Yep. Two are better than one.¹ But more like TWENTY are better than one. Way better.

Last month I hung out in a virtual classroom with several women who made a child’s blanket and packed it in an Operation Christmas Child shoe box in exchange for learning how to make a wool blanket, Green-Sheep style.

The thing that surprised me most? How much fun it was. Every day I looked forward to coming home from work, hopping on my computer and joining the ongoing discussion.

“How did sweater shopping go?” “What colors did you find?” “Who’s got a blanket ‘first draft’ laid out?” “Are you making yours for a girl or a boy?”

I miss it!!

Finally—here’s a little gallery of our work. I figure we were able to complete about 15 blankets, and here are 11 of them. The variety reflects the regions in which we live, what our resale shops held the day(s) we went shopping, aaaand…our many personalities. (Click on each photo to view it larger.)

The best part: how these bright and talented people made our virtual classroom feel pretty darn near to a real one.

Patti’s ready to ship

Ranae’s final draft

Ranae’s finished blanket

Ranae’s ready to ship

Linda’s finished blanket

Pocket finger puppets

Linda’s ready to ship

I love pockets :)

Ana Maria’s blanket

Annie’s with red border

Annie’s ready to ship

Annie’s black border

Timary’s first draft

Timary’s final blanket

Pat’s final blanket

Details on Pat’s blanket

Cris’ final draft

Cris’, awaiting binding

Cris’ finished blanket

Stephanie’s blanket

Diane’s finished blanket

My finished blanket

¹”Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
—Ecclesiastes 4.9-10