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Woolly Hugs is a charity established by a group of Mumsnet users. They knit / crochet handmade blankets and other items for families experiencing difficult times.

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Woolly Hugs is a charity established by a group of Mumsnet users. They knit / crochet handmade blankets and other items for families experiencing difficult times.

Woolly hugs

WH meet up thread

195 replies

MrsJonesAndMe · 06/09/2018 19:21

Here we go!

Nervous and excited. What should I bring? apart from gin

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ChippingInLovesWoollyHugs · 29/09/2018 16:29

Elephants. Thank you for the invitation 😊 but I think I’ll stay over this side tonight, I plan on coming down to the IOW so if I don’t scare you too much tomorrow, maybe we can meet up for dinner then. See you in the morning 😊

bookbook · 29/09/2018 17:04

Police have heard about us !

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KnottyAndPistey · 29/09/2018 17:08

In Southsea toooooo but we are going to crack on with prep whilst watching Strictly!

And we are NOT HAVING GIN TONIGHT

#shocker

TwitterQueen1 · 29/09/2018 18:13

No gin? really? hmm that's not good. And I have in my mind an image of Edina and Patsy. I was expecting to see both of you really hungover tomorrow!

MrsJonesAndMe · 29/09/2018 20:00

We're here too! Squeal 😜

Just doing the much hated sitting in the dark in a family room waiting on small child to fall asleep routine🤔

See you all tomorrow

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elephantoverthehill · 29/09/2018 20:25

Gosh MrsJones I had forgotten about those nights. It always seemed to sound such a good idea to go to a hotel and then the realisation.........

WhenDoISleep · 29/09/2018 20:37

We're here too. Also in the hotel after having dinner, hoping the DC go to sleep soon as I'm exhausted.

bookbook · 29/09/2018 20:39

yay ! MrsJ - I hope little 'un settles down okay, and soon :) - will message you later

Jinglebells99 · 29/09/2018 20:54

Thank you @TwitterQueen1, fingers crossed the traffic is ok for us :)

Spindelina · 30/09/2018 06:38

I’m on hanging around in my pjs in the lobby with one child while the other’s still asleep duty.

elephantoverthehill · 30/09/2018 07:53

Good morning! I hope you have Spindelina

bookbook · 30/09/2018 08:27

Morning all !
See you soon :)

Iwantacampervan · 30/09/2018 08:29

Good morning all - we've provided the sunshine!

WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo · 30/09/2018 10:28

Good morning

I'm not feeling my best but I'm dosed up on morphine. I might not stay the whole day. And I will probably have at least one mega coughing fit. Please ignore me it sounds worse than it is and it's not contagious, just asthma and cancer.

I'm looking forward to meeting some of the Woolly Hugs celebs! :)

elephantoverthehill · 30/09/2018 11:04

The one day I try to escape they cancel the bloody hovercraft. I am on the fast cat and will be fashionably late

Okki · 30/09/2018 16:16

Well what a lovely day. Didn't get to meet everyone ...... next time. Safe journeys home everyone. I am being regaled with the wonders of HMS Victory - DH and the DC's have had a fabulous day too.

Spindelina · 30/09/2018 16:33

So, my rail replacement bus has had a prang trying to leave the bus stop. DH and DD are well on the way home - feeling quite glad we decided to get them leaving early!!

TwitterQueen1 · 30/09/2018 16:38

Thank you so much K&P for a brilliant day! It was so lovely to see everyone and I really enjoyed learning how to construct. Thank you too Leslie for my amazing badge.

Love the goodie bag! I will make a beanie. I hope everyone has a good journey home.

elephantoverthehill · 30/09/2018 17:17

A great day K&P, well done for organising a relaxed and friendly event. It was great to put faces to names. A beanie's a great idea Twitter. Sorry I want a campervan for not realising I was sat next to you for about 3 hours .

HoggyTruffle · 30/09/2018 18:01

What a great day, made even better with picking gin from the lucky dip. Chipping - I did remember my login details!
It was lovely to put a few names to faces, especially TQ1 and Lesley who were fellow slaves on the square joining table with me and Ninja.

MrsJonesAndMe · 30/09/2018 19:11

Safely home and caught up with real life. Was lovely to put a few names to faces.

Amazing to see other people's handiwork, way of working etc

Hope everyone got home OK - spin especially, that's really not a good start to the homewards journey!

Special thanks to book for holding my hand (figuratively) and to K&P for all the organising that goes on behind the scenes.

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bookbook · 30/09/2018 19:13

Fabulous day! Lovely to meet so many WHuggers.
Safe journey home everyone , and Spin - hope you are not too delayed.
We do not set off home until tomorrow, so feet up, and on with the square that didn't get finished

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bookbook · 30/09/2018 19:18

x post MrsJ - - I didn't do anything much at all but chat to folk! ( I don't find that very hard )

Iwantacampervan · 30/09/2018 19:20

A fantastic day - thank you K&P for organising it and lovely to meet lots of new people (even though we didn't use our MN names!).

Spindelina · 30/09/2018 19:30

We still made our connection so it turned out ok - not so sure about the coach me reversed into . Back home very soon.

Lovely weekend! Great venue, so much wool, and lovely to meet some of you.

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