Knit Your Square To Give Your Share 2009!

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mioliere

Hi all - running a bit late this morning so will update when I've seen DH off the premises!

Maytaurus - thanks for all the info! You are a star!

Ainnoangel - your perserverence is wonderful; it won't be long before it all just clicks into place, I promise. I couldn't imagine a life without knitting! I find it relaxing at the end of a busy day (sometimes too relaxing because I fall asleep still knitting, according to DH!). It's very productive and lots of people can benefit from it, as you can see by the success of the thread!

Here are some links to sock monkeys http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Sock-Monkey

and here http://www.web-goddess.org/writing/tutorial/Image0.html

and here http://www.sockmonkey.net/How_To_Make_Sock_Monkey.html

I've never made one because my sewing is not that good! Apparently, they can be made by hand or machine. They look really cute!

Anyway, thanks everyone for your latest totals. I shall update little later on this morning!

KathyXX

mioliere

Hi all - DH dispatched off to work, some chores already done (not all of them, worst luck!) so I'm back on here to update.

Maytaurus - you are an angel for finding all the info that you post on here. Thank you so much for sharing it all with us.

Well, as promised, here is the update. As usual, please let me know if I get any of the numbers wrong!

KathyXX

PLEASE NOTE: ITEMS FOR CHALKY'S APPEAL NEED TO BE WITH HER SISTER BEFORE SHE TAKES THEM TO SPAIN ON 3RD FEB, SO I WOULD SUGGEST A LAST POSTING DATE OF SATURDAY 31ST JANUARY.

LATEST UPDATE (which will be posted on first post, too):

Shazrobo
8 baby hats
7 buntings
10 Innocent Smoothie hats (for Sainsbury's Big Knit campaign this year)



Pippa.S
2 baby hats
2 cardies
4 buntings
5 squares
1 baby blanket
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi


Mioliere
1 STC hat
3 buntings
Chalky's appeal: 1 pair mittens, 1 cardi

Shezmit
2 sleeping bags
3 buntings
5 teddies
4 jumpers for the teds
1 scarf
1 boob
22 Easter chicks
1 mini Christmas stocking
2 squares
1 coffee mug cosy


Jellybeans
2 baby hats
3 Teddies for Tragedies
4 buntings

K2tog
4 baby hats
1 bunting


LilyMay (my Mum)
6 toddler cardies
4 toddler hats
3 baby hats
6 baby blankets
2 baby vests
2 cardies
8 buntings
3 squares

Tooties
6 baby hats
7 cardies
1 pair bootees
120 squares
1 blanket
1 pair mittens
1 hat for LH's elderly challenge
1 scarf for LH's elderly challenge
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi

F1Widow
1 baby hat
1 pr bootees
1 square
1 baby blanket
1 scarf

RoloPolo
11 baby hats
9 cardies
2 pairs of mittens

Chrisbethany
3 baby hats
1 bunting

Miss Angie
2 squares

Mrs Moneypenny
2 baby hats
1 baby gown
1 angel pocket
1 bunting

DPixie
6 squares

Chalky
1 Teddy
1 Square
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi, 1 hat, 1 pr booties

Itsloopylisa
1 angel pocket
1 bunting

Craftlady
2 buntings



TOTALS SO FAR (Vent, STC and all baby hats will be counted together under 'Baby hats' if everyone's happy with that?)

Baby hats: 41, Cardies: 20, Baby Jumpers: 1, Sleeping Bags: 2, Buntings: 34,Angel Pocket: 2, Pairs of Bootees: 2, Pairs of mittens: 3, Teddies: 8, Jumpers for Teds: 4, Scarves: 2, Toddler Cardies: 6, Toddler Hats: 4, Baby Blankets: 9, Baby Vests: 2, Baby Gowns: 1, Squares: 138, Boobs: 1, Easter Chicks: 22, Mini Christmas Stocking: 1, Innocent Smoothie Hats: 10, Coffee mug cosies: 1, Hats for LH's elderly challenge: 1, Scarves: 1

CHALKY'S APPEAL: Cardies: 13, Jumpers: 2, Pairs of Mittens: 1, Baby Hats: 2, Pairs of Bootees: 1

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

over the weekend i knitted
4 squares - must look for the addy to send these to, it the LH african appeal
4 buntings
1 vent hat
and found out how painful knitting can be, i nipped upstairs to get another ball of wool saw the wool on the floor didnt see someone had been in the room before me and left a cupboard door open as i result i walked straight into the corner of the open door (it felt like someone smashed me in the temples with a cricket bat) ive not got a bruise or swelling but still feel really weird. Unfortunately it didnt seem to knock any sense into me:rolleyes: .

going to try and get chalkys jumper finished this week - have we got a date they must be sent off by please?

mioliere

Hi MrsMoneypenny - hope you're not feeling too sore. If you're feeling weird, you may be a bit concussed, so take care. You've been really busy, haven't you?! I update early in the mornings so your latest items will be added tomorrow. I find if I try and update too many times during the day, I confuse myself - and that's not difficult!

With Chalky's appeal, I think her sister is taking the items to Spain with her in April - I'm sure Chalky will be along later to let us have a best-before date!

KathyXX

skywalker83

hi,
i have recently started knitting and really enjoying it. i would love to knit for charity but can someone please tell me from where i can get the wool.
thank you

sheyo

HI all
Kathy - please can you add three pairs of booties and three hats for me please can you also tell me where I send them to also?
Please can anyone post a link to mittens too? it would just be nice to send three 'sets' off.
Thanks

k2tog

Hi Sheyo and Skywalker

Most of the knitting from here seems to go to either preemies uk or loving hands challenges. There are links to both on the very first posting of this thread. I believe Loving Hands will send wool and needles if necessary to you if you ask and they also have a list of new challenges if you can't decide what to knit next!

Happy knitting

f1widow

Hi everyone - can you add to my totals please:-

1 square
1 baby hat
1 bootees (still got to sew these up!!!!)

Thank you

Thanks for the different patterns for the squares - am now running around getting jobs done then will sit and try them this afternoon before my munchkin comes home from school - knitting been a bit slow this week as have had this yukky flu/cold thing - yuk yuk yuk - also my brain was left in a tissue somewhere ha ha - can not think straight at all - also my Mum sent me a new rubber stamp of a tree and am thinking shall i knit or make cards today - i think the knitting will win as brain/head still foggy!!!!

love and best wishes to you all - f1widow (aka Jaqui) xxxx

f1widow

Hi Ainnoangel - Im relatively new here too and these wonderful ladies have helped me no end - some of my questions were completely errr "la la " to say the least - just to let you know I started with squares and have now progressed to hats/bootees/blankets all with the encouragement of "this lot" - now my cardmaking has taken a back seat and my wool bags are growing behind my chair!!! am now totally obsessed with wool - hmmm - am thinking need to go to "Wool Addicts Annoymous" - if you want any wool there are some bargains on Ebay or I have brought from my local charity shop (needles as well from charity shop) although once my mother in law found out that i was knitting a couple of bags came from her - much to her sons dismay !!!!
So good luck and well done - I never thought i could do it - I havemade my mother so proud because she tried teaching me when I was little only to have a huge knot thrown at her ha ha - Ive just made her a scarf (from ostrich wool) and she is over the moon!!
Take care f1widow - (jaqui) xx