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

[KnottyAndPistey]

Many of you we know have been wonderfully supportive of lovely peachgreen since her fabulous DH Mike was first taken into ICU with breathing difficulties, through until his devastating death last October, her bereavement threads are here and here.. if you would like to add a message. There are no words are there? Such a terrible loss, we are incredibly sorry and send so much love to her and their little daughter Lyla, they are very close in our hearts and thoughts.

We had so many requests to offer peachgreen a blanket, so much love and support and we were so pleased when she said yes. Together we will make something very beautiful to celebrate Mike’s life. A real tribute. Will you help us make this for peachgreen and their daughter?

We need your help, either crafting or donating

From lovely peachgreen...
In terms of things to include, this list is totally random and please free to ignore anything that's too difficult!

• On the day of his funeral we saw a huge double ended rainbow which stayed in the sky the whole time we were driving from the crematorium to the church. I always associate rainbows with him now so would love rainbows.
• His favourite colour was purple.
• He loved and worked in the theatre, especially musicals. He used to provide closed captions for d/Deaf audience members.
• We lived in London for a long time. Special places for us include Waterloo Bridge, the River Thames, St Paul's (where he proposed) and the Globe theatre.
• He was from Belfast and we lived there after we got married. We love the Harland and Wolf cranes.
• His favourite movie was Jaws and he loved shark movies in general.
• His initials were MSW.
• He loved walking in the Mourne mountains.
• My nickname for him was Momo.
• He called me "My Heart" and Lyla "Small Heart" so I would love a square with two hearts, one big, one small.
• Our wedding anniversary is 5th December 2015.
• He was born in 1977 and his username for everything was product1977.
• We met via Twitter and had stylised birds (like the Twitter logo) as symbols on all our wedding stationary.
• He was a Christian.
• He loved kayaking.
• His favourite quote was "Nothing good gets away" (from John Steinbeck's letter to his son about love)
• He loved a good cup of coffee!

He loved the sea.

A lot of ideas and we are keen to include as many as poss, so please do look through, help where you can, thank you so much. Folk who do lettering, those dates and initials and phrase are so important, can you help there?

The Yarn we will be 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

From her words we have come up with this colour palette..
Main colours
Purples obviously, rich and warm shades, if in doubt please check
Blues
Greens
Taupes
Silver grey

Then for accents and details
All rainbow colours, bright and cheery
Cream, one of the following - Debbie Bliss Rialto DK 02 ecru or Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK WM4 cream
Orange
Yellow one of these two please.. Drops merino extra fine DK no 24 ‘light yellow’ Or the brighter Patons Merino Extrafine DK shade 120
Black

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.

Thank you so much lovely Woolly crew.

Lovely peachgreen we are thinking of you and Lyla, sending love and strength. xxxxx

@ToadyPoady. I’ve got in a muddle. Sorry.

@Toady. Beautiful initials, a mug and the two hearts. All perfect.

Thank you so much xxx

Finally finished, sorry I'm a little behind! They'll be going in tomorrow's post. I've still got some yellow, which I'll save for another woolly hug - thank you to my donor.

They’re lovely WitchDancer

Thank you Madison. Some of them are curly misbehaving but I think they can be beaten into submission

Hello everyone, I have some squares ready to post could any of you please help with the address I need to send them to?

I posted mine last week so hopefully they've arrived are in your next batch to open

What a beautiful thread.

My squares went in the post today.

Morning! Apologies for the radio silence. Life was taken over by the craft sale, but aiming to be back by Monday. Lots of parcels are here. Thank you so much everyone.

Beautiful treasure on here. Thank you so much!

We had set a last posting date of last Monday (15th March) but know life has been very busy and challenging. So let’s have an extension ....

with the FNAL posting day next Friday 26th March

please to the Teddington address. Message if you need it. Please remember to securely sew in all ends, no blocking, do include your name and a card if you'd like to.

Then everything will be in by Easter. Hope this works for everyone. Thank you so much!

The sun is shining and we have such beautiful treasure to share. Absolutely gorgeous. Crafters, you are amazing. Thank you so much

@Pebble82 A wonderful mix of crochet and knitting. Fabulous music notes, the word ‘love’ a basket weave and solid granny. In purple and green. Stunning.

@Okki. Beautiful crocheted treasure in blue and green including the two hearts. Fabulous

@TheNinjaGooseIsHooking Stunning crocheted squares. The two hearts, a fabulous rainbow. The closed caption logo. Just amazing.

