While you can sew your blanket by hand or with a sewing machine, you could also make a tied blanket that requires no sewing ...

It's why she's planning to make over 100 tie blankets for their patients. It's just like the blankets she saw over the more than two months she and her late son, Saint were in the hospital.

It's something soft, and warm and it has a sewn on symbol of love. The áBeaverdale V- F-W Auxiliary 91-27á is providing comfort to dozens of Iowans who could use a little more of it this season.