Library blanket and squares

One of my recent knitting/crafty projects was for the Library.  I've talked a little bit over the last month or so about joining the Friends of the Library group - it's a group of people who do things to support our local library system.  One of the first projects I participated on was as a coordinator for baskets full of donated goods that were going to be auctioned off for fund raising.  I made a pair of slippers to donate before I joined, and then worked on a doll blanket, and turning everything into pretty cohesive baskets.

squares all attached

We took practice squares from the Knit-in and turned them into a doll blanket for one of the basket.  They were a wide variety of sizes, which added a little bit more difficulty!  But I wanted to put a border on each of them, so I just did some of them with a wider border than others.  Oh the joy of circular needles, I just picked up stitches all the way around the square, with some extras in the corners, and then went around and around and bound off loosely.  I did the same after sewing the squares to put a border on the very outside too.

slippers full

All together, there were 4 baskets, and 2 of them had knitted goods in them (doll blanket and pig that one of the other ladies knitted in the "Fun at Grandma's House" basket, and my slippers and a crocheted blanket from one of the other ladies in the "Relaxation" basket).  So many people donated stuff for them that they were really a labor of love from the whole group.  And plus, they turned out really pretty, and I'm hoping they will raise a nice amount of money for the library. :)