I just saw this thread. I haven't participated in a granny square swap before, but I think it's a great idea. I have some issues with my hands (carpel tunnel, trigger finger), and I'm not sure I could complete enough squares to participate. I'm going to try a few squares and see how it goes, and if it looks like I can do it, I"ll join.
I wanted to comment on an earlier post in which someone talked about their work not being good enough to give away. Believe me, it IS the thought that counts. When my granddaughter was 7 years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She is 10 years old now and is off treatment and doing great. However, right after she was diagnosed when she was in the hospital and so very sick and feeling awful, their pastor came to visit her and gave both her and her mother (my daughter) a prayer shawl/blanket that ladies at the church had crocheted. He talked about how the ladies prayed over each shawl as it was finished and asked God to make sure it went to the person who most needed it. Little Lily received so much comfort from that prayer shawl. She'd lie there in the hospital bed with the shawl wrapped tightly around her - wrapped in the prayers of others. And my daughter would sit by the hospital bed with her prayer shawl wrapped around her. The prayer shawls were tremendously comforting to them. So if you make prayer shawls to give to children or adults in the hospital, you are doing a very good thing!
I wanted to comment on an earlier post in which someone talked about their work not being good enough to give away. Believe me, it IS the thought that counts. When my granddaughter was 7 years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She is 10 years old now and is off treatment and doing great. However, right after she was diagnosed when she was in the hospital and so very sick and feeling awful, their pastor came to visit her and gave both her and her mother (my daughter) a prayer shawl/blanket that ladies at the church had crocheted. He talked about how the ladies prayed over each shawl as it was finished and asked God to make sure it went to the person who most needed it. Little Lily received so much comfort from that prayer shawl. She'd lie there in the hospital bed with the shawl wrapped tightly around her - wrapped in the prayers of others. And my daughter would sit by the hospital bed with her prayer shawl wrapped around her. The prayer shawls were tremendously comforting to them. So if you make prayer shawls to give to children or adults in the hospital, you are doing a very good thing!
