A warm woolly welcome to C2019! Chernobs ahoy!

[KnottyAndPistey]

We are absolutely delighted to be launching our Chernobyl Project 2019!

All help welcome, and needed! Some different info this year PLEASE READ if you are keen to take part in any way!

It’s all here.....

www.woollyhugs.org/2019/01/14/the-chernobyl-project-2019/

Please post below if you need help with yarn to be able to take part.

Not all groups host every year, but we are delighted to confirm the following for 2019…

Aberdeen
Ayrshire
Bristol
Chet and Waveney (Norfolk)
Fife
Gloucester/Glossop (children will be splitting their trip between these two)
Isle of Wight
Mid Suffolk
Northamptonshire (Helpston)
Shropshire (new to us!)
St Ives
Swindon

Let's get to it! The magic number of blankets needed this year is 135!

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!! xxxxx

Stunning blankets!

89/136!
Coooooo! So beautiful. Thank you so much everyone again for these gorgeous squares and to lovely Anne- Marie T for her marvellous construction skills! xxx

Agreed!

90/136!
Tis an absolute triumph! This glorious Chernobyl project blanket is from lovely Okki. It’s beautiful! Thank you so much xxx

91/136!
An absolutely glorious riot of stripes! This beautiful Chernobyl project blanket is from lovely AJR and it takes us to... Woooooooahhhhhhh two thirds of the wayyyy theeerreeeee. Woooooahhhhh, livinnnn on a prayyyyyerrr! 🎤 🐏
Thank you so much! xxx

Love to all this Easter weekend 💛💛 xxx

Love to you too, K&P.

Two thirds of all the lovely blankets! Whoop whoop!

Happy Easter to K&P and all Woolly Huggers!
Hope everyone has plenty of chocolate!

91 blankets is amazing!

Happy Easter one and all 🐇

The blankets are fantastic, I'm in awe of your skills

Happy Easter to you all.
The talent and work ethic is awe- inspiring :)

Huge thanks to lovely Cecilia (from our Helpston, Peterborough Chernobyl group) for this message, means so much xxxx

Just a quick thank you to all you wonderful ladies (and gentleman) who are making blankets for the Chernobyl Children. I can't impress on you how much they are treasured and loved by the children. Also for their mothers who struggle so much and work so hard to just keep their children clothed and fed, to have a warm, pretty, colourful blanket in the house can make a massive difference to their emotional welfare - a stranger somewhere cared enough to make this for them. I see this first hand when I visit the families and are really grateful for you for bringing these hugs of love and hope. Thank you x

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend?

Yes thank you K&P - have you got chocolate poisoning ?
It has been glorious here , but have been gardening rather than crafting .
How is the count going - still on track?

I've eaten my own body weight in chocolate, but have tried to work it off in the garden too. I think I'm a little too late to do anything for this, but can be on standby for extra squares if necessary?

Morning!

The count is going very well and we are very optimistic. The deadline for whole blankets is yet to come, although it is very soon, and then Knots has three silver sacks of Chernobyl squares yet to sort. I have one. We always feel we are winging this project as it is impossible to tell for sure. But we are feeling very positive!

No idea why I say these things

Normally we have the deadline for squares at the same time as whole blankets and that for us worked better, but crafters wanted longer, we totally get that!

What i do know is that I have 90 blankets stacked upstairs! And next week will be looking to sort blankets/extras for the first group arriving, which is always the Isle of Wight and they arrive on May 22nd.

I'm not sure if everyone has seen, but Knotty and I are off this morn to Belarus along with the Bristol Chernobyl group, amongst other things we get to visit the school the children come from and meet last year's group again plus the children coming this year. We are also able to deliver Billie's Blankets to some very sick children in Minsk. We are back on Sunday, so not long and will try to check in here as best we can. Both our families are still at home so parcels will be put carefully to be ready for us.

We are blogging and who knows even vlogging! Please do follow us.

Huge love to everyone xxxx

I'm really enjoying reading the blog! Those potato pancakes, I wonder if they're like the ones we were eating in Prague last month - if so they're very good and something I must attempt to make.

lovong the blog and seeing the difference you are making. I’ve watched the project from afar but haven’t got round to making anything yet. Seeing your trip and doing some more research and it’s really hit a nerve, those kids just trying for a normal life. I know it’s too late for any more square this year but I’ve sent some extra bits over for you and as soon as I’ve finished the couple of baby blankets in my queue I’m starting on squares and hopefully a whole blanket for next year.
Huge thanks to all the crafters on this thread, what a lovely lot you are

We are back!

I'm not sure we’ll ever make sense of it all or take it all in. Life changing. So glad we could and did. What an incredible adventure. Feel energised and inspired!

91/136!
Stunning! Thank you so much everyone again for these wonderful Chernobyl project squares and to lovely Sarah P for her marvellous construction skills! xxx

92/136!
Such a gorgeous Chernobyl project blanket arriving. Truly beautiful. Thank you so much lovely Maggie S! xx

Welcome home!

More gorgeous blankets 💕

I missed the posting deadline, so sorry, but my blanket has gone 1st class to you today so should be with you very soon x