Together for Short Lives. Announcing Woolly Hugs' Christmas Craft Sale Fundraiser for 2014.

[KnottyAndPistey]

We are really pleased to be announcing our Woolly Hugs' Christmas fundraiser for 2014. We hope that you will be able to help us in some way.

The amazing charity Together for Short Lives supports children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all those who support, love and care for them. From the moment of diagnosis, for whatever life holds, this charity aim to help to ensure that families make the most of their precious time together, helping a child or young person to live the best life they can, for as long as they can. So much love and compassion, what they do is extraordinary.

To read more about the work they do, see here….. We want to help them, we hope you will join us. Here’s how.

Crafting Information
We are aiming 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.

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

• Stocking fillers, although obviously Father Christmas is REAL, this is just to help.
  
• Christmas tree decorations, bunting, garlands.
  
• Stockings
  
• Small gifts - Little bags, purses, brooches, hair accessories, key rings, gift bags, tags, lovely lovely things!
  
  Woolly, fabric, embroidered, all crafty crafts welcome. Items from last year can be seen in our four Christmas albums from last year on our Facebook page MNWoollyHugs.
  
  Last posting for crafts to be Saturday 15th November please. But do post earlier if you are able to, we are ready, so any time! Please PM for the posting information.
  
  If you would like to contribute funds to help others craft we would love to hear from you. Our Paypal is [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  The Event itself...
  The Christmas Craft sale will take place ONLINE between the evening of Thursday 27th November and run through to Sunday 30th November and will be organised through an Event page linked through our Woolly Hugs' Facebook page, as we have done before. (MNWoollyHugs) Full details of which we will be sharing here, on FB and Twitter nearer the time. We will be auctioning a few more items this time too, again that will be through a Facebook Event page set up nearer the time.
  
  
  Huge thanks once again.
  
  
  Fingers crossed this will be a great success for Together for Short Lives. A life time of difference, doesn’t get much more important that that.
  
  
  
  Pistey and Knotty
  //www.woollyhugs.com
  MNWoollyHugs on FB
  @MNWoollyHugs on Twitter

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

I'd also love a photo option, but that might be greedy.

1. Folders
   
2. Search
   
3. Preview
   
   
   Tis not much to ask izzit?

[Hexiegone]

My other thing I'd really like is a preview option when writing a PM.

Me too.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Frustrating innit?

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

More treasure, and treasure it is, has been arriving.


Huge thanks to the lovely crafters, this Sale is going to be amazing!!

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

This fabulous pearl, crystal and sterling silver bracelet, with sterling silver clasp has been made for our Craft Sale by the very lovely MiaAlexandrasMummy


Such fabulous work, and there are more bracelets - also some stunning chandelier style earrings too. All stunning!! The most enormous thanks! xxx

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Some adorable crocheted Christmas decorations arriving from the very lovely SallyBear, inc this super Santa - thank yooooooooou x

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

And three fabulous table runners in Christmassy prints, two in red, one in green, approx 110cm by 30cm.

Huge thanks to the very lovely BarkyBoots for making them for us, just awesome.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Ah Hexie! Treasure galore from you - thank you so much, have just changed our profile pic on Facebook to be one of these red hearts. Gorgeous things. Thank you. Am going to have to photograph more tomorrow, but it is al safely ere, and you are a star xxx

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Gah! My last pic for 24 hours, but I shall use it for this adorable snowman from the very lovely Becky Love! Thank you! x

[noideawottoget]

can i donate some jewellery?

[Hexiegone]

Oo, I'm blushing now . In answer to your rhetorical question on FB re the wee stocking - with a lot of help from clever peeps in the knitting department

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Ahhhh the big guns - Woolly, Oma and Purple!

They are PROFESSIONAL!!!!

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

noIdea - yes please!!!!

[PurpleFrog]

PROFESSIONAL!?

[TheWoollybacksWife]

Yikes! Put the pressure on Pistey

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Arf!!! You are all bloomin fabulous!

I can only knit a ropey square of garter stitch

[JulesJules]

I've finished my skinny scarf and I made a mistake in the last 2 inches. Didn't notice until I'd cast off and woven in the ends.

Bollocks.

AND I knitted a "small" owl, thinking I could attach ribbon to make it into a Christmas decoration, but bloody thing was ENORMOUS. (You know how I can't make anything dainty). Would have brought the whole tree down, not to mention costing £££s to post. So EnormoWol has gone off to live at my Mum's house (she's got more room) and I'm thinking again

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

I love a scarf with character Jules, I really need one.

And arf at EnormoWol, sad not to have met him

[JustKeepKnitting]

Posted today

[JulesJules]

[PurpleFrog]

Mine will be posted on Monday!

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

That's marvellous, thanks Purple x

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Morning!




Huge thanks for all Christmas craft goodies received so far, all just marvellous, but now having folk worrying they've missed the deadline. Please no one worry, our Sale starts a week on Thursday, and if it can arrive by then, we'd LOVE to have it!

Our Event Page is here...

There will be a collection which we sell through our website too, to help folk not on FB


Thank you, Pistey and Knotty xxx

[JulesJules]

Haven't posted yet trying to do a few more things first.

So far there's my scarf with extra mistakes character, a sheeeep in white tinsel wool and a gold tinsel heart on a ribbon. Well it is supposed to be a heart, DH said "Is it a Xmas merkin?"

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