Woolly Hugs. 2015 Easter Craft Sale for the amazing charity WAY (Widowed and Young)

[KnottyAndPistey]

Folk really are fabulous and have been asking about our Easter Craft sale. We are delighted to confirm it will be going ahead, and that we have chosen the amazing charity WAY (Widowed and Young) to be our recipient.

Across the UK, WAY provides peer-to-peer emotional and practical support to young widowed men and women – married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation – as they adjust to life after the death of their partner. Their peer to peer support is run by a network of volunteers who themselves have been bereaved at a young age, so really understand what folk are going through. For many they have been, and sadly will be, a vital lifeline. Amazing work in desperate and bleak times, and we know they have supported several lovely folk within our Woolly Hugs community.

We’d love to do something for them now.

We are going to run an online Easter Craft sale in a similar way to previous sales. All funds raised will be donated to WAY.

We'd love your help...
We are looking to make and sell small/lightweight Eastery/Spring/ Generally gorgeous items. Sewn, crocheted, knitted, any crafty crafts, the how is up to you! To keep postage costs to a minimum we ask that ideally anything made can be sent on to a buyer in a 'Large' envelope. Bigger items are welcome too, we are just aware of postal charges!

Some suggestions for you but we are open to others!

• Easter decorations - chicks, eggs, sheeeeps, rabbits.
• Easter/spring bunting/ garlands, decorations
• Brooches, keyrings, purses, accessories
• Other Lovely Things???!!!

Last posting for crafts to be SATURDAY 7th MARCH.
Please message for posting information. Thank you so much.

If you’d like to contribute funds to help the sale (support other crafters, help with postage costs) then we’d love to hear from you. This will be a big team effort, and donors will make a difference to what we can achieve here, and we'd be very grateful. Our paypal is [email protected] and please make sure you add a contact name and note that it is for WAY.

The Sale itself will take place either over the weekend March 14th/15th OR March 21st/22nd, actual dates to be confirmed as soon as we can. It will be run through an Event page on Facebook (MNWoollyHugs) , with a selection of items on our Auction site on our website to help those not on FB

Fingers crossed this will be a great success and we can help the lovely folk at WAY help even more lovely folk.

Thoughts are with those who have very sadly needed WAY's support, especially amongst the Woolly Hug family. xx

We are truly grateful for all support, heartfelt thanks xxxx

To find out more about the amazing work WAY do, see here...

Oh Arty!!!!

That's completely amazing! You really are so clever. Thank you so, so much. Xxxx

I love it!

You're very welcome.x.

Re posting - if anyone bids for it I'm quite happy to do as before and send it directly from here, if that's ok with you?

That is tooooo cute! arty your amazing.

Arty, thank you so much. As before, sent directly from you would be fabulous

Thanks Arty

Morning all

I know I'm late posting, but this bunny in a carrot is on this way to you, and he has another carrotless bunny to keep him company.

I am even later in posting!

Everything conspired against me finishing things off last week, and I ended up turning the place upside down at the weekend looking for something that was "tidied away" in my pre-Christmas-visitors panic!

My parcel went off at lunchtime today (1st class). The cashier at the PO said she could do with one of those. I asked what she meant, and she said "A Woolly Hug!"

All is well, and thank you so much!

Knotty and I are pricing tomorrow, we will need

Our Auction site is primed and ready so that those not on Facebook can join in, we will be adding a range of items to the site tomorrow evening. The Auction site is on our website - if you've not seen it before, have a looky here..............

There's an explanation of how it all works. It worked very well at Christmas.

Our Auction site is now full of beautiful crafts - there will be 35 in total, and we hope a good range to enable all to join in.

Please do have a look, the auction opens tomorrow at 6pm

Here's how our Easter Craft Auction will work....

• The Auction starts at 6pm on Thursday 19th March. No bid will be accepted before this time.

• All items will have their own post as listed to the right here. Bids must be added to the relevant post.

• If posting ‘anonymously’ we ask you add a contact name/Mumsnet nn in with your bid or we cannot accept that bid.

• Bids must be made in Sterling, or we will get in a right pickle.

• The Auction ends at 9pm on Sunday 22nd March, no bids will be accepted after this time!

• After an auction it may take us a few minutes to confirm winning bids, as there are several to get to.

• You will have five days in which to pay!

• Once payment is received we will post your gorgeous crafts to you using second class post.

• Ideally payment will be via Paypal, but we will happily talk about other ways to pay too.

We know we have our fabulous Band of International Blanketeers, and we are very happy to send items overseas, however we will need to ask for a contribution towards posting if it goes out of the UK.

286. Little bunny egg cosy!

Adorable, and approx 15cm tall, this has been beautifully knitted by the very lovely PurpleFrog for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY, the most enormous thanks to her, what a xx

98. Green square bag (13 cm across)

Gorgeous crocheted bags, lined in contrasting felt, and beautifully made by the very lovely PantsHaveNames for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY, fabulous!! The most enormous thanks xxxx

This is in the Auction - Zing!!

118. Rainbow pom pom bunting!

Oh yes! From the very lovely MrsKwazii for our Easter Craft Sale, this is absolutely fabulous! Love, love, love. Beautifully made in Stylecraft Special DK and approx 180cm long. The most enormous thanks to MrsK! xxxx

Awww, my fell off!

MrsK - !!

119. Red and white bobble hat

These gorgeous little chickies are secret egg concealment devices, and are too cute for words. Just love them all!! Beautifully knitted for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY by lovely MrsKwazii's equally lovely mum. Thank you so much, what a star xxx

Bunnnnnnnnnieeeeeeees!

131. Girl bunny

We are in love! These two gorgeous carrot picking bunnies (approx 40cm tall) have been so beautifully made for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY by the very lovely Tricia love them so much, the most enormous thanks. xxx

133. Gorgeous blue bookmark

So beautifully made in felt and ribbon, with fabulous button detail for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY by the very lovely fan, the most enormous thanks to her, these are just gorgeous.

Six more pics in this account

136. Flopsy Bunny!

As named by the gorgeous daughter of the lovely crafter McKayz, Flopsy is adorable, approx 30cm tall, and for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY. Loves! Thank you so much xxx

137. Beautiful felted basket

Tis stunning, so beautifully made by the very lovely Kellestar for our Easter Sale for WAY. The basket is approx 18cm in diameter and 10cm tall. Just fabulous!! Enormous thanks xxxx

138. Bunny Family

These gorgeous bunnies have been beautifully made in Sublime organic cotton dk by the very lovely MrsHathaway for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY. Biggest Bun, pictured separately is approx 8cm long. Huge thanks, these are utterly adorable! xxx

140. Knitted Easter basket

Approx 10cm tall and complete with decorated paper eggs, this is adorable! Beautifully made by the very lovely Becky NT for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY, thank you so much xxx

151.Bunnnnyyyyyyyyy!

Too cute for words Approx 16cm tall, and made for our Easter Craft Sale for WAY by the very lovely WoolPixie, huge thanks, xxx