Knitting

I love the colours @Judi9877, you are such a kind soul 💕

Came looking for you @Eve7 just coz I love you. Well done for knitting tonight ✔️👍🙏❣️

Hi @Eve7

You have made me very happy knowing that you went for your knitting instead of doing something else. I hope like myself, you find knitting calming and relaxing whilst still achieving something wonderful and exciting.

Thanks very much for sharing this wonderful news⭐️!

Judi9877☺️🧶

Hi there knitting forumites! I'm so glad you each enjoy knitting!

I've been spending time today (Monday) working on knitting squares for my Self Care Squares Blanket with me completing 2 today of the same coloured yarn. See above for a photo of 1 of the squares I knitted! To be honest, I don't really like the yarn colours but it's knitted now so I'll add the squares to my blanket to add up the number of squares (currently at 13 out of 81) and go from there.

Keep those knitting creations coming!

Judi9877☺️🧶🌸

Hi there @Anastasia @Gwynn @Eve7 @Shaz51 @BlueBay @Daisydreamer @Former-Member @Appleblossom @Faith-and-Hope and all knitters here. How are things going with your knitted creations?

Yesterday I completed an adult sized Crazy Blsbket for charity which is 1.7m high x 1.2m wide (see below for photo). I call it a crazy blanket because the strips I knit are of random acrylic 8ply yarn and are in different amounts of rows according to how bored I get of knitting the yarn and depending on how much is left in the ball of yarn. It's a great way of using up little leftovers of yarn and I know that each blanket will be different and unique to the individual who receives it all because of how I have chosen to knit the blanket up. It's a simple item to knit with all that's required are 4mm knitting needles, a tape measure and plenty of yarn in different colours. Oh, and a wool sewing needle to sew the blanket strips together to make the blanket. Sometimes, I'm known to make scarves for the same charity like this as well if I can't wait to knit at least 6 strips for a blanket which is also required by the charity I knit for. I hope you like it! I also have a baby blanket being constructed the same way except that the length is only 1.1m x 1.2 wide for the same charity which I was working on today after moving some of my things to my new property.

Kerp on having fun knitting!

Judi9877☺️🧶💐

What a beautiful creation @Judi9877 ❤️💙 Very kind of you, it will keep someone very warm 🙏

Oh wow! This is an incredible blanket @Judi9877 - i'm sure it will make someone very happy.
I love the bright bold colours!

Hi there @Former-Member @Gwynn @Anastasia @Eve7 @Shaz51 @Daisydreamer @Ripples @Appleblossom and all knitters here. I just thought I'd update you all on my Mental Health Recovery Blanket that I've been working on since being in hospital on 6/9 and then continuing to work on it after 23 days of discharge after that and now into the future, post discharge. I'm up to the last section, Part 3, with the first part of the border done on 1 side which I sewed up earlier today. I hope you like it!

I noticed on Tuesday when I finished moving house how much my knitting meant to me as I found it helped keep me grounded and settled me down mentally after the long day of moving was over. It's like I needed to have my knitting in some form near me in order to feel relaxed and calm so I had a small panic attack when I couldn't find it! Luckily my knitting showed up and things went back to me being cool and calm once again and I was a happy little camper after that. It just goes to show how important knitting is to me and my mental health and in some ways, sense of self and identity as well. Have any other forumites had a similar experience with their knitting? Maybe it's just me?

Talk later as I've got more knitting to get done!

Judi9877☺️🧶🌸

I wish I had your talent @Judi9877 !!

Looks great 👍💕

Wow, @Judi9877 , your recovery blanket looks amazing! I love the rainbow in it, do the colours have any special significance to you beyond 'I had them'?

Hi @Gwynn @Anastasia @Former-Member @Eve7 @Shaz51 @Daisydreamer and all knitters here. Thanks for the wonderful comments, forumite friends. It's much appreciated and very motivating!

@Gwynn as for the colours I've chosen for my Mental Health Recovery Blanket, initially the blanket was going to be a baby blanket for the charity I knit for so I only took 4 balls of wool into hospital with me as I wasn't sure how long my admission to the psych ward would be. However, that changed once I realised that I was going to be in hospital for longer than I thought, as my psychologist managed to get my treating team to refer me to PARCS for an extra 2 weeks after hospital due to a self harm incident occurring on the ward. I realised that I was knitting to calm myself down in hospital and that the blanket was becoming more special to me and that I couldn't give it away so I chose to keep it for myself. That meant that I could be more creative with the colours I put in the blanket and therefore, make the colours my choice of what I liked so hence, I ordered more wool from Spotlight in the colours I liked and then added them to the blanket accordingly. It's slowly getting there on the way to completion and as much as I'd like to have it completed by the end of the year, I'm not sure I'll reach that goal. What I do know is the blanket has been through a lot since I started it in terms of mental health episodes such as being in hospital with me and dealing with those issues, including changing meds to slowly getting better at PARCS and then having a relapse period and now with the stress of moving house and having episodes of me hearing voices as I've been quite stressed out lately. Basically, the blanket has had its fair share of mental health stories and I know there will be more to come before it is completed. I plan on putting it on my bed when it's finished and making sure it comes with me if I ever have another admission to either hospital or PARCS as a reminder that I can get through whatever mental health episode that brought me back into either of those treatment facilities. I hope this helps with your question in relation to colours of the blanket!

As for a detour project, I had a sudden urge to crochet a blanket so I picked up my favourite 4mm crochet hook tonight (Saturday) and started to crochet a granny square blanket for charity from some wool I purchased yesterday from Spotlight using a discount code. I found the time crocheting to be really relaxing and it helped calm me down as I was forced to focus on counting the stitches for the blanket in a mindfulness kind of way so I couldn't think of anything else but the stitches. I started the blanket in a deep purple but have now changed to red to mix up the blanket a little and to stop me from getting bored of the same colour! I'll post a photo of it in a later post once I complete some more of it if you'd like to see it?

Once again, thanks for being so kind with all the comments in relation to my knitting projects. Keep on enjoying your knitting and other crafts!

Judi9877☺️🧶💐

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