Woolly Hugs. A Blanket for the very lovely UtterlyEthereal. Crafters and donors, we need your help.

[KnottyAndPistey]

Very sad news we are afraid. There are no words really to describe her devastating loss, the wonderful Mumsnetter UtterlyEthereal’s beautiful 20 year old son Martin suddenly and unexpectedly died at university in the Autumn. He was about to start his third year there. Life has been so cruel to him, to his family and friends, to all who love and will miss him. An absolutely shattering loss. We are desperately sorry. Her thread is here if you would like to add a message of condolence. They are utterly stunned and bereft was you can imagine. His death came like a bolt out of the blue.

We were so pleased that the lovely UtterlyEthereal accepted our offer of a Woolly Hug, she will be able to wrap herself in it, there will be love in every stitch for her and the family and as a tribute to Martin. Can you help us make this for her ?We shall need donors of yarn, funds and crafters.

Martin’s favourite colour was orange, Ethereal says this as because it matched his hair colour, so he was a gorgeous red head. He loved yellow too.

The main colours
Any of the true orange shades in our yarn collection are perfect, do take care to avoid those more salmon coloured, if in doubt please check.
Yellow - one of these two please.. Drops merino extra fine DK no 24 ‘light yellow’ Or the brighter Patons Merino Extrafine DK shade 120
Cream - but please one of the following - Debbie Bliss Rialto DK 02 ecru, Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM4 cream, or Drops Merino 01 off white

Then for accents within squares and embellishments only
Red - but one of these two please, Drops Merino Extra Fine 11 Red, or Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM6 ‘Ruby’ please
Black
Taupe and browns
Silver greys

From Ethereal….
His passion was listening to all genres of music and he played several instruments from the age of 5, but his favourite was the guitar and he had a whole collection of them - acoustic, electric and bass.

So ideas to go on for squares and a beautiful colour combination

The Yarn we are Using….
Debbie Bliss Rialto DK ( can only be bought from Love Crafts)
Drops Merino Extra Fine DK
Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK
Katia Merino 100% DK
King Cole Luxury Merino DK Currently on sale at Wise Badger
Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK Currently on sale on at Black Sheep Wools
Patons Merino Extrafine DK Currently on sale at Lady Sew and Sew Knits

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 - Artesano Superwash Merino 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, Love Crafts, Black Sheep Wools, Lady Sew and Sew Knits

Important crafting info
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! No blocking please, makes it much easier to join squares.

Simple or complex, made by beginner or expert, we genuinely welcome them all. It really is the love and thought that counts.

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 the UtterlyEthereal and her family, please do, we will pass it on.

Remembering the wonderful Martin, thoughts very much with his family and all who love and miss him.

Thank you so much everyone

@ bookbook - that guitar ! ❤️
Wow, just wow ....

I’m in for a couple, just finishing off my square squad batch and will get to it.

We do have a lot of orange and are so glad to be able to send!

Afternoon folks

And we love photos on the thread, it's a lovely idea to photograph yours just before you send

Away to PMs

I'm waiting for some Debbie Bliss Tangerine to arrive (from a site I've not used before so a bit nervous!). In the meantime, here is my first square for UtterlyEthereal, made with love.

That guitar is brilliant BookBook!

You've been busy Z, lovely

Thank you WitchDancer I've been avoiding work .

Morning beautiful people

Grabbing my time on the big computer when I can!

@Zhx3 that is a beauty thank you!

A big yes please to folk posting pics before sending, its lovely to share before we assemble the blanket.

A lot of yarn from donors is on the way, if it comes from us it is paid for by funds sent by donors, and that is honestly amazing, thank you xxx

@Zhx3 - which site did you use? Let us know if you recommend, we've been looking at some one our regular ones and can see they are struggling to keep stocks of certain brands etc, could well be Covid, could be Brexit. We are always looking for new ones too.

I was looking for a praticular shade of Patons and was so pleased with Lady Sew and Sew, having never heard of them before!

Funny how the oranges are proving a challenge, but we have lots and are posting this morn!

[quote KnottyAndPistey]@Zhx3 - which site did you use? Let us know if you recommend, we've been looking at some one our regular ones and can see they are struggling to keep stocks of certain brands etc, could well be Covid, could be Brexit. We are always looking for new ones too.

I was looking for a praticular shade of Patons and was so pleased with Lady Sew and Sew, having never heard of them before![/quote]
@KnottyAndPistey, I've ordered the Debbie Bliss from this site:

www.abitwoolly.co.uk/

I'll let you know if I recommend them when it arrives!

Perfect. Thank you!

So all donor yarn via us is in the hands of the PO. 22 parcels. We all know the Royal Mail is creaking so please be patient

Thank you so much xxx

We’ve been sending out the glorious Debbie Bliss Rialto DK ‘burnt orange’ it’s a deep rich beauty but please don’t worry it’s red if you receive some from us.

Put it next to something you know is red and you’ll see the difference.

Here we go....

Definitely burnt orange!

I am currently trying to knit squares for each of the current blankets. This would be a lot easier if the cat wasn’t lying on the ball of wool, and glaring at me every time I pull a bit more out.

SDT - you mean you are displeasing your master? Oh no, you'll be receiving your punishment when you least expect it!

My yarn order has just arrived from A Bit Woolly, so super speedy service. No discount on postage so perhaps I didn't need to buy 6 balls , but I try and snap up the Debbie Bliss whenever I see it, as I'm terrified of my stash running out!

@KnottyAndPistey, the DB banana shade is lovely - perhaps one to consider as a yellow too?

Devastating. There’s nothing like the pain of losing a child. I’d like to donate some money for someone to purchase wool as I have no useful skills.

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius how dare you even think of moving?!

@Zhx3 looks gorgeous. We’ll definitely use them and def look at DB’s banana. Not a euphemism

We’ve met Debbie Bliss a few times. She’s absolutely fabulous. Very funny. A gem.

@Milomonster

Devastating. There’s nothing like the pain of losing a child. I’d like to donate some money for someone to purchase wool as I have no useful skills.

This is incredibly kind of you. First thing I’ll get on the computer and get a lovely crafter’s details for you. Really appreciate this. Thank you so much xx

Great news Toady

Morning all

Wool has arrived ! Drops Merino in light yellow, direct from Wool Warehouse.
Many thanks to the lovely donor .
I will post pictures of the completed squares on this thread. xx

[quote KnottyAndPistey]@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius how dare you even think of moving?![/quote]
I know - I am so ashamed.

My wool has arrived so thank you to the donors