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.

It's a Halloween poltergeist, Deus In Macchinna [hshock]

Of course you are entirely trustworthy.. Its not like you'd do something like make false name badges and pretend to be someone else at a MN meet up or anything like that! [hgrin]

My primrose wool has arrived from pistey (and a crunchie!) so I have started some flowers for the centre of some squares. Getting lots of inspiration from the lovely squares posted already.

knotty I wondered if it was a dreads reference - I was going to use something similar til I saw your NN . Brushing is a waste of time IMO

Knitters get crunchies [hshock]

I didn't get a crunchie!

I got a curley whirley

My donor wool has arrived :)

Hurrah for wool arriving !

Oops! Didn't mean to cause trouble!

Looking forward to receiving my donated wool along with more chocolate, only for really talented crocheters.

Thank you for the wool, Pistey. Am looking forward to cracking on with, er, something... [hgrin]

Just braved John Lewis with very upset DS4 . Anyway I got the wool. Rowan cash soft dk shade 00532 dark purple and shade 00525 petrol blue. Looks very nice. So my squares will be very simple, as I think I only know about three pattern stitches! I hope that its ok.

I have just had to undo almost a full square and start again because I stupidly made 9 petals on each round instead of 8. 9 does not make a square easily [hangry]. I could have bodged it but it needs to be right!

Btw I got my wool from Hobbycraft who have a 3 for 2 sale on all yarn. I got 3 balls of the Sublime, 1 pink, 1 purple and 1 blue. They didn't have a massive choice of colours though.

Yellow wool arrived safely , . Just waiting for pink then I shall be knitting away.

Hello all [crunchie] [curlywurly] [hsmile]

at Trumpton

Any lovely donors who would like a crunchie - do PM me your address, but do be quick or I will have eaten them all in between all the little Trick or Treaters and not so little Trick or Treaters coming knocking on my door!

Thank you to the donors, you are so fabulous, we really appreciate what you do, you are stars. Either your woolly wool has arrived safely with your crafter, or your donation has arrived safely with us, and we are so grateful

fleecy

TooManyMemories

Kirst16

Evilberry

Whatevertheweather

EverythingInMjiniature

And a donor of funds, no MN name, but your donation arrived safely last night at 10.45pm, hopefully you received our thank you via email.

And squares have arrived safely too, such gorgeous woolly treasure!

Jules146 Beautiful flowery crocheted squares in pinks, apple green and purple, really super, plus some flower embellishments too

Pidj Really gorgeous crocheted square in silver with a pink heart, and a butterfly embellishment too, just lovely

HappyTurquoise Two beautiful deep blue granny squares, just lovely, so snuggly

Such a lot of thank yous, just brilliant, you are all real stars

You're very welcome!

AHEM! I declare the Ravelry Woolly Hugs Group www.ravelry.com/groups/woolly-hugs!

I've joined x

I've rejoined ravelry for that :) This could get dangerous.

I've joined. I'm jodidi on Ravelry.

Thanks Droitwich - just posted the link on our Facebook page

Bet this is the fastest growing new group ever on rav you have 14 members already. Well done you the mumsnet one sees to have died out over the last few months