Blanket for Cupofteaplease: Crafters & donors, your help is needed. x

[KnottyLocks]

I have to admit that it has taken me while to write this. Sometimes it feels that despite all the words at our fingertips, there are never the right ones.

This morning we learnt of the heartbreaking news that Cupofteaplease's beautiful daughter, Beatrice, had been taken from us: another bright star to light the skies above us.

If you have followed Cup's threads, you could not have failed to be touched by Bea's magic and be inspired by her mother and her family (affectionately known as The Teaset ) who ensured that for Bea, 'A life filled with love is a life worth living.'
Their dedication to Bea, their bravery and love reached many hearts and touched many lives. Bea will live long in our hearts and memories.

Our thoughts and love are with them all and we hope that this blanket may give whatever comfort it can to them.

We would be very grateful for your help. Here's how:

We need knitters, crocheters and donors.

RatherBeOnThePiste will coordinate and match crafters and donors, and deal with the admin side. I'll try to answer any queries you may have.

If you would like to be involved in any way, please post on this thread and PM Pistey with your offers: crafting, donating, need wool, etc, and she will match you up.
Whatever way youd like to be involved, please PM Pistey: it really helps us to know how many people are involved. Thanks

The wool we are using:

• Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK (NOT the baby cashmerino)

• Rowan Cashsoft DK.

*Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK.

*Artesano Superwash Merino DK.

They are very similar and can be combined.

• 4mm knitting needles or hooks

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

• 6" squares

The Colours:

Pinks, blues, greens, warm purples, silvers and cream (we'd be grateful if you use Debbie Bliss 013, if opting for cream)

If you wish to make flowers and bees and would like to use yellow, please PM Pistey as we have some in our stash and we would like to use the same colour throughout. Thanks

Ideas for squares:

Motifs:
Bees, primroses, violets, daisies and any other flowers.

Please don't feel daunted by any of the ideas as we really love plain squares and simple textures too. They look as stunning as the more complex squares and actually play a vital role in the overall effect.

Previous blankets can be seen here on the Woolly Hugs website . We also have a Facebook page: MNWoollyHugs and are on Twitter @MNWoollyHugs. If you 'like' our Facebook page, you'll be updated on progress via your News Feed.

As always, we thank you so much for your support.

Oh no I've just seen this, poor cupof. I joined in with the bee bunting for Bea last year, had to knit little bees for my twins too as they were very impressed with my bee making skills!

I'll pm you Pistey, I'd like to knit a couple of squares.

Pistey I can't pm you, can you pm me please? Ta!

Is it ok to send money in Thursday? I don't get paid until them and am unable to send any before then

IHope, Thursday is fine, my lovely Thank you.

Ophelia,

Morning Knotty

Morning, Droitwich

Morning all

Sorry, out until late last night I am just to PMs now. Lovely Ophelia, I am coming to you

Pacific - not an arse at all! That has happened to me with cards, and they don't warn you, last time I was stuck on my own with my two in the States and much frantic phoning calling to the fraud dept followed.Makes me so cross when they do that! Gggrrrr

I am liking the idea of a woolly quiche

We seem to have hit problems with all our usual woolly suppliers this time, lots of orders are on a go slow, lots of the colours we are after are out of stock. Cucumberpatch are out of the purple vamp, Black Sheep and F&T seem to be struggling and out of some purples and pinks too. I know lots of those waiting on donor wool are still waiting. We are talking about having a longer making period with a last posting further away to help folk with this, so no one is to worry.

Right to PMs

Morning all

Morning Pidj

Question:

I live in France and I can't find the right wool here. Are my local shops useless or are any known by different names? I am going to Paris this weekend so may have more luck there.

Morning Knots

I am because PMs are totally bonkers!!

My PM box is full to the brim with multiple PMs from folk

Ophelias - yours arrived 3 times
Oma - one was twice, the other arrived 4 times
Exit - 2 times
Droitwich - 3times
Woolfey - twice
fan - twice
PrettyVacant1 - 3 times
Flojo - your one from last night came 3 times

Weird and wonderful times

fraktion - I shall PM you now, hopefully just once

Morning BIWI

it won't let me PM fraktion, it says.....

{"succeeded":true,"s2":null,"s1":null,"errorMsg":"","successMsg":"","retCode":0,"s9":null,"obj":null,"s7":null,"s8":null,"s5":null,"s6":null,"s3":null,"s4":null,"competition":"n"}

fraktion - I was trying to say, if you PM me your address I have some donor wool I can send you?

I have your PM (and replied) so not sure why you were getting random errors!

The whole thing is bonkers fraktion, that's the problem

Have we broken it again?

Blimey, we have

Won't let me PM either.

We will be booted out

Ok, a reminder that we can also be contacted/meassged via our Facebook page: MNWoollyHugs and at admin @ woollyhugs . com.

I know that this means we would know your RL names. They are safe with us. We do not pass them onto any third parties for cash.

Although

Honestly, safe with us.

My wool arrived yesterday from wtw, so cracking on with that. Just waiting for my sublime black wool I ordered from amazon. They had loads of sublime colours for cheap on there. Fingers crossed it arrives today, I want to make this bumble bee, I need to get it right.

Booted out?

Us harmless woolly folk?

I'm sure you'd use the cash for a Woolly Hugs cause though...

Have reported Pm problem.