In 1978, Barbara MacKellar began knitting baby blankets to soothe her nerves while her son underwent treatment for a heart condition. Her hobby blossomed as she made blankets for friends, then friends of friends, eventually earning her the nickname "The Blanket Lady." By the late '90s, she moved her knitting machines to her family’s manufacturing facility, where she works today with her husband and son. Now, nearly 50 years later, people who received her blankets as babies are ordering them for their own children and grandchildren, with each blanket still hand-finished with love.