Woolly Hugs. Supporting refugees, lovely crafters and donors, fabulous Mumsnetters we need your help.

[KnottyAndPistey]

As for so many others, we have been moved to tears by the heartbreaking plight of refugees, both in Europe and further afield, and the inhumanity which seems to surround them too often. We have donated, signed petitions on change.org and written to our MPs, and understand the feeling of shouting in the wind, we desperately want to do more.

There is something practical we can do together, and it really will help, but fabulous Mumsnetters, we are going to need your support.

We can get woolly warmth to families in refugee camps in Kurdistan, thanks to the amazing charity Knit for Peace. There are 1.8 million refugees trapped there, most have fled civil wars and ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Winter is coming, it will be even more desperate and absolutely freezing. We are also developing links to get resources to children and families elsewhere, and on their arrival in the UK. We just want to help keep folk warm. We know we can’t help everyone, but we can some.

We really need your help, here’s how…

• We need 12 inch, or six inch squares. Knit or crochet both equally welcome.
• Yarn to be used - any good quality acrylic DK, for example Stylecraft special DK
• Any colour, any style, it is all good.
• Squares equally welcome if made by beginner or expert. Truly.
• No one think their's wouldn’t be good enough. They will be.
• We'd love to receive whole blankets, but absolutely understand time constraints.
• We’d also love to receive hats and gloves/mittens for any age, baby sized through to adult, the same for jumpers. But appreciate that is a very big ask.
• If you’d like to donate yarn or funds, let us know - we’d absolutely LOVE to hear from you, we need you too. This will be a real team effort
• If anyone would like to join in crafting but can’t afford to, please PM us, we can help.

One square, one blanket, a pair of gloves, one warm hat, one step at a time, really every little thing will help. Together we can make a difference.

Sadly we cannot accept items other than home made woolly ones at the moment, if this changes we will come back.

If anyone arrives in this thread and holds similar views to Cameron, no need to post, just move along. This is a positive, humanitarian thread taking positive, humanitarian action.

Do join us on our Facebook page Woolly Hugs and Twitter @Woolly_Hugs - both good ways to keep in touch.

If you'd rather email us than PM we are [email protected]

Thank you doesn’t come close, bless you.

That is just brilliant, thank you xxxx

Huge thanks all who contributed squares to this blanket for our Refugee project, thanks too to lovely JE for joining and edging it for us. It is just fabulous! Stars all round. xxx

Morning!

We are asking for a pause in posting to us between Dec 12th and Jan 4th. It is a very busy time, and we'd hate treasure to go missing in the Christmas post, nor do we want anyone queueing for aaaaaages.

The next deadline for posting is January 8th, thank you

That's such a good idea! Thank you. Will still be crocheting refugee project items on weekends when I'm waiting around with family.

ok that is helpful. I can guage whether I will have enough for one large or two not so large blankets and not feel guilty for not sending it straight away. excellent.

That great, I will build up a stack of scarves between now and 4 January.

I have the school production tonight. we are supposed to have left but ds is taking too long to get ready. I am going to need to do several squares to calm down.

BES

I did the same the other night when Netflix was buffering. I finished a baby hat while waiting! Best anger management

I have enough squares to make a 3 by 4 blanket, but I may be able to make some more before January. If I can, would a larger blanket or a smaller blanket plus spare squares be better?

up to 40 squares. now. doing plain ones as I have a quite a few detailed ones. it is going a lot quicker when it is just goijng round in squares. (if that makes sense)

If there was a choice lovely Ria we would say bigger, but we truly are grateful for everything, thank you

Thank you so much to lovely P for all of these squares to go towards joint refugee blankets. Just fabulous. You are a star. X

Fluffy and cosy knitted scarves for our Refugee Project, safely here, thank you to RM You star. X

Four fabulous hats for our Refugee Project from the very lovely AB Super snuggly and cosy. Gorgeous. Thank you! X

Three gorgeous and cosy hats for our Refugee Project from the very lovely JD. The most enormous thanks, these are fabulous. X

Beautiful cowl type scarves for our Refugee Project from the very lovely WP. Huge thanks. Just fabulous. X

Thank you so much to lovely ME for this warm and cosy treasure for our Refugee Project. All beautiful and marvellous! Thanks too to lovely AS for helping us. X

Just seen how quickly this thread is moving! Please will someone keep an eye on it so we don't fall off the end? Not there yet, but we are so hopeless!

I'll see how big I can get it then For once my squares are mostly the same colour scheme so I thought I might as well put them together myself.

I think I am at about 44 squares now. I shall keep going. I will need to do a few tonight as I have endured two meltdowns today and a bloody noisy fridge freezer.

Treasure for sure, five pairs of fantastic mittens and a baby hat too. All for our Refugee Project from the very lovely CA, thank you! Xxxx

Thank you to the very lovely JC for these two fabulous baby blankets for our Refugee Project. Just gorgeous, so snuggly, bless you. X

Thank you so much to the very lovely BW for this beautiful, warm and cosy knit for our Refugee Project. You star. ⭐ xxx

Enormous thanks to fan's very lovely Nan for this gorgeous and cosy adult cardi for our Refugee Project. Fabulous. X

Starting our day on here with thanks to lovely P for this warm cowl for our Refugee Project. Brilliant. X