@PurpleFrog Such a clever depictionof kayaking. Beautiful, a wonderful spiral and super design in purple.

@Bellavita Two fantastic solid grannies, one in purple, the other silver. Lovely!

@EssentiallyDelighted A gorgeous crocheted shark! Wonderful.

@MNP Two wonderful squares, one with the date, the other a beautiful rainbow and his initials. Beautiful

@SpiralArchitect Stunning in all the purples, including a beautiful heart design. Fantastic!

@Iwantacampervan In stone her beautiful trademark heart. Wonderful

@jetSTAR Two fabulous mixed colour grannies. Really beautiful.

@Trumpton A beautifully knitted cross with the Christian fish image at the centre plus a wonderfully textured stripe. Fabulous.

@AmaDablam Absolutely wonderful, the two hearts under a rainbow and an adorable shark! Epic

@WitchDancer The most amazing mix of traditional and solid grannies, the Christian fish in bobbles too. Super.

@MadisonAvenue Fantastic crocheted treasure in a rich purple. Lovely!

@Spindelina Such an amazing depiction of Waterloo Bridge. In awe! Absolutely beautiful two heart square too. Marvellous!

@Athlelstane A beautiful traditional granny in purple. Just perfect.

Apologies these have become separated from their name. There was a card but didn’t want to look. Stunning crochet a perfect Twitter bird, cross, shark and the special date. Please let us know.

@Turtletotem Gorgeous crocheted treasure, circle to squares in purple with the Twitter bird and a heart at their centres. Lovely.

JGS beautiful crocheted squares. The date in bobbles, a wonderful shark and robin. Marvellous!

Apologies, another which has become separated. A beautiful purple bobble 1977 square. Gorgeous.

So much talent. Amazing! Thank you so much again everyone xxx

Wow what an amazing list! Mine was the first one without a name that had a card, sorry! With donor yarn from @Crockof. Can't wait to see it when it's all finished. **

Gosh no apologies needed! Glad to have straightened it out. Thank you both so much. Absolutely gorgeous treasure @Identitytheftisnotajoke and @Crockof

Has the blanket been sent to Peach?

@Crockof

Has the blanket been sent to Peach?

I’d expect it to take a bit longer yet before it’s all been put together and sewn up.

Can we see a picture of it when it is completed. It will be awesome and full of love.

I’d expect it to take a bit longer yet before it’s all been put together and sewn up

And this succinctly explains why I donated wool!

@caringcarer

Can we see a picture of it when it is completed. It will be awesome and full of love.

There is usually a montage of pictures after it has been delivered :)

Just wondering how the finished blanket is coming along.

Hello loves, apologies for being awol we have been away. the blanket is ready to go, have just message peachgreen to organise delivery

Thank you

@pebble82 and @caringcarer - have taken lots of photos which we will share once the blanket has been first seen by peach

It is very beautiful

Just to say @peachgreen s Woolly Hug is on the way. As we said to her it truly is made and sent with so much love by so many. Thank you so much again everyone xxxx

Oh, you wonderful, wonderful women. I barely know what to say! It arrived today and it is so utterly beautiful! I'm sure Knotty and Pistey's photos will be better but I wanted to share mine anyway.

I cried and cried when I opened it, but in a nice way. You have encapsulated so many of the wonderful memories I have of Mike and our life together. Lyla and I snuggled under it tonight while we were watching TV together and she said "it's like Daddy is givin' us a cuddle!" And it really DOES feel like that. It sounds silly because obviously if he was here we wouldn't have it, but I so wish he could have seen it, he would have loved it so much.

What you do here is a beautiful thing. To give up your time and money for a complete stranger - it is just staggeringly generous. But please trust me when I say that it is worth it. I will treasure this blanket for the rest of my life - and Lyla will treasure it beyond that, throughout hers. It is the most beautiful and special thing I have ever owned and I am so grateful to you all for the love and kindness you have shown me.

I wish I could thank you all enough, or in person. I'm so touched. Thank you.

I am so pleased you now have the blanket it looks fabulous, I hope it will continue to give you both some comfort.

Oh it is beautiful! So glad that the blanket is a little rainbow in your storm @peachgreen Hope you feel surrounded by the love of all the creators and donors x

peachgreen - I am so glad you love your blanket , and you can feel the love in the stitches .