Knitting/crocheting is so comforting in so many ways.  Once you learn and you can do it more or less without a lot of angst (that takes awhile, at least for me), and it becomes a soothing, repetitious exercise that leads to the creation of something tangible.   You finish and look at this creation and think, I MADE THAT.  Satisfaction.  Finally one day, you realize you have knitted and crocheted enough scarfs and blankets to warm and cover all your relatives, friends and strangers and you have no idea how to use your ‘talents’ again.  That pretty much describes me!  I am a very ‘average’ crocheter with no one left in my family to give to…. Yet, I still desire to create and hope that someone will enjoy my work.

The act of crocheting and knitting is, in itself, spellbinding.  You get into a rhythm and just find yourself hell-bent on producing a whatever – blanket?  Scarf?  Hat?  Socks?  Certainly not a sweater, that takes way too much talent, at least for me!

Baby blankets are easy to make – fast, fun, and varied.  I started making them about 18 months ago and donating them to Martin Luther King Community Hospital.  As a one-man-show (me) it amounted to about 5 or 6 blankets during the year.  Nice but not nearly enough.

Then in January of this year, my only son Justin passed away from long time drug use.  It rocked my world.  I was catatonic for about 2 months.  Finally I took up my crochet hook again and started making a baby blanket.  And I thought to myself, “I need HELP – I need more people”.  As I sat there crocheting, I thought, I need to found “Blankets of Love South Bay” and encourage others to join me in my quest to give hope and love to babies in the form of knitted or crocheted blankets.  And that was the foundation of my cause.  Justin was my ‘baby’ at one time and he will always be that for me.  And what a baby needs is love, comfort, warmth, and hope.

Can you join me in creating a Blanket of Love?  After all, who else do you have to give a blanket or scarf to?  The babies of MLKCH will appreciate your efforts and you will be thrilled to create for a receptive innocent young baby.

Blankets of Love South Bay – Made with Love, Donated in Hope