Blue Jay Afghan to be Donated

Here's another completed afghan from your donated squares, Blue Jay is it's name.  It came together nicely using light blue to edge and join with a mix of 3 different blues for the border.

Here you can see the before and after above.   I think the finished picture is more true to it's color.  Sometimes lighting makes such a difference, plus the above picture is as it's being blocked, so it's just a tad damp.

• Please remember folks to tag ALL hats with size, rather then my trying to guess and or the volunteers at the various shelters trying to guess. 
•  Please also remember to wash and block all afghans before mailing.  It removes hair, odors, oil and dust......and it makes the ghan so much more finished.  I always suggest not drying ghans in the dryer...though I know most yarn says it can be done.  They get fuzzy, and you can't blog them in the dryer.  Please lay them out in a pet free area, you almost always need to help shape it, thus the blocking.
• Please remember we're not currently collecting squares

2013 Donations:

Hats:  361
Scarves: 276
Socks: 182
Afghans: 20+1=21
Slippers: 132
Rain Ponchos: 202
Mittens: 22
Cotton Wash Clothes: 298
Shawls, Sweaters, Vests, Poncho's: 10
Misc. Items: include personal care, headbands, handwarmers, cowls/gators and all meal prep related items, etc aren't tabulated


All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Blue Jay Afghan Design

 Here's another afghan designed from your squares.  These squares are more recent, as you can see they're very close to the same size.  I plan to edge and join this with a light blue I have in my stash that looks like it will blend...believe it's close to the lighter blue squares.  I named this ghan, Blue Jay

Long ago when my DD was in grade school a couple of parents took a mini bird class in order to be volunteers for the kids field trip to Dawes Arboretum.  There's a large bird sanctuary there.  One of the things I remember learning was that Blue Jay's aren't really blue.  The feathers are translucent and appear blue, but looking at a dead stuff Blue Jay, they are brown.    So how 's that for a strange tidbit of info for your day?
 
2013 Donations:

Hats:  353
Scarves: 275
Socks: 182
Afghans: 19
Slippers: 132
Rain Ponchos: 202
Mittens: 22
Cotton Wash Clothes: 273
Shawls, Sweaters, Vests, Poncho's: 10
Misc. Items: include personal care, headbands, hand

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.