are ya using ??
M.

[losingmymind2]

I'm making Tim a rectangular granny in Carrot, Black and Aran Fleck. Strange colors but they're the colors of his auto racing team, dark orange and black; so it will work out nicely. Because of the colors needed I had to use Red Heart Super Saver, but for the others I prefer Red Heart Soft or Simply Soft. I have made my peace with Lion's Homespun; but I do like Bernat Boucle too.

[craftygirl2]

losingmymind2.....
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat colors, and so fitting for this CAL...
Glad you joined us...
Have FUN...
Post pics ( if ya can )

huggz
M.

[Melibean223]

since I'm doing the granny square along and I'm using the squares to make lap gahns for my local nursing home I figure I might as well get in on this one too =o)

[craftygirl2]

welcome to our lil group...
great seeing you here...
Keep us updated on your progress... ( I as of today ,have 52 squares done, My GOAL is making 70 squares for ea. Lapghan , I have already 5 GHANS done so far... )
Huggz
M.

[craftygirl2]

PROGRESS REPORT time pls...
who has how many squares done so far ??

GO CROCHETERS GO !!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[craftygirl2]

Up to 77 now...and still time to do a few more b4 bedtime...;)

huggz
M.

[darski]

I now have more of my green yarn (matches test squares) so i can get a couple of lapghans made before the season.

[StitchinCindi]

Hi,
I was reading this, and so, I went to the NH near me. I talked to the director, and she does like the idea.

However, she also requested if I had any kind and color, scraps or whole skeins, they would love it for the eight ladies that knit and crochet there in the NH.

It turns out that some of the nurses are taking finished stuff and unraveling it, just so these ladies would have some yarn to use again.

So, besides your stuff to make, talk to the director at your local NH and see if they have any needleworkers that want some of your stash to do for their own gifts!

I took about a couple of skeins for each lady, and even put them in seperate bags for them to carry around.

Just a suggestion.

[darski]

good information. i need to get down to my local and see if they want a crochet visitor with yarn!