the blue blog archives: mommy, here's a rip

So, exactly one day after we arrive in Germany - exactly one day after we travel thousands of miles away from my yarn stash - wee one holds up the edge of her blankie and declares, "here's a rip". I've got the red yarn at home to mend the tear in the worn edging. Heck, at home I could crochet an entire new edge on! But all I have here is some orangey-red scrap yarn I keep stashed in my notions bag. I hadn't planned on doing too much knitting here, but thankfully I did bring the bare necessities! I pulled out my scrap yarn and crochet hook and did my best to work some single crochet over the worn bit of edging.

She couldn't care less that it doesn't match. She quickly felt her way along the edge, was satisfied that there was "no more rip" and toddled off happily with her blankie. Phew.

posted by alison at 4:51 am | in brother and sister blankies

Comments

Phew is right... not that you don't know where to buy yarn in Germany though! (Did you teach her how to say "rip" in German?)

Posted by: Johanna at August 28, 2009 7:47 AM

Mommy to the rescue....again!!! Nice save!!!

Posted by: Cynthia at August 28, 2009 10:02 AM

I think it is adorable how much your children LOVE their blankets:)

Posted by: Jeanie at August 28, 2009 12:24 PM

It's amazing how much love blankets get. It makes (for me at least) the process of knitting them worth it.

Posted by: Seanna Lea at August 28, 2009 2:11 PM

Great save. Whew. (My 12-year-old son recently asked me if I could fix his blankie. It's a quilt I made for him when he was in utero, and the entire backing is worn through in multiple places. I think not.)

Posted by: Suzanne (Yarnhog) at August 28, 2009 7:43 PM

Crisis diverted!! My 2yr old son has two blankies he MUST carry around with him and sleep with. I made him one and he loved it from the time he was an infant, so I made a 2nd one. A back up. One to use when the first was in the wash and vice versa. Backfire. He must have them both. Oye! Our puppy chewed a hole in one of them and I didn't have the proper colour for repair so now it has a mismatched spot. He couldn't care less. I am making a 3rd one soon and putting it away without him seeing it. Just incase.

Posted by: Samantha at August 28, 2009 9:28 PM