Woolly Hugs : Christmas Craft Fundraiser for Winston’s Wish, and a chance to win a Woolly Hug Blanket!

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We are really pleased to be announcing our Woolly Hugs' Christmas fundraiser for 2013. We hope that you will be able to help us in some way.

Winston’s Wish are an amazing charity who help bereaved children re-adjust to life after the death of a parent or sibling, offering practical support and guidance. Winston’s Wish have helped many families within our Woolly Hugs and Mumsnet communities, and we would very much like to do something now to help them. To read more about the work they do, see here

Here's how you can join in...

We are looking to make and sell small/lightweight Christmas craft items, and to keep postage costs to a minimum we ask that ideally anything made can be sent on to a buyer in nothing bigger than a Large envelope. (35cm by 25cm, no thicker than 2.5cm, 750g max )

Some suggestions for you, but we are very open to others too

• Christmas tree and other decorations
• Little bags and purses
• Christmas stockings
• Bunting
• Gift tags
• Gift bags
• Craft kits
• Brooches, hair accessories, key rings
• Stocking fillers

Sewn, crocheted, embroidered, knitted, tis up to you!
Last posting for crafts to be Saturday 30th November please.
Please PM for the posting information.

If you would like to contribute funds to help others craft we would love to hear from you.

Woolly Hugs' Christmas Craft Sale - The sale itself will take place between Friday 6th and Sunday 8th December, and will be run through our Woolly Hugs Facebook page. All details of which we will be sharing here, on FB and Twitter nearer the time.

How to Win the Woolly Hug

• Anyone who makes something for the Craft sale will be entered into the free Draw.
• Anyone who contributes towards materials for crafters will be entered in the free Draw.
• Anyone who buys something (through Paypal) will be entered into the free Draw.

Our Paypal is [email protected]

If contributing towards materials or paying for a purchase, please add a note in Paypal that it is for Winston’s Wish, and a contact name.

The randomly generated Draw for the Woolly Hug will be made after the close of the Christmas Craft Sale. Craft items will be sent via second class post during the week beginning Monday 9th December. We will pay all money raised into the Winston’s Wish account that week too.

Huge thanks once again. Fingers crossed this will be a great success for Winston's Wish.

Pistey and Knotty X

Beautiful woolly treasure arriving today from the very lovely BeerTricksPotter

Three super snuggly knitted mug cosies for our Winston's Wish fundraiser, two in red wool, one in a gorgeous Autumnal orange all with button fastenings. Plus four little knitted stocking tree decorations, so cute! Really smashing, huge thanks to her

So many lovely things! Huge thanks to all

Am off to raid the piggy bank.

And more lovely things today!

Huge thanks to two lovely crafters, you really are stars, and are now in the free Draw for the Woolly Hug!

Kveta Just lovely, a string of crocheted butterflies, and a separate butterfly decoration and two snowflakes, one with silver thread running through, the other with gold. Gorgeous!!

From the very lovely MinnieBar, an absolutely gorgeous crocheted garland of stars, snowflakes and pompoms! There is a slight sparkle in the woolly wool. Just fabulous!

Thank you both so much

Checking in and bumping :)

Pistey - I have just reread your OP and one of the things I have sent won't pack and send easily (it's a teacup candle I made) so I'd like you to have it as an early Christmas-cum-thank you present.

Awww that's lovely of you

She'll love it!

Oh SDTG! That is so lovely of you - I really will love and treasure it, bless you. Thank you so much! Xx

It is a L'Oreal moment, Pistey - you are so worth it!

I realised this morning that I had forgotten to put in the scarf I meant to include - it is the Hitchhiker scarf by Martina Behm (I have checked with her and she is happy for it to be sold for charity), so I will get it packed up and into the post asap.

Post ready to go. Fingers crossed Royal Mail agree it's a small parcel. (It's amazing how much wool you can fit in a cereal box!)

May have something useful here.

Awwww, Thank you SDTG. You looking forward to seeing your DT on Saturday night? I certainly am, although we have to delay as DD is away and we have to watch as a family, so it will probably be Sunday evening. We have been enjoying all the build up! X

The answer to that is LOADS SuperNappy

Oooooooo FanFuckingTastic Sounds interesting!!

Morning all :)

Ohh for sure, Pistey - it is already programmed into the sky+, and my spot on the couch is booked!

Posted Special Delivery guaranteed by 1pm tomorrow. I shall be tracking it!

Ooooh eeee ooooo Oooo ooo oooo, ooo eeeee ooooooo

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I don't envy all the hard work you do, but it must be so lovely opening all the woolly parcels that come through your door, Pistey :)

Bumping for traffic :)

Oh Hadn't seen that until now!

I've made a few hanging decorations, including some hearts which have turned out quite BIG. Maybe they could be hung on door knobs. Or a sturdy tree will post this week.

Morning

So many beautiful things arriving, huge thanks to everyone, folk are working so hard. Tis honestly marvellous. Photos are appearing on FB, just about to upload some more. We find that if we post too many pics too close together on Facebook that folk are less likely to see them, so we are attempting to spread them out, but of course this means it all takes much longer!

Sincere thanks to SirBoobAlot for lovely knitted Christmas trees and scarves....

to Bellavita for organising a friend to make a cute knitted Christmas wreath, thanks to her friend too, tis gorgeous...

MNP for some adorable stocking fillers and decorations....

to SuperNappy for an array of woolly treasure inc bootees and brooches...

SDTG (who will be very happy to have seen her Doctor last night, not watched it yet, but know he's there!) for beautiful crocheted brooches and the most lovely antique pink shawl that was donated by a friend, thanks to her friend too..

and three strings of beautiful knitted bunting from our Ria

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE
We have entered you all into our free Draw for the Woolly Hug X

Just marvellous!

Morning lovely Jules :) Thank you!

I made a hefty robin, he will need a sturdy tree too! I might make another, so whoever buys them can kinda balance out their tree

Elf and safety and all

Maybe include a Disclaimer with Hefty Robin

I also have made a fairly hefty robin. It has a bow on its head (from the hanging ribbon) so DD1 is calling it Bobina the Big Boned Robin

I am rather taken with the idea of a hefty robin - I might have to bid on one of them!

Awww. Hefty Robin will be chuffed :)

Morning

Beautiful treasure for our fundraiser from the very lovely pegfreak Huge thanks to her, we have entered her into our free draw for the Woolly Hug!

Have posted photos on Facebook of a couple of her lovely things, much more to come later, but off out now. They are definitely worth waiting for! :)