That is a seriously loved blankie

I dig the They Might Be Giants reference -- their kids' CDs are on my iPod, even though I neither have nor intend to have any children, and I listen to them ALL THE TIME.

I wonder if anything you ever make will be so loved.... It's a good feeling, eh?

I read the title of this entry a few times, and the I realized why I know it...TMBG cd is one of our daily listens. I think I like it more than my four-year-old. He does like the idea of flying V's though.

Here's to hoping the blankie lasts forever!

They Might Be Giants right? Now it'll be in my head all day...

Poor blankie.

:(

oh. wow.

Wowzer.

Poor blankie...so sad.

There's no love like the first love.

I got the reference...... N U R OK????

I picture him years from now, a grown man with a scrap of well-worn blue yarn kept in his pocket at all times...

I kept a shred of my security blanket in my pillowcase until I was in my teens :-)

WOW. I had a blankie like that when I was a kid. My grandparents were horrified that I was so attached at age 8 so they tricked me into leaving it at home one day. That was the end of the blankie. I hope your boys can give up their blankies in a less traumatic way!

I've been thinking about making a blanket for my baby (due in August) and I can't decide what size to make and what kind of materials to use. Since you have so much experience in blankie wear & tear (and REPAIR!), what would you suggest? Do you have a favorite yarn for that kind of project? I'm torn between the washability of Lion Brand Cotton Ease and the softness of GGH Bali cotton. Maybe I'll try the Knit Picks Shine Worsted? What do you think?

This is unbearably sweet.

Oh that makes my tummy hurt! As I type our three year old is SOBBING because her blankie is going through the dryer. I think she would need to be institutionalized if the holes got that big. Her sister is learning to knit so that she can knit a small blankie to travel to preschool with her next year.

The blankie is the most important inanimate object in our house.

Oh that is so sad and so heart warming at the same time. I know you've done a ton of blankie surgery but would it be possible to machine stitch straight across it every few inches so any other threads that pop don't run too far?

I have a friend who's rejuvinated her husbands child hood blankie as the internals of a quilt with a very sheer chiffon as the top.

Made by you, his mom, right? Why wouldn't he love it to shreds?

Oh, just as the Velveteen Rabbit, that blanket is very, very real!!

I think that's the best knit story ever!

Elinor, Cotton Ease is discontinued!

Oh my. I wonder if you just sewed on a big fabric (or knitted) patch in that corner, if he'd be open to that, and that could stretch its life a tiny bit longer?

That looks like one of the best loved blankets in the history of blankets. Have you thought of having a piece of it framed?

How is the other boy's blanket doing? Or does he not carry around his blanket?

I was thinking about blankie....when I was young and had a blankie my mom took it one day and ironed it onto some fusable webbing and then ironed the whole shebang onto a piece of cotton fabric so the blankie was still there, just stabalized. Just a thought that popped into my head :o)

My sis had a blankie even worse than this. My mom kept having to trim and re-bind it. Till it was a cobweb. My sister slept with those 'threads' till she went away to college. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY BLANKIE!!!!!!!!!!

That is so sad and so sweet.

I've never seen a more loved Blankie. what about doing some kind of iron-on transfer deal and putting the blankie onto a felt backing? Might last a bit longer! -I just read stacey's suggestion- good idea!