Blanket for My5boysandme - support for knitters

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All our thoughts and sympathies are with the family of baby Dexter, and most particularly with his mum, My5boysandme.

The chat thread has given details of the yarns and pointed to the Crafters' Guide. I will check back to our last support thread for any newer patterns that haven't yet made it up there.

Please stop by if there is any help you need with your square - the crocheters are regular guest stars as well (it's a bit like NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles).

Ahem, now my flashers has been out done by Trib's tossing off surely?? :o

@ Trib

Right, off to start joining squares....

Wish me luck

Just read that birnamwood is doing a 'D'. I wondered if other knitters could do the other letters to make Dexter's name? I would offer myself, but I don't think my knitting skills are that advanced! Just an idea.

Primrose - I don't think birnamwood is doing a D now. Pistey's not looking for too many initials for this blanket I think - we're to crack on with whatever we fancy.

Hello, lovelies

Initials are in hand, bless you x

Trib Thanks for not outing me as the crap knitter on the refuge blanket

I have completed one square for Dexter and will get another one done asap. Away for a mini holiday tomorrow, and my knitting will be coming with me. I'm becoming such a knitting geek, that dh and dds bought me related stuff for my birthday yesterday I now have a lovely non embarrassing bag to take with me to woolly huggers cake meetings, as well as loads of wee useful bits and pieces.

On another random note, I am loving using the posh wool again. Tis gorgeous and feels beautiful.

Hairy - not crap knitter, just happier tossing off a 6" one (right, that is the last time I am making my 'tossing off' joke). Happy birthday for yesterday! Nowt wrong with a fab knitting bag, what did they get you?

The posh wool truly is gorgeous. I was about to start a Hermione Hearts Ron in it for myself, in the lovely Rowan Mist. I might wear it even in midsummer as I bet it's going to be super-cosy.

Yes, was very quick to toss a 6 incher off

it's not really a knitting bag, just a nice bag to keep knitting in I also got circular needles and am going to give the lime smoothie a go. ( did you get the cream one yet btw)

Not yet - when did you post it? Given your frustration with it, are you sure you didn't just burn it and convince yourself mentally you'd posted it?

This weekend I shall be mostly communing with the apricot Smoothie putting the icord border on the heart blanket.

I'm quietly coveting the Namaste bag for knitting, not that I could ever cram all my current projects into it.

Thursday, but second class

That bag is stunning! You should buy it in every colour.

I love this review of it on Ravelry. I think you're right about one in every colour.

Hi, I'm new to all this.
What do u mean, no blocking? So I can make sure I don't do it!

As for the Int-arsey thingy, totally lost!

Flojo, if you don't know what blocking is there is very little chance you'll do it

Blocking is basically when you've finished knitting or hooking, you 'shape' your work by either spraying it/washing it and pinning it out in the desired shape or by giving it a gentle iron.

Please don't do any of this ^^ as it is much easier for us hookers to hook the blanket together when squares aren't blocked.

And don't you worry about that Intasy thing.

The Woolly HUgs mantra is 'Simple squares are good. Simple squares are essential'

If every square was complicated and fancy, the blankets would be so very busy. The fancy and the simple show each other off beautifully.
Because the wool is so lovely, even the simplest square looks gorgeous.

Phew glad to hear it! Was beginning to panic there, when someone said no blocks I suddenly thought they meant no plain squares!

Hello ladies, I have been to John Lewis today and purchased two lovely ball of wool, now I need to decide what patterns...so excited (tell I don't get out much lol)

Ok, I have just started a square with 33st's and it has measured 5 1/2 " shall I just increase my number of stitches ?

How many rows have you done? The measurements do change once you get going so I usually measure after about 5 rows

No, keep to 33 stitches. It is difficult to measure width whilst still on needles and there is always room for a bit of leeway on size . < taps nose knowingly>

Certainly do a few rows before measuring. Everyone's gauge is different, 33 is only a guide.

Oh well, you were right got to 15 rows and it is 6 1/2 inches lol, so going back to 33 :)

Is there a deadline for the squares for this? Would it be ok to finish a little hugs blanket and then do the squares for My5Boys (have got 2 types of blue to crochet, hoping to do 4 squares). Send them all off together some time in the next week?

I doubt that will be a problem, Happy - the deadline for this blanket is likely to be at least a couple of weeks.