A short update from the basement

Last Friday, fellow volunteers Annette, Antje and I met up with Ann R. in the AFSC basement for an exhilarating session of package-opening and blanket-sorting, or should I say blanket-admiring? One full month before deadline, there were already lots of packages to keep us busy, and many gorgeous handmade blankets. Check out these three very different ones -- not that it was easy narrowing it down to these three for the photo shoot. Great choice of colors, fibers... and check out the lace stitches on the blanket that I am holding on the left, and the hand-embroidery on the crocheted blanket held by Antje on the right.