Animatch

Last month, a good friend of mine asked me if I would be interested in making a blanket for an auction. She volunteers with Animatch, and they have a dinner and auction night every year to fund their work. Any excuse to play with yarn is a good one, so I accepted on the condition that I'd be able to gather enough yarn. I put a call out on Facebook for yarn donations. 

After my initial Facebook post two weeks ago, I've received a few large yarn donations. One consisted of many pale yellow skeins, as I had been forewarned by the giver. Looking at what I had, I changed my idea for the blanket. I'm now making two, one is a lacy throw and the other is a corner to corner dog themed blanket.

I've started the throw, but I'm still picking the yarn for the dog houses. I have one more person who wants to donate yarn, so I'll see what colours she gives me before picking the colours for the houses. I think I might play around with the layout of the squares to have the grey corners make a pattern. I don't like what's suggested by Red Heart.