Support thread for Woolly Hugs - summer (sort of) 2013

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Our sympathies and thoughts are with daisydotandgertie, who lost her husband this month.

Woolly Hugs is now in action and this is the support and chat thread at which all are welcome - knitters, crocheters and donors. If you are a first time crafter please do have a go. There is bags of support and plain squares are just as important to our endeavour as fancy ones.

As flowers was one of the requested motifs, I'll just note there's a flowers section in the crafting guide. I might try the posies pattern on this sock pattern. For Welsh (or at least Celtic) patterns, I did this for a previous blanket.

i think i sent some square for the little hugs, Pistey - the ones that say they're in DK stylecraft (am i right in thinking they're acrylic?)

oh, now i'm cunfused

Yes you did lovely, a gorgeous pinky one, tis beautiful, thank you. It will go into a joint Little Hug.

I'm going to take my crochet book on holiday this summer, my family will be like this....

and I don't care

Squares done :)

Today's to-do list:

• sew in ends
• mail squares

:o

Went to the wool shop earlier to get wool for my forget-me-nots for TeamSurvival blanket and the lady has managed to fob me off with baby cashmerino despite me telling her that's not what I wanted. Should've checked the bag but I was about to throw up so had to rush out I shall have to order the right kind online instead! Any ideas for something I can make with one ball of blue baby cashmerino? :)

I'm going to try and finish a square for Trinity's blanket in time to bring it along on Monday Pistey. I started one but it's very wonky at both sides so I think I'll call that a practise run and start again. Is double crochet ok? That's all I've learned how to do so far

Ruby - you can make a Little Hug with it :)

Thanks Unique I've just had a look at the Little Hugs thread, what a lovely idea. Shall add that to my list of projects! :)

Earnest, double crochet is more than

Ok !

More than OK!

Sorry, been a hectic day

I posted off my squares for Daisy today. I hope they are ok, they are not all the squarest of squares It has been a while since I knitted and there was quite a lot more unravelling than knitting to begin with as I was having trouble getting the right size I have got a bit faster now and still have wool left so is it ok for me to sign up to do a square for Survival and Trinity?s blankets as I think there is time? Do James C. Brett 3 or 14 count as warm purple? I will pm you Pistey

Just checking in (I'm normally a lurker) to say that, all being well, I'll get my squares for Trinity's blanket posted tomorrow. My Little Hug for Yorkhill will be posted too.

Turning. Hopefully you have a PM from me. .

Thanks Anathema

Is it better for squares to be slightly over 15 cm or slightly under? My granny square is 14ish cm atm, but another round of trebles will take it to about 15.5. A round of dc might work, would that look odd?

I think a last round of DC looks great, sort of gives it a finished border.

I always finish squares with a round of DC (2DC, 2Ch, 2DC in the corners) gives it a more solid, neater looking edge.

Thanks :)

Thanks Pistey got the PM, well thats my evening sorted out then, will get started on the next squares!

I think I've just sent you multiple PMs Pistey, sorry

Turns out I didn't need to PM you anyway, as I did have the address. Sorry again.

I've been lurking here as I'm still waiting for my wool to arrive in the post. I ordered it a week and a half ago and I've been watching my postbox like a hawk. (But hawks wouldn't watch postboxes, would they?) that's the bummer of living abroad.

But wanted to butt in here and say Hair's square looks fabulous. And I'm sorry to hear about your colleague Trib. Very sad.

Morning all

Thank you TheThickPlottens. :)

Woo hoo. The wool arrived and the dcs are napping. Here's hoping they have a 2 hour nap! Wishful thinking...

managed to do my square for syrvival last night.

I spent ages trying to do lego blocks on a square, it looked crap, I frogged it and googled and found this pattern so incorporated it into my square.

it's a blue base with silver lego. it's very subtle as the colours are so similar