The Pratchgan is finished - & I got to meet Terry Pratchett!

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OMG I still can't believe it! After 8 months of work & worry it's finally done. Terry's wonderful PA Rob called me on Friday night to sort out arrangements to hand the Pratchgan over to the man himself & so yesterday I nipped across to Edinburgh to the book festival to meet Terry Pratchett!

Full details are on my blog.

I can't wait to get an hour or two to catch up on the chat & everyone's blogs - I've been away such a long time!

oh gosh greebo, that is really lovely. i adore the sentiment, i hope he can take cover under it when he needs to. well done, really. i watched a thing (was it panorama?) recently about nhs care, he's paying for his meds etc himself, really cross that everyone in his position can't get them. seems like a good man.

Thank you

I should point out that it's not just my work - I only made one square & the others were sent by 98 other knitters & crocheters from all over the world. This post explains it better.

It was a bugger to sew together so I'm very glad it's done!

no that's fine, i knew it was from other people too... didn't think you were trying to nab the credit. how lovely and talented you all are.

oh my god that is sooooo fantastic.
bet it's a relief to have it finished and handed over to the Man himself.

OMGoodG .. I love and adore Terry Pratchett .. I love and adore your Pratchgan .. did you make it all yourself? where's the abridged story?

Congratulations!

Wow - that's amazing. Well done all of you.

Well done to you & the rest of the knitters & woolly folk - a fab piece of work!

that;s amazing! well done to you and your craft buddies.

Fab!

well done you - he is a lovely man, I met him at the first Discworld convention (went to the masked ball as Magrat and he asked me why I hadn't been in the fancy dress comp) and am so sad that he has Alzheimer's.

That's such a wonderful thing to have done! I'm all teary just thinking about it. And lovely photos of PTerry - he looks well chuffed!

What a completely brilliant thing to do!

WOW! You (and your fellow knitters/seamstresses) are brilliant.

How was Mr P?

Wow - have just been looking at all the close up pics. Awesome.

edam he seemed okay. His talk & reading was funny as hell (he had to sing as part of the reading & it's a comfort to know his singing's nearly as bad as mine )

The Pratchgan's working its way around the internet - my blog's had over 7000 hits since Saturday

We'll be starting a knit-and-crochet-along on 1st October to make our own Pratchgans (obsessed much?).

I knew nothing about this, but as a major Pratchett fan (and a terrIble knitter may I just express my admiration and

Oh god what a mixture of emotions. Some how I missed this. I am a huge TP fan. Had I have known about this I would have loved to have been involved, but have only just learned to knit so know I couldn't really have been. On the other hand I am so so so pleased to see what has been done. On one of those photos he looks genuinely touched (and a little tearful). On an unselfish note I really hope it can be of comfort to him on 'lower' days/times.
Well done Greebo and other yarnies....