My mother picked up a crochet hook again, for the first time, after a 20 some year hiatus. Immediately her thoughts turned to presents for the boys. My children, being the only grandchildren on that side of the family, tend to make out pretty well with this sort of thing!

Her very first project was a beautiful rug for the children’s play area. The only reason that I haven’t featured that one on the blog yet, is that I need to back it to help it lay flat and live up to the rough treatment it’s bound to receive.

Projects #2 and #3 were full twin-sized blankets for Iain and Elijah. I felt it was rather a daunting project for someone just starting up again, I mean, you all know what my attention span is like…I was afraid it might run in the family! But Mom would hear none of it and remained completely undeterred. As a result, the boys each got a doll sized version sometime in October, as a preview of what was to come, and Christmas brought the real deal, perfect for wrapping them up in head to toe Me-mom love. I’m sure, in part, because as it turns out, staying up all night crafting is in fact hereditary (even if a stunning inability to actually complete projects, is not).

She let the kids cruse the peaches ‘n cream site to pick out their own yarns. We were, all of us, shocked when they showed up, as they were not at all what anyone expected. Both boys seemed quite content with them anyhow, so all was well.

The way that the colors pool on Iain’s blanket, almost give it the look of a Navajo blanket, when all stretched out (though certainly more pastel then one would expect!).

They both adore them and sleep under them ever night, and often carry them around the house as well.

Lots of love there.

After spending such a long time working the same pattern for Iain’s. Mom went looking for something different for Elijah.

When she first started working on it, she asked my sister if it was “too pretty” for a boy. To which my sister replied, “Not for Elijah!”

What can I say? Some boys just know what they like. This one happens to like swords and saws and dirt and trucks….

and dolls and pink frilly things. I find he’s very balanced, over-all!