Woolly Hugs. Remembering baby Ruby, we are making a blanket for AliceRR, can you help?

[KnottyAndPistey]

We have heard the desperately sad news that AliceRR’s precious baby daughter Ruby was stillborn at full term, there are no words to say how sorry we are to hear such desperate and devastating news. We send Alice all our love, thoughts very much with her and the family. Beautiful Ruby Always loved, never forgotten. AliceRR’s thread is here if you’d like to add your condolences.

Thank you to the folk who came asking for Alice, we offered to make a blanket and she is very touched by everyone's kindness, and would love to receive one.

Ideas for squares
Lovely Alice has given us her ideas, and together we can make something very beautiful to honour their precious daughter. If you can help with any themes that would be fantastic. Have C&P from her message…

her name - Ruby (as you know)

her initials - RR (as are mine)

we called her Ruby Roo (we named her months before she was born so she has been “Ruby” or “Ruby Roo” for a while)

a bunny - we have pet rabbits and thought they’d become Ruby’s pets

elephant - we bought a toy for Ruby to bury with her and we chose an elephant and both had the same thought that “an elephant never forgets”

a Ruby stone

a love heart hearts

an angel - she is obviously our angel

her birthday (she was stillborn) was 13 February 2019 so maybe the date or just the number 13.

Lots of beautiful ideas for squares, but please don’t feel daunted, simple squares are needed too.

Thinking about colours
Alice loves the rich palette of blues, purples, plums, mid greens and we would love to add in pinks, not too pale please, red and ruby/claret red as embellishment/accents colours.

Simple or complex, made by beginner or expert, we genuinely welcome them all. It really is the love and thought that counts. Squares to be six inches, using 4mm needles or hook. Please knot off very securely when finishing or changing colour and sew your ends in, thank you!

When ready for posting, it will be the Teddington address, if you would like to include a card for AliceRR , please do, we will pass it on.

Sending so much love xxx

In the post today, also a second one with a heart in the centre and a one colour granny square but it'll only let me upload three photos.

These four will be in the post tomorrow. The dark purple one has 'Ruby Roo' in bobble stitch, not the best to see but you can feel it. I hope these are okay?

Looks good to me. I can never get my edges straight if I do a bobble square, so well done blaze

Beautiful treasure! Just perfect, thank you everyone xxx

We are away this Bank Holiday weekend, back late Monday so will be catching up with thanks on Tuesday, thank you so much everyone xxxx

Will be posting these tomorrow - thanks again to the wool donor xx

Here's mine, will be posted Tuesday. Thank you for donor yarn x

I’ll be posting these this week on behalf of myself and my wonderful donor

You are all so clever - all the squares are just beautiful!

I'm so pleased to have been able to share in this by donating wool.

So so beautiful everyone, thank you so much xxxxx

These are being posted today. Thank you for the donor yarn.

First 'special' square done. Lots of Granny squares too

Another one done. I'm quite pleased with this one as it's with clusters, which I've never done before 😁

That's pretty Witch. Is that from the Jan Eaton book?

It is Woolly, yes. It's called Queen Anne's Lace

Loving the clusters!

More clusters on this one too 😁

Splendid clusters!

These are in the post this morning, lots of love xxxx

Oh my word, such beautiful treasure!

Thank you so much everyone xxxxx

Loving the clusters!!

RUBY

Beautiful squares have arrived, many thanks to all lovely crafters, you are amazing. The thought, love and care makes them very precious indeed.

DD Beautiful crochet squares in purple and apple green, gorgeous designs.

Okki Gorgeous crochet in purple and green, beautiful flowers, solid granny and a C2C stripe too. All fantastic..

SR In purple and magenta pink, beautiful bobble squares, gorgeous grannies, too, wonderful.

DropZoneOne Solid grannies in green, pink and purple, totally gorgeous, plus stunning 3D flower squares, and gorgeous patterns, super.

Pteroyawn
Beautiful squares a stunning heart design on green, and an adorable bunny square on plum, and a separate heart embellishment too, absolutely fabulous.

SM Gorgeous crochet designs in purple and a vibrant deep pink, absolutely glorious, loves!

No name! And we should recognise the address, so sorry! Beautiful squares in apple and purple, gorgeous hearts, cute 3D elephant design, beautiful grannies, all super. There’s a card for the family but obvs not going to open that. Let us know who to thank properly??!!

Sasbel Lovely squares in violet and a darker purple, traditional grannies, waves too, lovely

SDTG Beautiful knits and crochet, some of her trademark flower designs, in red, blue, pink and purple, and some traditional grannies too, Wonderful.

MNP These are just lovely, and embroidered square with an R and heart in red on purple, and striped square with an R too, perfect.

TheWoollyBacksWife So perfect, lovely Woolly has made a bobble number square 13 in purple, plus a heart, and two traditional granny squares too. Lovely.

Zing A truly beautiful C2C heart design in red and blues, plus a super diagonal stripe too, lovely.

JG Stunning crochet, adorable elephant, footprint, Ruby, and heart, Ruby’s birthday 13.2.19, then bobble name, elephant and angel, plus a gorgeous framed picture too with gorgeous amigurumi elephant and balloons, amazing.

Ninja Beautiful hearts in pink and purple super cute bunnies with pompom tails, a pair of elephants, two angel designs and a super mixed traditional granny, all wonderful.

Thank you so much everyone, in total awe you xxxxx

*No name! And we should recognise the address, so sorry! Beautiful squares in apple and purple, gorgeous hearts, cute 3D elephant design, beautiful grannies, all super. There’s a card for the family but obvs not going to open that. Let us know who to thank properly??!! "

This is probably me! White hallmark envelope for the card? And plum/green squares?

There was supposed to be a note thanking you again for the wool with my actual name on it. I'm not sure where the note might be but obviously did not make its way into the parcel!

These?

Found the note too, still inside my notepad where I wrote it but didn't actually tear it out and put it in