The Blanket for Twittlebee and her family, lovely folk, we need help.

[KnottyAndPistey]

So desperately sad, the lovely poster TwittleBee’s beautiful baby son Roy devastatingly died just five days after his birth, there really are no words, we are incredibly sorry that life has been so cruel to him, them, his big brother, to them all. We send so much love and are keeping them all in our thoughts. Twittle has been supported by her wonderful friends over on their September 2019 antenatal thread over here.

We were so glad when lovely Twittle accepted our offer of a Woolly Hug, together we can make something very beautiful for them all, for his life filled with love. We hope you will help us.

Lovely Twittle has given us some beautiful insights

“I'll share a bit about who he was, is and was meant to be... Our little Roy was our Rainbow baby (just taken by a storm too soon) and he was our little fox too, he was meant to be coming home to a woodland fox themed nursery. His ashes are scattered by drift wood and fallen trees on the beautiful wild beach. He was meant to be all wrapped up in blues, a proper little boy. I don't know if that may help for inspiration? “

It certainly does, doesn’t it?

We shall need crocheters, knitters and donors. If you would like to donate wool or funds, we can match you up. If you would like to join in but need donated wool, we can help there too. Please message with your offer of help.

The Yarn we are Using….
Artesano Superwash Merino DK
Debbie Bliss Rialto DK
Drops Merino Extra Fine DK
Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK
Katia Merino 100% DK
King Cole Luxury Merino DK (new this time)
Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK
Patons Merino Extrafine DK

Our colours…

For whole squares..
Blues, this is our focus colour, to wrap Roy’s memory in blue.
Greens

Then as accent colours (not whole squares)
Oranges, lots of little foxes would be wonderful.
Taupe (Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM7 Taupe)
Silvers
Yellow please Drops merino extra fine DK no 24 ‘light yellow’

Then if anyone would like to make rainbow embellishments on squares that would be wonderful, we need them, but just using our yarns as above though pls.

There are many ideas and themes folk may like to work on, but simple squares are as important. 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 carefully when finishing or changing colour and sew your ends in, thank you! Previous blankets can be seen on our website

When ready for posting, it will be the Teddington address, if you would like to include a card for Twittle and her family, please do.

Sending so much love

In the post today with others.

Ended up being very plain, but knit & crochet with lots of love. I was going to do a fox on the plain knitted one, but time has got away with me 😢. It will still dispense lots of woolly hugs though!

They are both 6” just currently misbehaving for the photo!

I have just finished my 8 squares for the 4 blankets, but have ends to work away on 3 still. I will send them tomorrow. Apologies, but such a busy time of year! Still done with much love for Twittlebee and her family.

More beautiful treasure has been arriving, just awesome, thank you

@ChippingInLovesWoollyHugs Beautiful squares in blues as seen just there, absolutely gorgeous

Sadly no name but three gorgeous grannies in blues, fabulous

@Daciousme Such beautiful heart knits in shades of blue, each absolutely stunning

@Exp1etiveDeLighted Such a beautiful crochet square in two shades of blue. Fabulous

Absolutely wonderful, thank you so much everyone, still more to come

Thank you so much wonderful crafters - more treasure has been arriving

@Costacoffeeplease Beautiful traditional grannies in shades of blue, fabulous

@BlueEyeshadow Beautiful in blues and greens, gorgeous crochet, just lovely.

@PiggyPlumPie Beautiful mitred corner knit in a denim blue, just wonderful

@Okki Stunning in shades of blue with yellow, gorgeous crochet designs. Wonderful

@Zhx3 Really gorgeous crochet designs in blues with green, absolutely super.

KB Beautiful crochet in blues, just gorgeous

LJ A beautiful mixed colour traditional granny and a super heart design too. Fabulous

@bookbook Such an adorable fox square with leaves, and a wonderful rainbow too, really beautiful.

Thank you so so much everyone

I think the grannies may have been mine 😊

Thank you so much lovely witch xxx

More squares here safely and the most enormous thanks

@SpiralArchitect Stunning crochet designs in shades of blue with yellow accents. Just gorgeous.

@MNP Adorable little foxes with rainbows. So sweet. On blues with pistachio. Lovely

Thank you so much

Mine went in the post today xxx

Oh look!

Morning

That fox is brilliant Purple!

Morning lovely people More absolute treasure has been arriving, thank you so much xx

JG Beautiful squares, Roy in yellow embroidery on a denim blue, an adorable fox and a gorgeous circle to square. Wonderful

@Iwantacampervan Her beautiful heart knit in a soft blue. Perfect.

@AmaDablam Beautiful squares for baby Roy, a gorgeous solid granny spiral and orange heart on teal. Stunning. (Have just ordered you purples btw, thank you)

@Ginisatonic Beautiful textured knits in duck egg and turquoise, wonderful

@Whatsthatbrightlght A gorgeous knit in duck egg and lavender, fabulous

@SevenTillFour A perfectly knitted R in denim blue and a gorgeous garter square too. Just lovely

@PurpleFrog As seen just up there ^ Just check out that adorable fox! Beautiful treasure, all of them, lovely

@MrsJonesAndMe Beautiful crocheted treasure for all three blankets, gorgeous in purples, blue and yellow. Fantastic.

@SyntheticPumpkin Beautiful knits in a royal blue, gorgeous textures and designs. Fantastic

@MadisonAvenue Glorious crochet, a super bobble diagonal cross and traditional granny in pale blue. Perfect.

Now no one is to worry, but we had a card saying we need to go and pay a top up on postage for a parcel, and by the amount it looks like squares. It does happen quite often, aiming to go tomorrow.

Thank you so much for all the cards for the family

Thank you so much everyone xxxx

Brilliant work all

My very late squares should finally make it to the post tomorrow or Thursday.

Morning everyone, still time to send squares and have a few parcels here for opening.

Thank you so much everyone xxxx

Beautiful treasure arriving and just gorgeous

@WhenDoISleep Beautiful knits in apple green and orange, a gorgeous corner to corner stripe and fabulous Autumnal leaves on the other. Fabulous

Thank you so much xxxx

Just popping in to say Twittle's beautiful blanket is finished, and it is utterly gorgeous. Just about to message her. She had said he was meant to be wrapped in blues, the blanket certainly reflects this.

Thank you so much everyone xxxx

I just want to say thank you to you all. It's so beautiful! Here is Roy's baby brother, Eddie, enjoying our new family blanket x

Oh look at this!

So so glad we could make this for you, truly love in very stitch. xxxx

Eddie is adorable, bless his heart yours too,

Always remembering your beautiful Roy xxxxx

So glad to now be able to share the pics we took of Twittle's blanket..

It's absolutely beautiful

Have a look over here... Thank you once again lovely crafters and donors, you really are amazing people xxxxx

K&P great photos! Thank you for EVERYTHING you do to enable us to send hugs!! & for letting us know the photos are there!

Well done everyone - what a beautiful blanket! Some lovely foxes!!

Eddie is gorgeous!! 💕

It is beautiful and baby Eddie is adorable. Love to you and your family, Twittlebee x

oh , so lovely to see this gorgeous blanket with even more gorgeous baby Eddie .
Much love

Wonderful news ! - what a lovely picture of baby Eddie enjoying the foxes.
Love and congratulations to Twittlebee and family . 🌈 xx