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

Should say, small tree dec size! Not the type you need suspenders with!

Ooh I'd like to knit something. What's small and easy?

Oh huge thanks everyone, this is just brilliant!

Yes please Fizzy, but what about DS's Advent Calendar??

Small and easy - I'm going to have a look for some patterns

Hairy, get thee to ravelry, search for Christmas decs.

There are some ideas on our FB page under 'Crafting for Yorkhill Christmas'

Pinterest! Search handmade Christmas decs was there for hours

Oh how lovely Woolfey!

Beautiful

Thank you X

Our Ravelry group is here hopefully

Next year Pistey!! He still doesn't know what's going on, so I'm sure he won't notice!

I'll have a google and an inventory of my stash and see what I else I can knock up before the deadline.

What I did last year for my cards was knit long lengths of icord. Could jazz that up with something at either end, voila card bunting?

Our problem will be not buying it all ourselves.

Fizzy, that sounds such a good idea! Thank you X

Ria how big are your triangles?

I'm not sure the ideal size of bunt. Am crocheting and have done 5 rounds. Don't want them to be too hefty.

13cm wide, 14cm long. They aren't Christmassy, does that matter?

Well this is something I have to be involed with, even though I have a week DS craddled in my arms. I might be able to make some xmas dec's, would a pair or gloves be ok pistey ?

That meant to say a week old DS!

Ria, it doesn't as people may want to buy gifts too.

Awww Fan. How is the little chap?

A pair of gloves or handwarmers would be smashing, thank you.

Thank you Woolfey, you star X

My bunts are nearly 10cm, and only Christmassy as they are made in red, white and green stylecraft. I think non Christmassy things would be lovely as gifts.

Awww, and welcome to Fan's DS, the latest member of Team Woolly Hugs. We'd love gloves, or those lovely hand-warmers you made last year, or actually anything. THANK YOU!

These are very pretty and easy tree decorations - there's a heart, start, tree and round.

I'll make you some .

Congratulations Fan

Thank you, OhOne

Yes please, Beer!

You lot are so clever. I'm on it :)

I can't find my stocking pattern

Ds wouldn't be getting his advent calendar after all!