My teenage daughter's best friend is going to be bedridden for months and my daughter is trying hard to keep her feeling loved and supported - she is too ill to have visitors very often. I suggested maybe she and her friends could get together and make a blanket like the ones that Mumsnet makes and I was wondering if Mumsnetters could give me some advice about how to go about it. I am happy to buy about six pairs of needles and some wool and teach them how to knit but would like some advice on size of needles, type of wool etc and tips on making up, anything else people have learned along the way that would be useful. I was thinking if they backed it, other friends who might not want to learn to knit could use fabric pens to write messages on the backing, but not sure what fabric to use to make sure it stays soft and snuggly.
Any advice would be most welcome. They are all 15/16 by the way so should pick up the knitting reasonably quickly one hopes.
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Themumsnotroastingonanopenfire · 31/12/2012 11:29
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