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Woolly hugs

Woolly Hugs is a charity established by a group of Mumsnet users. They knit / crochet handmade blankets and other items for families experiencing difficult times.

MN Woolly Hugs

131 replies

nickelbarapasaurus · 06/08/2012 12:24

I'll link this in the latest Blanket thread :)

Post your Woolly Hugs here :)
Thanks

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Wolfcub · 12/08/2012 10:24

lovely squares Frankie.

Umami · 12/08/2012 12:03

Those are gorgeous Frankie (and I've only just realised you can click on these pictures to zoom Blush).

Pidj, I saw your comments on another thread about selling crocheted blankets, and I recalled seeing a beautiful one for sale once for what I recall as around £150. So I had a look on Etsy.... Shock

Umami · 12/08/2012 12:10

Gobsmacked

Somersaults · 12/08/2012 12:15

Umami, wow. I'm sitting here, mouth open. That's unbelievable.

PurplePidjin · 12/08/2012 13:43

That's realistically how much actual work goes into a blanket - including the Woolly Hugs. I reckon on about 20 hours to construct and edge, that doesn't include the time other people spend making squares.

There's no money in it, although I'd love to teach...

nickelcognito · 12/08/2012 14:20

the one your granny taught you is a double treble, and the extended treble is the triple treble (or treble treble)

Umami · 12/08/2012 15:15

But I thought the double treble and treble treble had more than one yo right at the start?

Soooooo confused Confused

nickelcognito · 12/08/2012 15:37

let me think....

trible treble, yo twice, then through, then yo, through, loop off, yo, through, loop off until you've finished all the loops

double treble, is how your granny did it.

I might have to google now Confused

nickelcognito · 12/08/2012 15:43

it gets even more complicated!!

in US usage, the treble is our double treble -
crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa101897.htm

and the US double treble is our triple treble (same link)

ahhh!!!!
your yo once then through and once is a half either treble or something else
i've jsut got to post this so i can go back to the previous page and check your description

nickelcognito · 12/08/2012 15:43
nickelcognito · 12/08/2012 15:44

"I'm sure that when my Nan taught me to crochet, many moons ago, the basic stitch she taught me was yo, through st, yo, back, yo, through 1, yo, through 2, yo, through 2"

i think she made that up...
Wink

it sounds like a half double treble...

Umami · 12/08/2012 17:35

It's the 'through one' that appears to be odd. Probably made up is strangely comforting! Grin

Primrose123 · 12/08/2012 19:42

My latest square. It's a ripple pattern, and I crocheted in the gaps to make it more square. I need to check with Pistey to see if it's square enough!

<a class="break-all" href="//[IMG]i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/prmorris2000/Blanket%20squares/7336c2e1.jpg[/IMG]" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">square

Primrose123 · 12/08/2012 19:44

That didnt work, trying again...

[IMG]i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/prmorris2000/Blanket%20squares/7336c2e1.jpg[/IMG]

Primrose123 · 12/08/2012 19:44

Aargh, can't get it to work!

Primrose123 · 12/08/2012 19:46

square

Somersaults · 12/08/2012 19:47

I just copied and pasted the URL and it looks lovely :)

PurplePidjin · 12/08/2012 20:11

Primmy, that's gorgeous, and thank you for squaring it! I just dealt with one in the same pattern that wasn't, closest I've ever come to swearing on a blanket project Blush

(I'm a very sweary person but it seems inappropriate on these somehow)

DancesWithWoolsEnPointe · 12/08/2012 22:53

My first ever finished granny...

Somersaults · 13/08/2012 00:23

Well done Dances :)

Somersaults · 13/08/2012 09:12

Here is my latest effort, and my favourite square that I've done yet.

nickelcognito · 13/08/2012 12:28

very good, Dances - and all your pesky ends sewn in too! Grin

nickelcognito · 13/08/2012 12:32

Somersaults {ooooh}
beautiful

Wolfcub · 13/08/2012 14:03

Somersaults - is that pattern available on the tinternet? It's lovely.

Love the grannysquare Dances, I'm still not entirely confident enough for all that colour changing malarkey.