A Blanket for My5boysandme. Sign up thread for crafters and donors. Can you help us?

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With heavy hearts we bring the desperately sad news that My5boysandme has lost her precious baby son Dexter. We have offered to make the family a blanket, and hope it may give whatever comfort it can to them. We are so pleased that they have accepted. My5boysandme sends thanks to all and is very touched by everyone's kindness and compassion. Here is her original thread

We send My5boysandme all our love and are so sorry for her loss. We are keeping her family close in our thoughts. X

So once again we are calling on the Blanketeers for help - whether it be donating, knitting or crocheting. Will you join us?

If you would like to help in anyway, please post on this thread but also PM me so we know. If you are able to donate, I can match you up with a crafter, or give you our donating information. I will co ordinate, match and deal with any admin. Knotty is here to answer any questions you may have. Sincere heartfelt thanks once again

As in the past, for consistency, the wools we are using are:

• Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK (NOT the baby cashmerino)
• Rowan Cashsoft DK
• Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK
• Artesano Superwash Merino DK

4mm knitting needles or hooks
6" squares, as simple or as complex as you like.

The Colours
Greens, blues, silvers, dark/warm purple and cream.
If choosing cream, we ask that you go for the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK 013

Here is our website Do use the Crafting Guide on it to help you with practical info, and if interested there are a lot of linked suggestions for squares.

Previous blankets can also be seen on the website. We also have a Facebook page: MNWoollyHugs and are on Twitter @MNWoollyHugs. If you 'like' our FB page then you will get all our updates on our progress via your newsfeed.

So sad that another blanket is needed. Sending much love to My5boysandme and her family, and thinking of baby Dexter.

Oh I got all confused then, I was reading this thread thinking that it was the support thread!

My squares will be done by Thursday, will pm for address.

Hi I've been on my hols and not finished my squares yet, have I missed the deadline?

No you haven't Ophelia. Can't remember if we have been given one yet but you haven't missed it if we have

Glad they arrived ok

Not at all my lovely Ophelia. Last posting is Monday 5th November, but do Pm if you get stuck, I know you've only just got back

Right, dragging myself out of my apartment today to get to the PO to post my squares for My5's blanket. DD2 due in 3 days, as tired as anything, feet as swollen as an elephants but I really really want to get these out.

Fingers crossed the exercise triggers something, Skoggy

Fingers crossed the exercise triggers something, Skoggy

Thanks Pidj

Most gorgeous squares have arrived safely, beautiful treasure, many thanks to all

Mathsdidi Just lovely, blue and grey crochet squares, lovely patterns, flowers, a heart

NickelbabeKFS Beautiful apple green crochet, gorgeous

MapofTassie Just super, a silver garter knit and a dark blue, lovely

Jules146 Lovely crocheted squares, silver, blue, purple, green and cream, grannies and solid grannies. Super

Heartfelt thanks to all

THANK YOU to my fabulous donor! I am honoured to knit for such an esteemed MNer. I had a mountain of wool through my letterbox today

AHEM! I declare the Ravelry Woolly Hugs Group open!

Oh lovely, so pleased I'm not late, I should be done for Monday.

Ooh, woolly hugs ravelry group you say, sigh, yet another way to lose hours each evening

cool. my wool shade was called gorgeous!

sfk sneaky [hshock]

Morning!
I have been trying to message Pistey for an address to send my squares but private messaging doesn't seem to work for me.
Could you PM me with the address please?

It is working Shirley

Had your PM 4 times!

Just all bonkers at the mo, it seems you get the fault message when in fact it has gone through. I have reported it

I might report it again....

Have tried to send you a PM Shirley and got the
{"succeeded":true,"s2":null,"s1":null,"errorMsg":"","successMsg":"","retCode":0,"s9":null,"obj":null,"s7":null,"s8":null,"s5":null,"s6":null,"s3":null,"competition":"n","s4":null}

message, but it is in my sent box four times

Can you let me know if you've got it at all?

Seamless

RebeccaMN is on the gin over in Site Stuff....

Lovely and well travelled squares have arrived this morning and they are gorgeous

NeitherShreddedNorSmug They have arrived safely! Huzzah your DH dun good Gorgeous purply heart knit and a blue smocking type knit too, just lovely!

Hooray! Well done DH

I posted my squares this morning, I hope they get there on time. Sorry they're cutting it a bit fine, everyone in our house has been ill this week so I've not got much done!
Thanks again to my lovely donor!

Morning

Morning