Woolly Hugs. A Blanket for the family of Mumsnetter JsOtherHalf who very sadly died recently

[KnottyAndPistey]

Desperately sad news we are afraid, the long standing Mumsnetter JsOtherHalf died suddenly on June 9th from an asthma attack, absolutely shocking, life has been so utterly cruel to her, her young son aged 11, husband, family and friends, our hearts and thoughts are with all who love and miss her. There is a thread of condolences here

Her wonderful DH has said how overwhelmed he is with how capable of goodness people are, and we are so pleased he has accepted our offer of a Woolly Hug.

Many of you will have come across JsOtherHalf posting on MN, she was very often the voice of calm and reason on AIBU and the litter tray, but loved giving support and advice whether it was about eczema treatments, to swimming lessons, relationships, laundry bins or school reading. Our site needs folk like her and she will be missed. We are so glad that we can do something now for her son and husband, but we shall need your help.

We have quite a few ideas for squares, which if anyone can undertake would be fantastic, but simple squares in the colours will be great too.

She loved Huddersfield Town football club
The family initials are K, J and W
She loved reading Harry Potter, Mumsnet, Terry Pratchett, internet stuff
She loved Chris De Burgh, Neil Diamond
They have two tabby cats
She loved and supported the charity Cerebra
Could anyone embroider the word ‘Groovy’ on a square? Also ‘ginger ninja’

Colours
We shall be working the colours around her beloved Huddersfield Town and her love of purple, so..

*Rich mid and darker purples.
*Blues, from light blue, through to denim
*Cream - one of the following - Debbie Bliss Rialto DK 02 ecru, Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM4 cream, or Drops Merino 01 off white

Then for accent colours (not whole squares) and embellishments
*Yellow stars for Cerebra, and Harry Potter lightening bolt
*Orange
*Mid to light silvers
*Plum
*Red (one of these two please, Drops Merino Extra Fine 11 Red, or Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM6 ‘Ruby’ please)

The yarn we will be using
Debbie Bliss Rialto DK
Drops Merino Extra Fine DK
Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK
Katia Merino 100% DK
King Cole Luxury Merino DK
Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK
Patons Merino Extrafine DK

Just from the brands listed please because we know they combine for wash and wear. If you still have any of our wools that have been discontinued - Artesano Superwash Merino DK, Rowan Cashsoft DK, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK or James C. Brett Pure Merino DK in your stash, please do use them.

Our listed yarns are all easily available online - Wool Warehouse, Wise Badger, Laughing Hens all v good and stock our brands.

Squares to be six inches please. Use 4mm needles or hook. Make sure all ends are very securely sewn in. No blocking please as it makes squares harder to join.

Simple or complex, made by beginner or expert, we genuinely welcome them all. It really is the love and thought that counts. When ready for posting, it will be the Teddington address, if you would like to include a card for the family, please do, we will pass it on. Please though do wait until after September 1st, don’t want any treasure getting stuck in the sorting office.

Sending so much love to JsOtherHalf's son and DH and all who love and miss her xxx

I am also planning to bring squares to the Hugathon!

I've sent my squares this morning

I would have sent mine this morning ... but discovered a couple of the other squares I was going to put in the same package still had peskies to be dealt with. Sigh! I should get them in the post tomorrow.

I sent mine last week I hope you got them they included these xx

Morning, apologies for the delay, life has been a bit bonkers, catching up now..

Beautiful woolly treasure has been arriving, absolutely gorgeous, huge thanks to all the crafters for you they do. Just awesome.

Dumpylittlepixie Gorgeous knits in Huddersfield Town blue and cream, initials and stripes, all fabulous.

KB Beautiful treasure in cream and purple, super flowers and a fabulous HP square.

PurpleFrog Beautiful crochet, a fabulous spiral and circles to squares, fabulous.

Raptor Amazing Harry Potter designs - Snitch, Deathly Hallows and one of the flying keys! Plus beautiful designs in blues, lovely bobbles!

Pauleen In navy and purple, C2C, solid grannies, circle to square and a raised cross design too, all wonderful.

