The Basics
There is a T21 Afghan is making an amazing adventure!!
The handmade blanket is traveling from one family to another who has a family member with Down Syndrome. The family member can be of any age, from birth through the senior years. The family can also be located anywhere on the globe.
The afghan will travel from one family to another, along with a journal.
Each family, upon receiving the afghan, takes a picture of their family member with it and we post it on on this blog under the Label "T21 Travelling Afghan". After having the afghan for bit, the family writes a note in the journal and sends it off to the next family,who's address I will email to them.
I would like to see the afghan leave each family within a weeks time. You may certainly ship it out sooner than that, if you prefer! While we would all love to hang onto it for as long as possible, we have a huge list of families waiting for their turn!
I would LOVE to see the afghan hit all fifty states and as many countries as possible! Let's send this baby far and wide to include all the families who would like to participate!
To sign up, please click here.
Please post about this on your blogs, FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. with a link back to this page. That way we can spread the the word out as far and wide as possible.
Shipping cost will be the responsibility of the sending party, therefore, I will make a smaller sized afghan.
Please feel free to respond or email with any questions, comments or specifics I may have overlooked!
Here is the button that you can put on your blog to help spread the word! The code is located on my sidebar under the button. Clicking on the button will link back to this post so everyone can be aware of how it works!
To join the T21 Traveling Afghan Facebook Group, click here.
To see the participating families by location, visit this entry.
To see the afghan's travels on a map, visit our Google Map!
50 comments:
This is a great idea! Did you come up with this?
In short, I can't make every kid a blanket of their own, but I can make one for us to share and enjoy! I figured the journal was the best way to chronicle where the blanket goes, who enjoys it and how far and wide it travels.
Sounds fun! This is the same thing my friend McKenna does with the Gigi the Traveling Poodle ... fun! I can make you a button too if you want. Just email me!
yup!! we are on this!!!!!
I have knit envy, I'm a quilter and look upon crochet/knit projects with jealousy :)
I LOVE this idea and will happily take part. I will also link to this post from my blog. I have connections to Canada, so blankie may make it's way even further afield.
GREAT IDEA! I participated in a similiar event after Gabriel was born (baby carrier) and it was a lot of fun! I've added the link to your event on my blog! And I'll be joining in on the fun! I've been trying to come up with ideas for March to celebrate Down syndrome, and this one is SO good!
I absolutely love this idea and want to be involved! Thanks for dropping by my blog and telling me about it. I'll be posting about it soon. Probably tomorrow. I'll be dropping you an e-mail soon.
Debbie and Peanut
I'm SO in!
I found your blog through a link on another blog...
I love this idea! Both of my grandmothers always knit afghans, so your project feels like home to me.
Oh this is like the traveling pants. I've seen that movie. how cool. oh yes we want to do this. my mom will send you our info.
I am definetly in!!
You can count on me to spread the word. I am sending you an email now and hopefully will have it posted by tonight.
How fun!! I'll make a post on my blog Sunday :)
Would love to be part of this.Can't wait to meet new faces and families and share stories about our journeys.Sending you our info.Thanks for getting this rolling!
Cute idea! I'm in!
Hope and I would love to do this.
Great idea! Yes, I'll participate, and I'll definitely put up a blog post about it. Soon (sorry, things are a little crazy here right now)! We're about to move, so I'm reluctant to give an address just yet. How long do I have to send in my info?
Of course we are in. I'll send our info.
what a fun idea! I'll send you my info!
This sounds so fun! I'll be sending you my an e-mail and posting on my blog.
I'm in- wonderful idea! Email acomin'.
I can't get the button to work on my wordpress?.
Did you get the email I sent you the other day? Love this idea!
Oh...I so want to do this! How fun. I'm going to save this for my Sunday post.
very cool idea! I'm in!
How cute! This is my first time on your blog tho your little one looks familiar... I'll have to do more looking than this one post to figure out why tho :) We'd love to be a part, I'll e-mail you, how fun!
Meredith- mom of Emma (6, Ds), Kristopher(5), Brianna (3, Ds), Micah (2, Ds), and one planning their arrival in September...
What a great idea...we'd love to participate!!
Is this only for little ones with DS? What about tweens, teens, middleagers and Srs?
What will you do with the quilt and journal once they finish their travels?
What an awesome idea! We are in too. I'll email you the info and post a link to my blog soon.
How about Europe? Can I join from germany?
What about peeps in Canada?
YEAH - I'm in, too!!!
This is such a great idea. I would like to ask if I could participate although my little baby girl with T21 died last year. I don`t want to offend anyone; but I would like to take a picture from a picture of her with the afghan if that would be alright? Just want to ask in advance!
Greetings from Germany,
Claudia
Fabulous Idea! You are now advertised on DownRightFaith.com
IN!
(i just love "male" conversation :-)
What a wonderful idea!
I'd love to be involved if the afghan wants to travel Down Under - I will try and rally a few families together for it - we have at least 4 families here with young kids with DS and a few older ones as well. Let me know what I need to do!
Late to the party (as ususal) but count me in!
xo
We are so excited to participate
Yay! Sounds very fun. Expect to see an email from me soon.
I think this is a lovely idea and I would absolutely LOVE to participate and tell everyone about it on my blog! I know that I had heard about this in the circles, but I guess I just never made it over!
Please include me! I will put it on my blog by the end of this week to let others know
Also, could you please email me? I have a fantastic idea that would really make the idea of the traveling afghan really special. My email is Kristy @ imdsa.org
Thanks!
Kristy
I've added the button to Bridget's blog!
I'm in, I'm in! I finally just emailed you my info. Hugs!!
are we included in the channel islands uk.
Wonderful idea, i just put a link to the project on both my blogs. www.airstreamdreaming.com, and www.kimizone.com/kim. Spreading the word!
I posted this on my yahoo groups and I sent you my info awhile back. This is a great idea! Thanks
I need to sign up and have sent my info to the address listed above and it keeps getting returned to me as not a valid address?
Please email me with the info tvsfourwonders@ymail.com
Thanks! I love, love this idea and I am honored to be a part of it!
Tracy
Did you get the necklace :)????
I would like to be a part of this...........I'm in NH, how can we take part
Maria mom of Emily 7yo
Maria, just send me the following information and I will get you added! I have tried to email you back, but your profile is unavailable and I have no way to get a hold of you!
Email this info to littlemisse21@gmail.com
1. Your Name
2. Address
3. Blog url (IF you have one, it is NOT necessary to have a blog in order to participate)
4. Name and age of child or person with T21
5. Whether or not you would be willing to ship the afghan out of your country of residence.
6. Your email address
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