Thread 2! Woolly Hugs. Chernobyl 2018 is HERE!!!

[KnottyAndPistey]

You find us busily setting up a new home for our wonderful project. Will be making a special cosy corner for Soupy's poor blind cat - recently blinded by fiesta and her very bright blanket kit

As has been since the first year, this has been an astonishing team effort, folk never fail to amaze. THANK YOU! x

Our first project thread is here.... That was the one where we frantically made SQUARES and some folk made whole blankets, there was a lot of gin and the word characterful was used a lot

On the last thread we reached the dizzying heights of 64/100 absolutely gorgeous finished blankets, so here's hoping this thread sees us through to target...

Ooooo, and this will be the thread where we share the Early Bird 2019 info if anyone has been inspired or just wants to get ahead!

The photo is from last year, tis the wonderful group who came to Portsmouth.

Cracking on then

94/100!!

Truly beautiful. Thank you so much everyone and lovely MW for constructing this superb Chernobyl project blanket! xxx

95/100!!

Wow! Thank you so much again everyone for these wonderful squares and to lovely Kims Colourway for her fantastic construction skills. What a stunning Chernobyl project blanket, you stars! xxx

96/100!!

Cooooooooooo!!! Thank you so much again everyone for these beautiful Chernob squares and to lovely LF for her fantastic construction skills. It’s wonderful xxx

S o o o o o n e a r !

Did you have enough for leaders last year, do I remember?

lovely blankets!

One or two MrsH. There are a lot of other groups too, we now know one of the CCL trustees and he is very helpful. Hoping we go OVER!

97/100!!

Wooohooooooo! Thank you so much everyone and lovely Okki for constructing this glorious Chernobyl project blanket! xxx

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98/100!!

Coooooooo! Thank you so much everyone and lovely JE too for constructing this stunning Chernobyl project blanket! xxx

NINETY NIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!

99/100!!

How glorious! Another beautiful Chernobyl project blanket! Thank you so much everyone and lovely Ali O for her marvellous construction skills xxx

BOOM!!!!! 🎉🎉🍾🍾🍾🥂

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100/100!!

Wooooooohooooooooooo!!

Thank you so much again everyone for these glorious squares and to lovely EH for her fantastic construction skills. What a beautiful 100th Chernobyl project blanket, you stars! xxx

** We know more blankets are coming, we are just so thrilled. Once we know how many in total we are in the joyful position of finding more beautiful visiting ‘Chernobs’ children to receive. Every blanket will go to a child.

It’s just AMAZING!!

Totally overwhelmed this end by this year’s project and how awesome folk are. THANK YOU!!! x

🎉 woohoo! Awesome work.

Woohoo!!

Is that more than last year, I can't remember where you got to in the end?

I'm working on recruiting a pal for Chernob 2019!

Amazing!

Amazing!

Hellooo @KnottyAndPistey

Now that the magic 100 has been reached and you've hopefully managed to relax with a gin or three, can I ask this q again?

I know black & white aren't the 2019 palette but thinking of boys and football, is it OK to use these colours as per the photo? My plan would be to do 12" squares - these 2 are only 6". Or would you prefer the football centres to be in the palette colours?

Can kind of see the wood for the trees, kind of! Got rowers descending again and DS birthday weekend ahoy, but yes, trees!

Twitter lovely, think it would be best to just stick to the palette if ok, still some dark colours - maybe lapis? Sorry to have taken so long!

We do have the possibility with the Chernobs for another group, in touch with one of the trustees who knows EVERYTHING happily for us!

We now need to see how many more then find the group, but there re plenty visiting late July through August, so it is all possible. We have just nudged the construction crew. One kit sadly did go awol, so frustrating sent a Candy's and a Chernob at the same time to the same lovely, just the Candy arrived :(

oh no K&P - can we help with anything ? you are Inundtated with stuff to do

• did you get a volunteer for the one more construction? - You may not have had chance to see me volunteering :)

Oh no, what a terrible shame...if you need more squares let us know.

My WoolWarehouse order has arrived and I'm not sure of my colour choices . These are the green shades plus Parchment and I like them but need another four or five shades to add. I've got various shades of blue/purple but they look too dark with the greens so I'm saving them for something else. What other colours can I add to this selection? Aspen, Spring Green? Anything else?

The shades are:
Petrol
Duck Egg
Teal
Storm Blue
Parchment
Empire

and I think I was going to use the Attic24 cosy stripe pattern.

Am sitting here looking at DS’s blanket which is similar. He chose teal, petrol, denim, storm, sage, violet, silver. It’s lively, the violet lifts it. He wanted plum first but the violet sat better

Violet and silver?

I'm going to be a subversive Woolly - how about a touch of red? something like claret or burgundy , with raspberry for a paler shade