Woolly Hugs. Sad news we are afraid. Making a Blanket for lovely Mowly77's family

[KnottyAndPistey]

You may have heard the dreadfully sad news that lovely Mumsnetter Mowly77 died on November 18th. Cancer is a devastating, insidious and indiscriminate disease. Life has been very cruel to them all. Her daughter is still very little, only 5 this year. Bless her heart. Mowly77 had been organising the Stage 4 Cancer thread on Mumsnet, not a place anyone wants to be, but she did so with resilience, rage, humour, alongside absolute love and support.

We are so glad we can make a Woolly Hug, we hope it may give whatever comfort it can. There will be love crafted into every stitch. We want it to be a celebration, tribute and to help her daughter keep memories.

So we are now asking for help once again. We shall need crafters and donors of funds and wool, can you help us? We’d be so grateful. Thank you so much.

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.

Ideas from her wonderful friends.
Initials are F and T
They LOVED cats, so all the cats please!
The family live at the seaside, so anything there please.
Her relatives are from the US, so a flag would be good.
Books/newspaper, typewriter would be good, she was a journalist.
She loved doughnuts, so this could be a fun square.
She loved music, particularly Madonna and Kate Bush.
She often wore red lipstick
Big bright flowers - she had a big coat she wore on the beach, covered in these.
Parks, countryside - she loved walking

The Colours
Sky and sea blue
Greens
Rich purples

Then to create the above ideas, so accents/ not whole squares
Cat colours, whatever you need for cats, greys, orange, black, browns etc
Red, just this one please Drops Merino Extra Fine DK 11, Crimson red.
Yellow, this one please.. Drops merino extra fine DK no 24 ‘light yellow’ can be bought here..
Pinks

(Please shout if you need any others to achieve this)

The Yarn we will be Using….
Debbie Bliss Rialto DK only available on Love Crafts
Drops Merino Extra Fine DK
Jenny Watson Pure Merino DK
Katia Merino 100% DK
King Cole Luxury Merino DK
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 - Artesano Superwash Merino DK, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK or James C. Brett Pure Merino DK in your stash, please do use them.

It is very nearly Christmas and we know this is a very busy time, but are keen to get underway. We will have a last posting date of January 27th, so plenty of time we hope. Posting will be Teddington, please message if you need the address. If you'd like to include a card for her family , please send with your squares. And please don't forget to include your name!

Thank you lovely crafters

Thinking of wonderful Mowly77.

Thankyou for donating. I wouldn't have been able to crochet 2 squares without the donations! 💐

Absolutely @listsandbudgets we can’t manage without our wonderful donors. So thank you!

Beautifully knitted squares arriving safely. Gorgeous textures, super snuggly. They can be seen upthread. Thank you so much lovely @Run4it2

This is the last call…

Are any more squares to come?

Yes - two squares from me - I didn't realise I'd missed the last posting date - I am so sorry!

If I get them into the post tomorrow, would that still be OK? I will absolutely understand if I am too late.

If I send them anyway, maybe they can go in another blanket?

Send them. Still fine. Thank you @SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

They are in the post, first class.

Good morning!

Beautiful floral treasure arriving from lovely @SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius
Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much.

We are ready to sort then. And get onto construction. Thanks everyone. It’s going to be beautiful.

It's going to be such a beautiful blanket.

@Penguinsa and everyone. Apologies for the time lapse. This beautiful blanket is now ready to go to her family

I’d like to take some pics to share with everyone. Then it’ll be ready to post. So @Penguinsa will need an address please

Wow can't wait to see some photos.

Well done everyone involved in putting the blanket together.

Thanks so much everyone and of course the wonderful Knotty and Pistey for you amazing work and kindness and I am sure this will be very much appreciated by her husband and 5 year old daughter. I have PM'd you the address and can't wait to see photos.

This thread really shows the best of mumsnet. Absolutely incredible everyone involved on here.

How’s her daughter doing does anyone know?

I was only in touch with Fay (Mowly) but did send her daughter a present just before she died that Fay thought she would like and have had a couple of e-mails with her husband. He said that their daughter was managing OK but he was understandably struggling but had good support. He was very touched by the blanket and said it would be much appreciated.

Popping in from the Stage 4 thread to say what a gorgeous love-filled treasure you've all made for Mowly. Just beautiful.

Looking forward to the photographs of the finished hug.

Finally had some dry days and I have the photos. Posting later today. Then once it’s with her family I’ll share the pics. It is full of flowers, cats, doughnuts! It is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you again everyone.

Just a tiny taster!

Absolutely stunning 🤩

That's wonderful - looking forward to more pictures. Thanks so much everyone who helped, you are all amazing.

Hoping we hear it has arrived tomorrow

Good news folks. It’s now been delivered and signed for. Not heard directly. But it’s there. And that’s the bit that matters. I’ll do the album when I’m home tomorrow. Thank you again everyone. Xxx

Apologies for the pics, was really struggling to find a dry bright day and in the end had to settle. The blanket is utterly stunning, thank you so much everyone and to lovely Okki for joining. Thinking of lovely Mowly, her daughter, husband, families and friends, they must miss her terribly. It's been seven months, it feels like 5 minutes and a life time too. Thank you everyone, we know the families love these blankets, they are incredibly precious.

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(Apologies if I've tagged you by mistake, or worse still, missed you, having to work off my phone!)

The blanket photos are here...

@purplefrog - sorry