Leftover Wool

When my knitting queen aunt

Feels that needlework pull,

She starts knitting some squares

Using leftover wool.

They’re rectangles, really,

With colorful stripes,

Their patterns and stitches 

Of similar types.

Then when there are enough,

Using needle and thread,

She will sew them together 

To cover a bed.

If no blanket’s requested

By someone she knows,

To a charity’s stockpile

That handiwork goes.

Though some unattached pieces

My aunt did produce 

Found their way to my granddaughter 

For a new use.

Now her dolls all have blankets,

Two interests in sync,

Crossing ages and miles

In such a sweet link.