Well Loved

When my second grandson, Micah, was born, his family was living in Virginia at the time.  I wanted to knit him a soft, fluffy blanket that would also be light for the hot Virginia summers.  I decided to use Sirdar's Chunky Snowflake.

It's a soft, fleecy, chunky yarn that, frankly, is a pain in the neck to knit.  It's tough pulling through the stitches and you really can't get up to any speed knitting with it.  I don't know if they even manufacture it anymore.  Still, it makes this wonderful light fabric, so that's what I used.

See how soft and squishy it is?  Perfect for a light baby blanket.  Now, jump ahead five years and this is what it looks like today.

A stringy, tattered, holey, but well loved, mess!  As you can see, Mickey loves it and won't part with it, even with the offer of a brand new one!  He just tells me it's his and he's fine with it, so I am too. After all, isn't this the reason we all knit in the first place?