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.

That is such a beautiful square Book book thank you.

Morning, is there any wool avaliable for me to do a few plain crochet squares?

Thankyou.

@Sunshineandrainbow - pleasemessage @KnottyAndPistey , and they can either match you up with a donor , or supply yarn :)

My cat squares made with love ❤️

Loving the cat squares @TatiannaBoulard they are amazing.

Have done, thanks for replying

Here are mine so far. I'll try to make a few more.

Those are amazing and beautiful Zhx3 thank you so much.

@TatiannaBoulard
@Zhx3

Your squares are beautiful. Thank you so much. ❤️

Just wanted to check if you received my pm @KnottyAndPistey. Thanks

@SpringSparrow yes. Apologies I’ve just been back and I took the info but didn’t reply. Hopefully it’ll arrive soon.

Beautiful treasure! Just awesome.

@bookbook , @Zhx3 , @TatiannaBoulard

Fantastic squares, so beautiful.
Those little cat faces …..🩷🩷

Have just been ordering more yarn and see there is a 2-3 day delay on them getting yarn out, so please do wait, we can always extend the deadline if folk are fretting about time frames, Thank you everyone!

A second square from me . With much love to the family . Tried to show a typewriter.

I'd like to buy wool for someone to make a cat square. PM me a crafter's name and address as Nd what colours they will need and I'll get the wool delivered directly to them. I know she loved cats. 😻

I absolutely love those cats. 😻💕

That's great @bookbook

@caringcarer - if you could pm @KnottyAndPistey , they will be able to organise something for you , I'm sure

@bookbook your typewriter square is beautiful!

Im loving the typewriter. Thank you.

I'm happy to do some plain squares. x

A seascape as my first square, flowers and cats next.

I've been making the most of the end of the school holiday and sat doing some basic squares. I'm going to try and do a cat one or a flowery one, or maybe both, before I post next weekend

Thank you so much @bigfloweryteapot for so many beautiful squares

Thank you for the lovely sea scene @GoulashSoup

Thank you Book book for the great typewriter.

You are all amazingly talented and kind.