Fallen firefighters

[i'mhooked]

Thank you all so much! I cannot begin to express to you how grateful I am to you for your support.

 

In some way or another I was connected to each of the fireman at the scene that sad morning, from the 2 that died to the one that was pulled out and the one who pulled him out . Although I didnt know them directly I have been affected by this terribly and strangely enough even though the comfort-ghan is for them I am finding comfort as well through making these squares.

 

You all are a swell group of people!!!

 

:manyheart:manyheart:manyheart:manyheart

[2kute]

:clap I am so excited. I had made 2 red squares. Then I had to go out today and... well, my van pulled in HL parking lot. It wasn't me. It was my van.

So I decided to go being that I was already there. And I found RHSS in gold I had never seen the RHSS in gold before. Needless to say I have already one square made out of my newfound color

I am gonna be mailing you on Monday cause I have about 4 packages to send and I wanna send them at the same time. It's hard for me to get out of the house.

One of my uncles was a FF.

[i'mhooked]

The only time I seen RH in a goldish color was in the sport weight which was such a small skein and a lot more $ then the regular--

 

Thank you so much for your help with the squares . My hook has been keeping me very busy, thankfully!

[nanmeyers]

I have no red RH but I do have a RHSS goldish color called cornflower. Would that be ok? I also have a bright yellow.What do you think?

[2kute]

The RHSS that I got at HL is gold. Well, that's the color name Gold.

I also have cornmeal which is similar. What got me excited is that I finally found the exact color I was looking for. It was same skein size and same price.

[SmoothFox]

I live in Walton KY and the news and funerals were all over the television. I'd love to help out.

 

Maybe after completing the two afghans in question you would have soooo many squares that we could donate squares for completed afghans to be given to people who have lost their homes. I'm sure that the firefighters would have lists of people who lost everything and who might appreciate a nice afghan.

 

Donna

[i'mhooked]

I have no red RH but I do have a RHSS goldish color called cornflower. Would that be ok? I also have a bright yellow.What do you think?

 

I think that would be just fine. Thank you!!!

[i'mhooked]

I live in Walton KY and the news and funerals were all over the television. I'd love to help out.

 

Maybe after completing the two afghans in question you would have soooo many squares that we could donate squares for completed afghans to be given to people who have lost their homes. I'm sure that the firefighters would have lists of people who lost everything and who might appreciate a nice afghan.

 

Donna

 

 

Thanks for the support! I think that your idea is good too-- I'll see how many squares I end up with.

[nanmeyers]

I wasn't satisfied until I took a trip to WalMart to get the right colors. I got gold and red. Then I wasn't satisfied with any of the designs I already had so I went surfing the internet. I found this one called Shield of Honor. It's a version of the Maltese Cross symbol of firefighters. If anyone is interested in this pattern I'll post the sight. It's meant to be a 12 inch square but I used a G hook instead of an I and only did 7 rows insteadof 10 and finished with a row of double crochet all around. It come out to 8 inches.

 

 

[sissie44]

I have two skins of RH gold here and got it at wal-mart! and i also have the cornmeal they do work good together:)

 

Cindy I would love to have this pattern!

 

hugs

[nanmeyers]

It's at:

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/12in_squares.php

 

Shield of Honor.

[itzhunic]

Your squares are beautiful My husband's a FF and I didn't even think of doing a Maltese cross look for the squares to donate. How clever are you!

[nanmeyers]

I forgot to have Imhooked PM me her address :oops

[grannyannie]

Cindy, those squares are beautiful! Thank you for sharing the pattern link.

[tracyleigh]

I have Brian's name square done just need to get it to be 8". I will work on Robin's as soon as I get that done.

[i'mhooked]

TracyLeigh,

 

I dont even know what to say-- thank you so much!!! You have brought tears to my eyes-- I have been trying to figure out how I would do it. You deserve a big !!!!

[tracyleigh]

Don't thank me yet. Once I finish Brian's I will post a pic....let me know how you like it...then I will decide if I am going to redo it or carry on with Robin's.

[tracyleigh]

I don't think you were part of the list when I made this.......

 

[tracyleigh]

What do you think?

 

[i'mhooked]

Your fireman afghan is gorgeous! I havent done any type of graph things yet-- I am intimidated.

 

I think the square with Brian's name is absolutely wonderful-- much better than I could have done! Thank you so much! You are great!

 

Give me your opinion too, I was thinking of a third black square with the date "04/04/2008" on it. Do you think that would be too much? If its too much work I could do it. I thought it might be nice to put between the two name squares. Let me know your thoughts.

[tracyleigh]

Give me your opinion too' date=' I was thinking of a third black square with the date "04/04/2008" on it. Do you think that would be too much? If its too much work I could do it. I thought it might be nice to put between the two name squares. Let me know your thoughts.[/quote']

 

Great minds think alike. I was thinking of doing one and surprising you with it! Oh well....so much for the surprise...LOL

[i'mhooked]

I am notorious for that! My husband hates it because I constantly ruin his surprises. Never on purpose though .

 

I have been surprised though at the amount of support I have recieved from everyone though!!

 

 

[tracyleigh]

I can do the three black and white graphed ones, but I won't be able to do any of the red/yellow ones. I don't have those colours in my stash.

[i'mhooked]

The three black one will be perfect and more than I could have hoped for!

[tracyleigh]

Almost done Robin's...and the date one is graphed and ready to start.