Healing Blankets Project
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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. I have created a Pinterest Board full of blanket designs that you can use for Healing Blankets.
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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, an 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.
What do different colours represent?
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