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Healing Blankets bring comfort and peace during the times in your life that you may be walking down a difficult path.
The prayers that are sent with them are felt. Please join in this movement by crocheting and praying.
The prayers that are sent with them are felt. Please join in this movement by crocheting and praying.
If I could I would give all my crocheting away. I love to create something beautiful and give it away to someone who doesn't expect it. For the past several years I have made many blankets to give away to people that I know that are hurting. Whether it is a diagnoses of cancer, and emotionally draining situation or just because.
I get this feeling in my gut that I need to make someone a blanket. Then I get excited about what colour and what pattern I will use. Then I can't wait to sit down in my special chair and start creating. Then stitch by stitch I pray for the individual that I am creating the blanket for. This makes my heart overflow with happiness.
I have heard many stories from people who have received the blankets and they tell me the peace that they feel when use the blanket. I made one for my neighbor and it was never far away from her during her last days of her cancer treatments and ultimately her passing. The blanket became a family heirloom and was passed on in the family.
It is because of these stories that I now call them "Healing Blankets" and the need for these is plenty.
I get this feeling in my gut that I need to make someone a blanket. Then I get excited about what colour and what pattern I will use. Then I can't wait to sit down in my special chair and start creating. Then stitch by stitch I pray for the individual that I am creating the blanket for. This makes my heart overflow with happiness.
I have heard many stories from people who have received the blankets and they tell me the peace that they feel when use the blanket. I made one for my neighbor and it was never far away from her during her last days of her cancer treatments and ultimately her passing. The blanket became a family heirloom and was passed on in the family.
It is because of these stories that I now call them "Healing Blankets" and the need for these is plenty.
RED - love, passion, respect, energy, enthusiasm, courage, understanding, motivation, strength, warmth, vigor
MAROON – bravery, strength,
MAGENTA – spirituality, meditation, imagination, release, new beginnings
PINK - friendship, compassion, sensitivity, generosity, warm-heartedness, nurturing, soothing, admiration, gratitude, appreciation
ORANGE - thoughtfulness, vitality, attraction, creativity, energy, enthusiasm, warmth
PEACH – innocence, empathy, harmony, warmth, peace
YELLOW - wisdom, learning, optimism, intuition, faith, well-being, friendship, energizing, happiness, sociability
GREEN - earth, healing, prosperity, fertility, clarity, sympathy, hope, renewal, health, balance confidence, abundance, growth, life; this color is mentally and physically relaxing
AQUA – courage, balance, harmony, stability, soothing
TURQUOISE – happy, relaxing, refreshing, rejuvenating
BLUE - water, healing, meditation, tranquility, honesty, loyalty, communication, peace, sincerity, wisdom, spirituality, faith, self-esteem, universal color, cool & calming
TEAL – trustworthy, devotion
INDIGO - wisdom, insight, instinct, integration, integrity, spiritual nature
VIOLET - Spirit, spirituality, intuition, truth, memory, nostalgia, humility, comfort during grief or mourning, peaceful
PURPLE - power, leadership, royalty, truth, justice, temperance, spirituality, wisdom
BROWN – wholesome, honesty, steadfastness, simplicity, friendliness, dependability, down-to-earth, stability
BEIGE – optimism, simplicity, calming
BLACK – Self confidence, strength, protection, absorbs negativity, mature wisdom
WHITE - Spirit, innocence, protection, peace, purity, virtue, gentleness, perfection, illumination, reverence, humility
GOLD - masculine energy, enlightenment
SILVER - feminine energy, intuition, flexibility
GRAY – strength, balance, reliable
MAROON – bravery, strength,
MAGENTA – spirituality, meditation, imagination, release, new beginnings
PINK - friendship, compassion, sensitivity, generosity, warm-heartedness, nurturing, soothing, admiration, gratitude, appreciation
ORANGE - thoughtfulness, vitality, attraction, creativity, energy, enthusiasm, warmth
PEACH – innocence, empathy, harmony, warmth, peace
YELLOW - wisdom, learning, optimism, intuition, faith, well-being, friendship, energizing, happiness, sociability
GREEN - earth, healing, prosperity, fertility, clarity, sympathy, hope, renewal, health, balance confidence, abundance, growth, life; this color is mentally and physically relaxing
AQUA – courage, balance, harmony, stability, soothing
TURQUOISE – happy, relaxing, refreshing, rejuvenating
BLUE - water, healing, meditation, tranquility, honesty, loyalty, communication, peace, sincerity, wisdom, spirituality, faith, self-esteem, universal color, cool & calming
TEAL – trustworthy, devotion
INDIGO - wisdom, insight, instinct, integration, integrity, spiritual nature
VIOLET - Spirit, spirituality, intuition, truth, memory, nostalgia, humility, comfort during grief or mourning, peaceful
PURPLE - power, leadership, royalty, truth, justice, temperance, spirituality, wisdom
BROWN – wholesome, honesty, steadfastness, simplicity, friendliness, dependability, down-to-earth, stability
BEIGE – optimism, simplicity, calming
BLACK – Self confidence, strength, protection, absorbs negativity, mature wisdom
WHITE - Spirit, innocence, protection, peace, purity, virtue, gentleness, perfection, illumination, reverence, humility
GOLD - masculine energy, enlightenment
SILVER - feminine energy, intuition, flexibility
GRAY – strength, balance, reliable
Colours that represent different causes
- Pink - Breast Cancer, Uterine Cancer
- Red - Heart Disease, DUI Awareness (MADD), HIV/AIDS
- Cranberry - Fibromyalgia
- Gray - Diabetes, Asthma, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Melanoma
- Pearl or Cream - Lung Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis
- Yellow - Testicular Cancer, Deployed Soldiers, Liver Cancer & Liver Disease, Bladder Cancer, Sarcoma
- Blue - Arthritis, Colon Cancer, Domestic Violence
- Purple - Alzheimer's Disease, Animal Abuse, Cancer Survivor, Children with Disabilities, Crohn's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Pancreatic Cancer, All Cancers
- Purple & Blue – Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Lavender – Caregiver appreciation, Epilepsy, Foster Care
- Orange - Hunger Awareness, Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis
- Teal - Ovarian Cancer, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Sexual Violence, Substance Abuse
- White - Peace, Bone Disease & Bone Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Lung Cancer
- Teal and White - Cervical Cancer
- Black - Mourning
- Blue & Yellow – Downs Syndrome
- Blue Red Yellow & Teal– (primary colors) Autism
- Green – Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Kidney Cancer, Mental Health, Cerebral Palsy, Lymphoma
- Turquoise – Addiction Recovery
- Light Blue – Chronic Illness, Thyroid Disease, Men’s Health, Prostate Cancer
- Burgundy – Disabled Adults, Headaches, Hospice Care, Meningitis, Sickle Cell Anemia
- Gold & Silver – Hearing Disorders
- Red & Yellow - HIV
- Pink & Blue – Children's causes: miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDs, prevention of child abuse