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

More treasure has been arriving

@ScienceRocks A beautiful knit in turquoise blue, super!

KB Gorgeous circle to square designs in silvery blue and denim, plus traditional grannies too, Fabulous

@elephantoverthehill Stunning knit in blue, a moss stitch. beautiful

@Zhx3 Such beautiful treasure, circle to square and two gorgeous square designs. All so gorgeous

@BlueEyeshadow Beautiful squares in blues and silvers, fantastic designs, circles to squares, traditional grannies, lovely textures too. Wonderful.

@AmaDablam Beautiful crochet inBlues with yellow and green, a 22 and a wonderful circle to square design. Fabulous

Just wonderful, thank you everyone, still lots of treasure coming, bear with xxxx

You crafters are a wonderful bunch, thank you, still more treasure ahoy

@Dutchoma Beautiful knits with the initial A, in two shades of blue. Gorgeous.

@Redbrook A beautiful striped crochet design, in blues. Just gorgeous.

@TheWoollybacksWife A gorgeous traditional granny square in shades of blue with silver. Lovely.

@ExpletiveDelighted A beautifully made, cross stitch embroidered 22 in gold in blue. Fabulous!

@MaggieNolia Beautiful knits in silver and blue, simply fabulous.

@Bella Solid grannies, and a beautifully textured square too, all in blues, absolutely wonderful.

Thank you so much everyone

More beautiful treasure still to come, stand by , and thank you for your patience! xxxx

Thank you so much lovely crafters, your skill, love and compassion is wonderful

@Iwantacampervan Her beautiful knitted heart design, in two shades of blue. Absolutely super.

@bookbook A beautifully knitted 22 and 'Alex' too, with a sweet little heart embellishment. In two shades of blue. Perfect.

LJ A beautiful granny square heart design in turquoise and silver, plus a traditional granny too. Wonderful..

AO Beautiful crochet designs, one with 'Alex", one with his 3 initials on and another with 22. Absolutely fantastic

@Fairyfellowsmasterstroke Absolutely wonderful, letters to spell out ALEX, letters to spell out LOVE, then a host of glorious squares, beautiful textures, in shades of blues and silver, one in stripes, a stunning bobble heart, and bobble 22s too, granny horizontal stripe and a fabulous design. All in blues and silver. Amazing!

@BigApple11 Beautiful crocheted treasure in denim blue and silver, fabulous designs and gorgeous textures, lovely, lovely

Thank you so much everyone,
Not there yet! Just having a cuppa

I need to get the address to send to permanently tattooed on me, can someone kindly DM where they are to be sent to again please?

And the last group of wonderful crafters to thank at the moment. I hope, I've managed to catch up

@Whatsthatbrightlght Beautiful knits, letters to spell out Alex and a diagonal knit too. Just gorgeous.

@Yiayoula Her beautiful knitted heart design in shades of blues, plus stripes, just lovely textures, absolutely wonderful

@Okki A fabulously embroidered A in pale blue on navy, complete with heart embellishment. Its beautiful. Is the solid granny in two blues yours too Okki? I got in a muddle, so sorry

Thank you so much everyone xxxxx

@FiveGoMadInDorset - on my way xxx

Oh crap - am I too late to send?

Not at all no!

Hi Knotty

I'm not seeing my name down for squares arrived? Pictures above

Bear with my love, the post is erratic in arriving, and when it does arrive we are giving it some quarantine before unpacking it into our homes. There certainly is more post here. It will be Thursday, so sorry to have worried you. Pretty sure it will be here!

Okey dokey, thank you Knotty. I have faith it's there somewhere!

Okey dokey, thank you Knotty. I have faith it's there somewhere!

Afternoon everyone, just gathering all the parcels!

Morning beautiful people

A whole woolly mountain of absolute treasure is here. Shall be chipping away over the day. The most enormous thanks to everyone!

or actually maybe

Such beautiful treasure has been arriving. The most enormous thanks to all our lovely crafter for all the care and compassion. Beautiful inside and out

@FiveGoMadInDorset Beautifully snuggly garter knit squares in shades of blue. Perfect.

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba
a beautiful traditional granny in square in shades of blue plus solid granny in a navy. Gorgeous

@Costacoffeeplease A fabulous 22 square in shades of blue, plus two solid granny designs. Really fantastic

@coffeeandchocolateplease Two beautiful knits in shades of blue with crocheted heart embellishments. One is embroidered with Alex, the other 22. Absolutely perfect.

There is more to come. But I’m on the phone doing this and paranoid about deleting everything Much more to come

Thank you so much everyone for such treasure

Sorry had to pop out. Back now!

More beautiful treasure has been arriving. Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much lovely crafters xxx

@Ginisatonic such beautiful knitted squares. Absolutely gorgeous textures, in a gorgeous mix of blues. Wonderful.

@WhendoIsleep Two beautiful knits in blues with contrasting stripes. Absolutely fantastic.

@TheNinjaGooseIsHooking Beautiful inblues. A perfect heart design, Alex and a fabulous 22. Wonderful

@Bearfrills Gorgeous crochet in blues with green accents. An initial A and super grannies. Beautiful

@WitchDancer Utterly gorgeous. Traditional grannies in blues and silver, plus gorgeous circle to square designs. Beautiful

Stopping here in case I delete everything accidentally. Thank you so much lovely people. Such beautiful thoughtful squares.

More amazing squares arriving safely.

JG An amazing bobble design 22 and beautifully embroidered Alex square. Both on blue. Just perfect.

Thank you so much xxx

Phew, thank goodness you've found them! Thank you Knotty 😁

Afternoon lovely people :)

More beautiful treasure is here, apologies, just can't find the name

Two wonderful solid granny squares in shades of blue, each with 22 on, one is embroidered the other is using crocheted embellishments. Both wonderful

Thank you xxxx

"To Pistey, Knotty and the wonderful woolly hugs ladies,

I have received the blanket this morning and I honestly can't thank you wonderful ladies (and men if applicable!) enough. Its absolutely stunning and honestly, it's arrived at the perfect time as its nearly 12 months since I lost my beautiful Alex I am struggling as you can imagine. I can't wait to curl up in the evenings with it wrapped around me.

I shall treasure it for the rest of my life.

Thank you again A, M, O and of course, Alex xxxxx"

All our photos are here...

Thank you so much everyone, so please their blanket is with them. Truly love in every stitch xxxx

What a beautiful blanket.
Honoured to have been a small part of this .
Crazyladee - Hoping you are now snuggled up and remembering happy times with Alex.😘