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Old 08-22-2008, 04:45 AM   #1
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Arizona Grand Canyon has arrived in Hawaii!

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Old 08-22-2008, 01:12 PM   #2
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Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to check in and say that nostash2big over at Ravelry has let me know that Rainforest is on its way over here I'm excited! (and already have the yarn picked out )

Hope ya'll are doing great!!

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Old 08-29-2008, 07:26 PM   #3
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Nathalie ~

What's the count on the number of blankets? Are we doing one in greens? I drove through an area yesterday that reminded me of the jungle & I immediately thought of this group and wanting to do one -- maybe called Tropical Greenery or something like it.
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Old 08-29-2008, 07:56 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by auntcrafty View Post
Nathalie ~

What's the count on the number of blankets? Are we doing one in greens? I drove through an area yesterday that reminded me of the jungle & I immediately thought of this group and wanting to do one -- maybe called Tropical Greenery or something like it.
Very good question!

We currently have five blankets traveling, with several in the works.

Here's the breakdown:

Desert Sand
ladylou - DONE
pinnut3200 - DONE
Dimpledapple - DONE
nostash2big - DONE
nannaknits
tripletmama
Knittinmitchie (border)

Purple Mountains Majesty
auburnchick - DONE
auntcrafty - DONE
pinnut3200 - DONE
Tobinknit - DONE
grannydani
jhelanee
nannaknits (border)

Grand Canyon Sunset
auburnchick - DONE
pinnut3200 - DONE
Dimpledapple - DONE
auntcrafty - DONE
Debkcs
tripletmomma (border)

Rain Forest
pinnut3200 - DONE
nostash2big - DONE
ladylou
PeattieWa
jhelanee
Purlingkitten (border)

Rainbow Sherbert
grannydani - DONE
PeattieWa - DONE
Debkcs - DONE
nannaknits
Purlingkitten
Knittinmitchie (border)

Pacific Blues
Debkcs (casting on)
auntcrafty
grannydani
PeattieWa
ladylou
dimpledapple
Knittinmitchie (border)

Blueberry Bliss - Preemie Blanket
jhelanee (casting on)
nannaknits
grannydani
Purlingkitten
Tobinknit
Wyospinner
Knittinmitchie (border)

Autumn Reds
nostash2big (casting on)
Dimpledapple
Purlingkitten
sepenguins
wyospinner
nannaknits (border too)

California Coast
auburnchick (casting on)
kaniger
sepenguins (rav)
Purlingkitten
nostash2big (rav)
knittinmitchie
tripletmomma (border)


We could always start another green one, if you want. It might be similar to Rain Forest, but that doesn't matter to me. We could always throw in a brown (for tree trunks) here and there...or we could do the bottom strip in brown and then do various shades of greens as we go up.

Whatcha think?

We also need to pick out a charity to donate these to!!! We never did settle on one or two.

Someone, way back when, mentioned one for the preemie blankets, but I can't remember where it was.

Do y'all have places near you that would accept the regular blankets? Maybe a pregnancy center? I would like to donate several to one place, then rotate to another charity.
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:26 PM   #5
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Awesome job, auntcrafty!! I love the color and the pattern!
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When I saw the list, I remembered the Rainforest one I like the idea of doing one in the browns & greens or your idea of starting with brown & going up with the greens or change it to Tropical Plantation -- grow pineapples, coffee, coconuts, flowers, sugar cane, etc here. We have different areas on the west coast that have such beautiful flowers, it would be great to do one centered around that. I'm not picky -- I have loved being able to knit my little section and want to be able to do more.

Wasn't there a Disneyland blanket, too? I thought I signed up for that one. I remember someone mentioning the various colors, but don't recall what was decided -- too tired to search the thread tonight.


I'm willing to wait until most of these get finished, plus Christmas projects might slow down our progress.

I haven't done any research about donating blankets here on Maui. I don't know that there is much of a call for acrylic blankets here. I asked an expectant mother the other day what people give new babies for gifts, but I never got an answer. I would be happy if they were donated to a NICU or to a women's/family shelter.
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Old 08-30-2008, 11:00 AM   #7
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Oh, I love the name Tropical Plantation! Would you like to cast on that blanket? If so, we'll need 5 more knitters and a finisher.

As far as Disneyland, that was me who was supposed to cast on.



I had emailed the gal who designed the Olympic KAL dishcloth to see if she could design something that said Disney for me to knit up, but I think she got busy and never got around to it.

I'll try to get that cast on this week...gotta buy some more needles. Did we decide to use primary colors for it? Y'all tell me what you think.
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I'd love to be part of Tropical Plantation if there still room! I'm heading to South America in a few months so tropical is on my mind!
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Oh, I love the name Tropical Plantation! Would you like to cast on that blanket? If so, we'll need 5 more knitters and a finisher.

As far as Disneyland, that was me who was supposed to cast on.



I had emailed the gal who designed the Olympic KAL dishcloth to see if she could design something that said Disney for me to knit up, but I think she got busy and never got around to it.

I'll try to get that cast on this week...gotta buy some more needles. Did we decide to use primary colors for it? Y'all tell me what you think.
Sure, I'll be happy to cast on Tropical Plantation. Do you want me to wait until we are sure we have enough knitters or go ahead and CO?

As far as the colors for Disneyland I like crayon colors such as --

Mickey & Minnie's Sweetheart Red
Tigger Orange
Pooh Bear/Hunny Yellow
Jiminy Cricket Green
Donald's Sailor Suit Blue
Princess Purple
Country Bear Jamboree Kanga & Roo Brown
Goofy Black (do we want black or do the border in black since it isn't very wide?)

Just my 2 cents --

Would love to hear everyone else's thoughts.
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Blueberry Bliss is ready for the next knitter. Just need the address to send it.

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