Woolly Hugs. Making a blanket for lovely Crazyladee and her family. We need help.

[KnottyAndPistey]

You may have heard the dreadfully sad news that Crazyladee’s beautiful son died suddenly aged just 24. Bless his heart. Life has been very cruel to him and them all. We send Crazyladee, his younger brother and their family our love and are so sorry.

We are so glad that she has accepted our offer of a Woolly Hug, we hope it may give whatever comfort it can. There will be love crafted into every stitch. Crazyladee’s thread is here if you would like to leave a message if condolence.

So we are now asking for help once again

We need crocheters, knitters and donors (of funds or wool) Sincere thanks. If you would like to be involved in any way, please post on this thread and PM us with your offers: crafting, donating, need wool, etc, we can help you with all of it. If you have any yarn suitable from us for previous blankets please do use that. We can still get yarn out but it isn’t as straightforward or reliable as one was.

Thank you so much

The Colours
My son's favourite colour is blue, any shade - so please let us make this Woolly Hug a riot of blues.
Adding in silvers too.
Then traditional Goalie colours as accents or for embellishments but not whole squares
Brighter green
Yellow - please just use this one - Paton’s merino extra fine DK ‘Canary’ 00121
Oranges, one of these please, Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK - Pumpkin (373) orDebbie Bliss Rialto DK - Tangerine (56) or Debbie Bliss Rialto DK - Burnt Orange (43)

From Crazyladee..
His name is Alex - initials are AJT and his absolute favourite lucky number is 22 which was the shirt number of his favourite goalkeeper, Jussi.

Be lovely to have as many 22s as poss in a variety of forms, and we’d be grateful for his name and initials too

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
Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool
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 - 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 - Try Wool Warehouse, Wise Badger, Laughing Hens

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! The last thing any of us want are squares collapsing once the blanket is with the family.

Because of the current situation re Covid, we have suspended posting to us until after June 1st and because getting yarn out to crafters will take longer we are looking provisionally at a last posting of July 1st.

When posting, it will be the Teddington address, please make sure you add your name and who the squares are for, and if you would like to include a card for Crazyladee’s family, please do, we will pass it on.

Sending so much love

Thank you xxx

I'm in, have pmed you.

Sending love to Crazyladee x

I can do an A in two different shades of blue.

So sad to hear of this - will attempt to do his name and a 22 as well .
Love and strength to the family

I'm in and have messaged for wool please.

Have sent you a pm lass.

I got your PM, I'm in.

I'll have a look at Wool Warehouse once I get some free time later this afternoon and I'll double check shades with you before ordering.

Sending love to Crazyladee and all who knew and loved Alex

Sending lots of love to Crazyladee

I'll have a rummage and see what blues I've got.

I’m in - will order some blue yarns from WW.
Love to Crazyladee. x

Big Hugs to Crazyladee -I (under a different posting name) was on her thread when Alex died - so incredibly sad.

& lots of love to all my WH Friends -stay safe

Will definitely get the needles out for some blue hugs.

If anyone would like me to PayPal them to cover the cost of some wool as I am NOT talented enough to crochet or knit but would happily buy yarn for this blanket.

So sad. Have ordered some wool and will make squares.

I will check my stash

really sorry to hear, sending much love ❤
I will make 2 squares with 22 on both.
xxx

Once again I don't have any merino, but if anyone is donating wool I'll be happy to do some squares.
Plus I do like putting blankets togetherm so I'm happy to do that.

Happy to send yarn out Pauleen. Could you message your address in here pls. Thank you so much everyone. You are all fabulous. Especially in these challenging times xxx

I've had a rummage. I think I've got enough for a square. There are various blues and a tiny bit of silver.

I have some blues in my stash so will make 2 x 6" squares. x

Just wonderful. Thank you so much xxx

I'm in, will pm. Plenty of yarn here.

Much love to Crazyladee and family

I’m in x

I'm in, wool ordered.

I've gotten a denim blue and a grey blue in the Drops Merino, is this green okay for embellishments/accents? It's also Drops.

I’ve got 3 shades of blue, will attempt some letters and numbers

Everyone is so kind. Thank you so much