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[KnottyLocks]

We have just heard the tragic and devastating news that MrsKwazii's daughter has passed away today in an accident. She was 4

We would like to make a blanket for MrsKwazii's family, to offer them what comfort we can.
If you would like to contribute in any way, please sign up below and PM RatherbeOnThePiste with your offer: crafting, donating, need wool, don't need wool, etc. She'll match you up.

We need knitters, crocheters and donors. If you would like to donate wool, then we can match you up with a crafter.

If you are offering to donate, we would be grateful if you would let us know if you'd like to donate 1 or 2 balls of wool. They cost roughly £5 per ball.

Crafters, if you need wool please let Pistey know if you'd like 1 or 2 balls of wool.
One ball should make at least 2 x 6" squares.

The wool we are using is:

• Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK (NOT the baby cashmerino)

• or Rowan Cashsoft DK.

They are very similar and can be combined.

• 4mm knitting needles or hooks

• cast on 33 stitches (this is a guide for less experienced knitters)

• 6" squares

The Colours:

Blues, warm purples, greens, silver/ greys and pinks.

Got your pm pistey! Photo of said square on my profile! And I'm half way through another already so will wait til Friday before I post them off. I think I might be a knitter!!

More wool arrived today from Cucumberpatch but some of it is out of stock. And of the others, I think I must have been on the wine when I ordered them, they don't look like what I thought I ordered! So I think I will get another set of needles and do an alternative pattern on a different square while I am waiting for the rest. Also just discovered an Irish site who do Debbie Bliss, not sure why I didn't think to check that first before ordering from the UK.

Morning everyone

Chipmonkey - what colour are you after? Maybe someone on here will have enough for what you need?

Good news GlaikitFizzog. Go the knitters!

Puddle - you are doing well - I'm still on my first, you must knit with the speed of a thousand gazelles

Off to work until lunchtime, just answering PMs

Pistey x

Glaikit, I think your profile is still private, I can't click through to your page - can anyone else?

Morning all

Off to work very soon. Will check back in later.

Glaikit, sorry I can't see your profile either. You need to make it public.

Gah here is a link instead!! m1171.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/glaikitfizzog/2012-03-06202539.jpg.html?o=0

I can see it! It's lovely.

Well done! Design features not even visible!

[snif] All this talk of squares is making my knitting fingers twitch. #One day my yarn will come!#

I have 4 squares done and ready to be posted I've taken photos but my camera needs charging before I upload and dh has obviously put the charger in a really safe place... Will put up pics as soon as I've found it

Pistey, I need pale pink but have ordered it from an Irish site now. Hopefully they have it for me in the next day or two.

Oooh Glaikit, it's lovely, what pattern did you use??

Hey
Just checking in to say well done to everyone involved. I'm on my 4th square spread over the two blankets.. Aiming to do a few more before they go in the post though: Squares so far:

ravel.me/nickymorris/9ohs2
and
ravel.me/nickymorris/1ev3x
and
ravel.me/nickymorris/ccu9c

I particularly love the last one - and was much easier than it looks ;-)

Hugs to you all

Gah - reposted with working links - sorry.

Hey
Just checking in to say well done to everyone involved. I'm on my 4th square spread over the two blankets.. Aiming to do a few more before they go in the post though: Squares so far:

ravel.me/nickymorris/9ohs2
and
ravel.me/nickymorris/1ev3x
and
ravel.me/nickymorris/ccu9c

I particularly love the last one - and was much easier than it looks ;-)

Hugs to you all

My wool has arrived.

Now I'm getting nervous.

Knitter, you're at serious risk of outing yourself with links to your fb and your rl name etc. I don't know if you care (some don't) but thought I'd let you know. If you want to ask MN to delete your post.

I've added you as a Ravelry friend too :)

PS your fb link doesn't work so perhaps not as open as I first thought!

Go for it Linzer! I'm halfway through my second knitted square, plain stocking stitch, and have been rescued three times - once by MIL and twice by friends

Lunchtime

Am.

So.

Hungry

And I'm going to catch up with PMs, and what's been happening this morning

Have replied to all PMs, many thanks everyone.

duchesse - any joy today? I am hoping we hear of more woolly deliveries today...

GlaikitFizzog - lovely square, smashing

Chipmonkey - fingers crossed you get your pink very sooooooooooooon.

KnitterNotTwitter - lovely squares too, I love the way you say it was easier than it looks, it looks impossible and I bet I'd find it impossible

Linzer - You are cleared for take off!! Go Linzer Go!!

I am actually going to do some of my square right now. Yes I am.

Another set of needles arrived in the post so I am now doing Two Squares At The Same Time till my pink wool arrives. I will probably end up getting them mixed up and crying.

Oh, everyone knows who Knitter is!

Two Squares At The Same Time??!!