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.

Another new blanketeer here, I would like to knit a square or two.

I'll do a couple of squares, pistey I've PMed you.

my5boysandme he's a gorgeous baby and it's utterly heartbreaking that he's gone so soon. My thoughts are with you and your family at this awful time.

My heart goes out to My5BoysandMe. Much love and thoughts with you.
I will donate a couple of balls of wool.

What a gorgeous baby boy. I'm sorry you lost him so soon, I can't imagine how painful that must be.

Thanks and my matched knitter and to Pistey and Knotty for organising.

Thanks all, this is really very touching.

Am just working my way through PMs, I will get to everyone

My thoughts are with your My5Boysand Me. So sad for you all,

Pistey, have pm'd you.

Have pmd you pistey.

My5boysandme I am so very sorry for your loss. Every stitch of your blanket will be stitched with as much love as is possible.

I can donate wool, will PM you Pistey for an address. Thinking of My5boys xx

So terribly sad.

I'll knit a few squares, sending a PM.

Crocheters can pop in here.

I'll knit a square. So sad that another is needed.

I'm so sorry for your loss My5Boys xx

Thank you Soupy, thank you everyone

We already have lovely donors to thank, your donations have arrived safely with us, and we will buy wool and send it onto crafters on your behalf. And we are truly grateful to you, our Blanket Projects cannot function without the generosity of our lovely donors.

pinksummer

bluesky

You are stars

We seriously [heart] our donors.
You are as vital as our crafters and the woolly wool itself.

Fabulous response in such a short space of time, truly awesome. The light is off in my PM box for now, thank you to everyone for all your offers to help, I have been quite blown away, folk are amazing.

Sending much love to My5boysandme and thinking of the beautiful Dexter.

Xx

I will knit a square, but I will have to ask for some donor wool as I'm really skint :( PMing Pistey now. So sorry for your loss My5

Morning

Thank you for PMs - all replied

No deadline as yet, but it is usually 3/4 weeks, we will come up with a date very soon...

We have several new Blanketeers with us, we are very glad to have you on board. Thank you to everyone, the amazing response continues.

Two excellent places to go for practical help for making squares, trib's knitting support thread and one for the Hookers. Both threads have lovely folk who can really help.

My5 your lovely boy is beautiful, thank you for sharing his photo with us.

Thinking of Dexter and you all.

Pistey wool sent and pm'd

Morning, wonderful woolly folk

Already two more fabulous donors to thank, honestly we couldn't manage without you. I'm just about to order woolly wool for crafters on your behalf so heartfelt thanks

BIWI

Portofino

Both complete stars X

I'll knit a couple of squares also. Will get to the wool shop this weekend and get knitting.
So sad that another blanket is needed.
Will PM you Pistey.
Tassie

I'll do a couple. I have wool.

So very sad that another one is needed.

Thank you, just checking in, am away to PMs

I'll PM you Pistey, will need a donor. So sad that another blanket is needed. Holding you and your family in my thoughts My5, so sorry for your loss.

Bit of a busy evening, but I am to my PM box right now, thank you

A lovely donor to thank this evening, you are fabulous, we give you our heartfelt thanks

MayTheOddsBeEverInYourFavour

You are a star X