Yesterday I was chatting via Ravelry with French Press Knits and the topic of knitting husbands came up. I mentioned that the only knitting my husband has engaged in was a a square for the family blanket.
It is a tradition in our family to knit a family blanket when there is going to be a new arrival, however this is only done for the first baby in the family.
Yarn is sent out to the respective family members and everyone knits a square and then returns it back to the organizer (usually the grandmother) who then arranges it and seams the squares into a blanket. Each knitter's square is identified and in the past embroidered patches have been used, or embroidery right on the blanket.
Here is our family blanket.
Wow, that sounds like such a lovely tradition!! :)
Posted by: Jenny N. | 11/19/2009 at 10:25 AM
Oh I just love it! I will make my family members do this when I have a child!
Posted by: Execute | 11/19/2009 at 10:28 AM