BigApple11 Wonderful crochet in blue, cream and purple, beautiful grannies, 3Dflowers, solids, all so fantastic.

PiggyPlumPie A super snuggly moss stitch in a denim blue, fabulous.

BlueEyeshadow Gorgeous crochet, a wonderful circle to square and fabulous granny design, in a heathery purple, creams and blue. Have this cream to finish the one Blue - no probs, and it is lovely!

DoubleR Absolutely fantastic - a groovy square, bobble initials, stripes and flowers in creams and various shades of purple. Amazing!

MadisonAvenue Wonderful crochet in purples and blue, beautiful designs, just lovely.

TatiannaBoulard I wish I could knit like this! An adorable Hedwig square, an amazing tabby cat in a Huddersfield Town bobble hat, and one sitting on a wall.

MrsJones A fantastic bobble heart on plum, plus beautiful solid grannies in plum and blues, so beautiful.

Just so wonderful, thank you everyone

Morning all, really sorry I've missed the posting deadline - I've been camping with the Scouts and didn't get chance to finish my squares before I went. I'll do my best to get them in the post tomorrow. ☹️

I am hoping you find my squares amongst all the contributions from Sunday ( It was in a van, coming to you K&P :)

My squares were also left on Sunday - there were lots to sort out!

I also left mine on Sunday.

Grovel from me - I forgot to bring squares on Sunday. Will post this week.

Loves, Zing delivered the second half of the treasure from the Hugtahon this morning, we have got squares from jetSTAR, WhenDoISleep, MeetontheLedge, bookbook, Zing, AmaDablam, Jinglebells99 (for annandale) Iwantacampercan plus GlutenisnotGreat

Yay, thank you so much everyone, a full thank you tomorrow but could see folk might get worried, thanks all xxxx

lovely! - Zings parcel delivery worked well. Her boot was rather full ....

You didn't see mine

Can I join Okki on the naughty step? Mine went in the post lunchtime today - sorry!!

Such beautiful woolly treasure has been arriving for JsOtherHalf's family. Huge thanks to the crafters, you really are something very special, we hope you know?

IWantaCampervan Beautiful knitted hearts in blues, gorgeous granny squares too, just fabulous.

Jinglebells99 A fabulous bicycle design, and granny too, in blues, cream and purple.

WhenDoISleep Beautiful knits, mitred corners, a fabulous orange heart design, all fabulous, in purple and cream.

MeetontheLedge A beautiful striped crochet square in blue and cream, perfect.

AmaDablam Gorgeous crochet in silver and purple, gorgeous leaf and star.

jetSTAR Beautiful treasure in purples, a solid granny, circle to square and trad granny too, all fabulous

bookbook Brilliant - Groovy, GingerNinja and HP logo, and beautiful textured heart too, lovely.

SevenTillFour Just fabulous, a Ginger Ninja square, and two more beautiful knits, in blues/purple, gorgeous.

GlutenisnotGreat Such a beautifully textured bobble design in a soft blue/purple, absolutely fabulous.

Apologies for the delay, was back from the Hugathon then away for a few days. Thank you so much again, this blanket will be a beauty. xxx

I hate to be needy, but did my squares arrive? Are they buried beneath a mound of Hugathon treasure or in PO limbo???

Posted 21st Sept, purple envelope (photo upthread for reference)

Spiral, they aren't here yet :(

Have just retrieved Witchdancer's though from next door, but it was the only parcel.

It will come.. I know it

I can try and knock out a couple more and send them with other stuff - remind me of the deadline please!

Forget the bit about the deadline - it's passed now, hasn't it?

I will still try and get more squares to you by the end of the month if that's ok?

Glad mine arrived ok, even if it did go visiting next door. Sorry I missed the deadline.

We almost lost this thread. All hail LornMN and the tech team.

@KnottyAndPistey

I'm soooo sorry but I forgot to post my squares. Found them this morning upon tidying crochet bomb site. Can I still post them or is it far too late now? I'm sending a snug tomorrow so will pop in there if ok. Sorry again.

Post away lovely okki - still time, constructing for Lottie at the mo xxxx