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.

Lots of woolly thanks yous to our lovely crafters, gorgeous squares arriving safely today, bless you all

FaintingGhost A gorgeous grey, blue and cream crocheted square, beautiful

Chulita Two beautiful cream squares, one a stunning leaf knit, the other the most lovely snuggly texture.

StressedOutMum These are more than OK my lovely, for My5 a soft blue star type textured knit, just super

Skoggy Also - more thank OK!! One teal, one apple green crochet, with lovely bobble-y textured centres, super

Trumpton Beautiful duck egg blue and cream knits, one a diagonal, the other I have no idea how you have done that, but it is just gorgeous!!

Heartfelt thanks to all, you are all stars X

Ah ! The Harris tweed square. From the 200 knitted blocks book. I thought it was a lovely design for Dexter. I have never done it before but really liked it.

I'm so glad they turned up safe and sound. The pattern is called Popcorn Flower by Jan Eaton.

(I'm sat here, on my EDD, bored out of my skull thinking about starting a Little Hug now I'm "part" of the Woolly Hug crafters. )

Nice to see squares arriving. I posted mine this orient so they should be with you soon.

I have managed to find some wool (Debbie Bliss cashmerino DK FTW!!!) in Paris. Will try my hardest to knit some (v simple) to post Monday, if international post will allow.

Yay for Parisian wool shops Frak!

Just had a flick through my 200 blocks trumpton very nice I like that one

Skoggy, start something complicated, it's bound to bring on labour!

Ah good, I'm pleased they got there ok. I really hope the leaf pulls straight - I've never knitted anything like that and it looks very wiggly! I also had no idea what psso meant so I kept ending up with 2 stitches too many and then having to k2tog on the next row which is why the stalk doesn't match up all part of the charm though right?!

skoggy hope you don't have to wait too much longer!

Oh yes, we're all about charm

Morning x lots!!!

Oh yes Jules, plus nurofen in my case

Trumpton - your Harris tweed square is absolutely stunning, and most definitely a lovely design for Dexter, I've not seen one like it before, couldn't work it out, beautiful colour combi too, you are very clever indeed!!

Is there a link online so we can add it to the Crafting Guide?

Harris tweed. I hope this is the right one

No, Thats not it. Sorry Soremummy

Hang on a minute . I am deep in tax return that the naice man wants to see me about tomorrow cos I cocked it up.

Cant find it online but...

Using yarn A cast on 33 stitches

Row 1 : (RS) using yarn A knit
Row 2 : Knit
Row 3 : Using yarn B K1,sl 1;rep from to last st, K1
Row 4 : Using yarn B K1, yf, sl 1, yb ;rep from to last stitch,K1
Row 5 : Using yarn A, K.
Row 6 : Using yarn A, K.
Row 7 : Using yarn B sl 1, K1; rep from to last stitch sl 1.
Row 8 : Using yarn B sl 1, yb, K1, yf; rep from to last stitch sl 1

Repeat 1-8 seven times more ending with row 8

Using yarn A K 2 rows cast off.

HTH If you need photo can you take one please.

So the bits in bold are the bits between stars Gah!

Thank you, lovely Trumpton

Tax return, eh? Just the words make me

No likey tax

Thank you trumpton, and thank you for trying soremummy X
I will add this to the website and will take a pic tomorrow. Until then you will all have to take my word for it, it is gorgeous!!

It is under Crafting Guide for Knitters, Textured Patterns as

Trumpton's Harris Tweed Pattern for My5

Pic to follow

Gee [blushes] thank you .
Each time I try a new stitch or pattern I think about the person whose life it commemorates and send love to the bereaved family . A new pattern focuses my mind whilst an old favourite allows me peace to think of their loss.

The Woolly Hugs work both for the donors and the recipients and link hearts in so many ways .
But without our hookers and helpers the squares would remain just that. You are the ones who make the hugs real .

thanks for the reminder trumpton! I've done mine butnot filed it - I've taken advantage if the extra time doing it online because dd makes me do everything late or slowly

Awww trumpton, linking hearts, that is so beautifully put Xx

Just popping in to say

1. Morning

and

2. Last posting for my5 is TODAY!!

I shall be available on PM if anyone needs me

Are the squares coming to you Pistey?

yes, they are going to pistey.

Hooray, I have Pistey The Loon's address so I am good to go.

2 x crocheted squares off to Pisteyville. They're not very good

Oi! KFS

Pisteyville here, you all sorted Babs?

I'm just coming to help folk in my PM box, two ticks