well isn't this a great start

the name of this, as I typed it in is Crochet A Mile In My SHOES.  Apparently this website does not like shoes and has renamed it SHOWS.  Damnation.  this does not bode well for this.  I  have a goal to crochet a mile  (not like I haven't many times over in my life, but this time I am paying attention) in a 6" wide strip. I am crocheting strips approximately 6' long so that they can be joined into blankets for shelters.  I was doing some yarnbombing, and as much as I love the idea, I am also kind of disturbed by my contributions, feeling that they would be better if      someone could actually make use of my work.  so......  I figure that it will take 880 of the strips to make a mile, I will number them at some point.  Now I have finished maybe 8, so I am a long way from there, and I have no immediate time frame. Just crochet as I can.  In the meantime, I just finished a scarf for the homeless guy at the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Rockville Pike.  He sees me crochet at that light (it is a long one) and asked for a a redskins scarf as he is a big fan. Once the fringe it on, it will be done.  and I am well into the star shaped camo blanket that is a kind of prototype. I envision it being used by a kid in bed, knees pulled up so that the green camo forms a mountain, the beige the shore and the blue the water.  Army med or some such can fight up the hill, or take a cruise or picnic on the beach.  There was a poem in my children's book of poetry about a little boy playing on the counterpane and that inspired this.  I have finally found a pattern that works for it, not too may holes.  It was in some crochet magazine that just came. It's downstairs, so I will give credit later.