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Charity blanket number one complete.

Baby Boy's Charity Blanket Pattern: Moderne Baby Blanket by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne Yarn: Red Heart worsted Color: Eggshell, Bisque, Rose Brown, and True Teal Amount: Two skeins each color Needle Size: US size 8 Recently Karen F., a former coworker, called to say said she had many skeins of yarn at her house and wondered if I could use them for my knitting class at school. I arrived at her doorstep to find a box of Red Heart Yarn. The full skeins of yarn were in lovely colors so rather than give the yarn away, I decided to do a little charity knitting and use the yarn for this blanket.     I do prefer knitting with Cascade 220, a lovely wool yarn, but I live by the by saying, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Besides, there were many years I only had Red Heart to knit with.  When you love to knit, a person will knit with whatever is available! I understand that there is a growing group of knitters who knit with yarn from recycled wool swea