blankets...again!

...did I mention I currently have a blanket fetish?! It's actually been going on for some time now- and I'm running out of space to put them. I'm looking forward to a proper house with proper shelves and blanket boxes someday soon.. I buy blankets at charity shops, carboot sales and white elephant stalls- I've been known to drag one across London- on the tube, the bus and finally the ground. I wouldn't part with them for the love of cotton, wool or linen!

old- made new

I ordered this blanket when I was in New Zealand in March- a lady who works at the Red Cross charity shop in Timaru makes them- and although I wasn’t too sure what I would be receiving I couldn’t have wished for anything better!

She usually makes these just big enough for a travel rug- a bit over your lap when you’re sitting watching tv- or about he size of a cot blanket- so when I asked if she would be willing to make it bigger- well, she panicked a bit!- and told me it’d take a while- but the wait’s been worth it.

I’m thinking she’s put so much thought into the colours- everything has been planned out- it’s not the odds’n’ends blanket you sometimes see- this one’s got hues of colour carefully placed- and I hope she loved making it as much as I love having it in my home now.

I remember my Mama making these sorts of blankets when I was young- and I didn't really give them a second thought- they were always there. But now that I'm older and sometimes longing for those old blankets- well, they are in a vintage steamer trunk in my parent's basement in Canada.

Mama's just sent me some amazing Christmas tree decorations and crocheted doilies- so I'll get a photo of them in the daylight...

these photos just don't do this heartwarming blanket justice!