Woolly Hugs. Billie’s Butterfly Blankets for a London Children’s Hospice

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This is a very special project to help support bereaved families at a London children’s hospice.

We have been approached by lovely MrsDV who works here asking if we can make special blankets for the bed in their Butterfly Suite (post bereavement room) so these will be used to to dress the bed with. We are so glad she did. At an intensely bleak and dark time there is still something very positive and personal that together we can do for the child and their family.

Our blankets are always handmade with love and compassion and so are perfect. We can help care for the whole family at this time by covering the child in bed so they look comfortable and cosy whilst sending love and a hug to their bereaved parents. Loved and looked after.

The hospice would like to have these blankets in hand for time to come so that they can be ready.

We need your help to achieve this for them, we always say love in every stitch and it will be true again this time, thank you so much if you feel you can help. Our aim is to make four single bed sized blankets, two suitable for younger children and two for older. The hospice have asked for soft colours and with a butterfly theme

If you’d like to donate funds to help us achieve this, please message us, or if you need resources to take part then do let us know. We don’t want anyone unable to take part due to cost.

Crafting info

We will be using Stylecraft Special DK as blankets will need to be very practical, six inch squares made using 4mm hook or needles. Knit or crochet equally welcome.

The colours…
Duck egg, grape, sage, storm, parchment, pale rose, raspberry, cloud blue, sherbert.

NB – Just these please, no blocking of squares and please knot off sturdily when changing colours or finishing, leave a good end and use a needle to sew in the peskies.

Simple squares are very welcome, but if looking for an idea for theme, these are their suggestions…

Butterflies/Hearts
Teddies, cars, toys, cats etc
Stars, leaves, feathers etc

Last posting please to be Saturday 14th October

Thank you doesn’t seem enough, but the most enormous thank you.

Don't worry, I don't mind

I felt like I was calling you by your surname

Morning lovely people :)

The deadline is fast approaching, is everyone ok? It's this Saturday.

Arrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh

Hook hook hook hooooook

I sent mine yesterday, along with the squares for Trazzles

I will be sending at least 4 - assuming I manage to sew in all the peskies before Saturday...

6 plain knitted squares being put in the post tomorrow

I packaged mine up tonight, I only managed 3 but hope they'll be useful. They'll be in the post tomorrow.

Thank you so much everyone. Wonderful xxxx

Walking to the post office now! With a big squishy envelope full of Candy's, butterflies and trazzletoes - hope they can all be used somehow...

There are now 6 in the post to you, along with 3 for Trazzles blanket and 3 for the Candlelighters blanket. My usual method of “vacuum packing” them in small ziplock bags failed (Asda bags don’t seem to be airtight compared to the Tesco ones I used to get) so they got packed together in a bigger bag instead and I ended up having to pay small parcel rate as I hadn’t got quite enough air out. Oh well...

Only managed one more square as I was concentrating on Trazzletoes square and I am slower than you lot.

Huge apologies, posting tomorrow, forgot them when I went past post office he stared at, to be fair I also the jumper I need to finish when I went to my knitting class yesterday

Glad to see on Facebook that mine have arrived, I never trust Royal Mail.

I sent some squares for this along with the ones for Trazzles, but I don't know if they were clearly separated enough - did you find them?

Will double check for you Blue, sorry, we may have put them away without photographing, will look now xxxx

That's OK - I just don't want these ones in Stylecraft to get mixed up with Trazzles' merino squares!

Just to say the kits are going out today to the wonders of the construction crew, enormous thanks to them, our aim is to get these beautiful blankets in place before Christmas, thank you so much again everyone, back when we get finished photos xxxxx

Lovely news!

Just an update - all four blankets are now here, fingers crossed the weather will be good at the weekend, would really like us to have a photo. We are delivering them to the hospice next Thursday.

They are very beautiful, thank you so much to everyone xxxxx

wonderful, am really looking forward to seeing them :)

Our four beautiful Billie's Butterfly blankets are now with the wonderful staff at the children's hospice in London. It was such a privilege to be able to deliver them this morning. Thank you so much to everyone who helped in anyway. The blankets truly have love and compassion in every stitch and are ready in place now in their post bereavement room, together we will be helping families in the bleakest darkest times feel loved and looked after. Really thank you doesn't come close. Photos on our website, link below. ❤️ x

Particular thanks to Wendy, Kim and Mhairi for their wonderful construction skills. xxx

www.woollyhugs.org/2017/09/13/billies-butterfly-blankets-for-a-london-childrens-hospice/

Lovely blankets - and I like the Bushy Park (or is it Richmond Park?) backdrop too!

Such a shame these things are needed, but hope they can bring some comfort.

Just lovely !