There's nothing more beautiful than a much loved blankie.

Awww.....

Ooooh that's so sweet!

My soon to be 20 year old daughter has a much loved bear - a Gund teddy bear a dear friend gave me when I was pregnant her. She still sleeps with that tattered, torn, stained and smelly scrap of a bear to this day. He literally is not much more than a face these days - but she'll never give up 'Nunnie' and insists he will be at her wedding...

Those 'blankies' may not be blankets in a functional sense much longer - but they will be 'blankies' forever.

My 28-year-old daughter put a tiny piece of her "bank" in her wedding bouquet to hold during the ceremony!

Awwww.

My 9-year-old son still sleeps with the shreds of his much-loved blanket and his Tinkie-Winkie doll and he doesn't care who knows it. I love what B said about his blankie. #3 will no doubt be just as special and loved.

Blankies are so precious. I still have mine from when I was younger. I've had it for 20 years now, and I still can't fall asleep without it under my head. I'm sure you'll figure out the perfect one for baby #3.

I turned 30 last month and I still have my 'Big Bear' from EARLY childhood. He's missing an eye and his nose, he's torn in too many places to count, and is matted beyond description, but Big Bear has seen everything I have and is the one single thing that has been with me for every move and every life change. He now resides in my middle child's room and is never at a loss for loving! Linus knows best, I tell ya!! Blankies and lovies are wonderful!!

that's so sweet. unfortunately, we can't always choose what our children will be attached to. how wonderful your sons love your knitted blankets so much. i remember my grandmother knitted me a red and white striped cardigan when i was a kid. i hated it and almost never wore it.

I think the shreddedness of the blankie just measures the love lavished upon it.

aaawwww
my blankie was a quilt - and I can't even remember who made it for me. At about 7, my mom made me give it up, but to our little miniature schnauzer - who dragged it around more than I did!! hehehehe She loved that thing to pieces, leaving stuffing and scraps of fabric all over the house. hehehehe

For those of us fortunate enough to have had them, our wubbies, nubbins and blankies represent so much more than the actual item. They hold our secrets and tears. They keep our true selves safe and close. I kept my cream and blue striped cotton blanket until it was no longer even a foldable shred.

Your boys hold theirs dear even more so because Mom knit love into every stitch - just for them!

Awww. Yes, I've been thinking about Blankie #3 since the first two are so well loved and we don't yet know what color #3's blankie will need to be. I'm anxiously watching and waiting to find out! :)

Awwwww.

My 11 year old daughter came into my room last night with her little green thermal baby blanket and said that she was going to be needing a new one. LOL. I told her it wouldn't be the same, and she said it would be the same, just with no holes. I think she'll just have to make do with the same blanket she's been snuggling for 11 1/2 years.

I think knitted items are supposed to fall apart from wear and tear. Obviously we can cry over lace because it takes forever (or at least in my case), but if it's a truly loved knitted item, it should reflect that love by being pilled and partially felted and worn out and have stitches coming loose. :)

That's just the sweetest thing. Nice to know that something you made is so special, isn't it?

Do any of the "shreds" ever fall off? Maybe you could take some of them and add them into the next knitting project you make for him.

That's sweet. My grandma made my quilted blankie and I repaired it over the years with patches of flannel until I finally put it in the closet when I was in my teens. Recently my mom showed it to me and said something about throwing it out and I said NO WAY. It's pink and I never liked the color pink (I was a purple/lavender girl) but wow, I loved that thing. I even rejected a lavender blankie grandma made as a replacement, because it didn't feel the same and wasn't as soft.

Maybe the boys would like to donate some shreds of their blankies to #3's? Some lengths of yarn, or even partly-still-togetner sections could be knitted in.

Gee that blankie has been well worn through. Maybe a more durable pattern for the next wee one will be in order.

Awwww. That blankie is well loved.

Where is the pattern from?

That is so sweet, my son had a blankie that he finally totally unraveled.

Oh, that well loved blankie!! What higher compliment to the knitter than to have the blanket loved and fondled to death! I took a clue from your experience in making a blanket for a new baby to be. I picked up around the edges and put a knit-on lace edging, with soft but tough acrylic yarn. Thus, if the babe/child chews the edging until it rips, the whole blanket will not be lost. I will be able to repair it easily by adding new edging. I even thought about sewing on a satin edge....

Ouch!
I swear it hurts looking at the blanket! How is it that something that contains so much love can fall apart?? How dare it!

Kind of like the story,"Joseph Had an Amazing Overcoat" where you really can make something out of nothing.

If you really want to preserve his blanky, you could convert it to a quilt, with strips of fabric appliqued over or "woven" in the now- openwork sections. If you use flannel, be sure to get a high-quality one (such as from a quilting shop) so it lasts a bit.

Knit a boy a blanket and he'll be warm... until the moths, runs, or snags get it....
Teach a boy to knit a blanket..... and he can keep himself warm forever.

Or something like that.

Wow...this blankie will be a major mending project! But it would probably be faster to knit a new one right?