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

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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.

They're beautiful @TheIoWfairy!

I've done a cat and a plain square. The cat was a challenge and has gone a little wonky so I hope it's OK.

Such beautiful flowers IoWfairy thank you.

Thanks Zhx3 That black cat is perfect, their cat is black so its lovely to have a black cat and its amazing and lovely other square too.

You are all so kind and talented.

I tried to find patterns for more interesting 6” squares but unfortunately all I could find was 8” ones so I’ve stuck with what I know. Hopefully will complement some of the more unique squares on here 🥰

Another cat to join the others.

Beautiful cat TatiannaBoulard that's so impressive, thank you.

Lovely squares WhyMeWhyNowWhyNot thank you.

@MrsFloof it was my pleasure. I can’t wait to see the final blanket. Such a terrible loss for her family - I hope it brings them some small comfort 🥰.

Oh wow! Just WOW!!

One more from me. I'll get them in the post this weekend.

I’ve done 3, I had lots of green left from a previous blanket… they’ll be sent with lots of love

@Raiponceinatangle @Zhx3
They're great 👍🏻

Good morning!!

The skills on here. Crafters you are excelling as always. Just wow. THANK YOU

Woolly treasure has been arriving here!!

Stand by. I’m just cooing over it ❤️

When I join I just going under the loops rather than loose a whole stitch. That’s astonishing @ElizaBlack amazing skills

Lose

its early

Beautiful treasure as seen upthread, in blue and green crochet. Adore this 3D pink flower. Thank you so much lovely @MadisonAvenue

Beautiful crocheted squares as seen upthread, in light blue and green crochet. Loving the bobble work and the flowers too! These 👄! Thank you so much lovely @Fairyfellowsmasterstroke

These beauties have arrived from lovely MC Gorgeous traditional grannies in a delicious deep blue/purple and green. Wonderful. Thank you.

More to come!

Thank you, I think I’ve got the hang of it now.

In that case I’ll make two more without the extra stitch on the blue section.

Beautiful crocheted flowery squares as seen upthread, absolutely delicious. Thank you so much lovely @SpiralArchitect

Beautiful crocheted filet heart design. In pale blue. Thank you so much lovely @ExpensiveDecorations

Beautiful knitted treasure. Perfect initials and hearts in blues. Thank you so much lovely @Whatsthatbrightlight