I have been working on a knitting project I couldn’t share until now. It was a group project. I have some friends on Facebook who are scattered all over the country. One friend has some issues so we all decided to do something personal. Since some of us knit, we decided on a knit blanket.
Might as well show off the final object and work backwards. Sarah is a scientist, a geek and a Christian. We combined everything we could.
From our group that we called Sekrit Blanket group. Someone found this awesome banner.
We ordered yarn, every knitter ordered the blue for background, along the way we send the other colors if someone ran out.
I bought the Outerspace blanket which was the basis for some of the patterns. Other’s scoured the internet and found other great ideas.
Like the Christian Fish.
Or ‘friend’ in Elvish from Lord of the Rings.
The moon and Orion
Saturn and Startrek.
Spacemen and stars.
As the blocks came in, I once again learned the lesson, knitting is so subjective. Same yarn, same needles, same measurements and yet the blocks ended up very different size. No problem, everyone sent me the extra blue yarn so I was able to enlarge the smaller blocks and make the nice crochet border.
Not everyone knit something. Look at this incredible necklace from Boondock Studios. Look carefully, there is a rocket ship in the stone.
A large box of the best soap ever from Goatboy Soaps, the only soap I use these days. Others sent book or other gift items. 
Our paper guru from Prepare to Dye made the card. 
Luckily Sarah lives in the same town as another of our group, so they met in person. I’d say this is one happy blanket recipient.
The necklace and daughter are great accessories.
Some more close ups.
And finally, some artistic shots of the blanket.
This isn’t the first time we have done a joint project. Over the Facebook and mail, we made a baby blanket for one of us and well as a baby blanket for a man who discovered he was a father from a casual dating situation. He yanked that baby out of foster care so quickly and is raising his own son. For all the complaints about the intrusion of the internet and social media, if you learn how to work the system – the benefits are incredible.
Leah