Knit Your Square To Give Your Share 2009!

mioliere

Hi Pippa - just seen the lovely photos on the Yahoo group. I love the pink cardi with the collar in the last photo! You've made some gorgeous things.

KathyXX

Pippa.S

O thank you Kathy thats really nice of you.
I knitted them a while ago but they disapeared from the site for some reason, so I put them back on. I havent taken any pics for ages because the album was looking a bit full.

Can you update me with 1BABY HAT, 2 PRS BOOTEES and 2 SQUARES please.

Welcome to you worleite you'll love it in here, and will soon be as addicted as the rest of us :T

Right I am off now to decorate my furniture with I LOVE YOU all over everywhere now :rotfl:

The sofa calls and so do my needles, and a Frys Turkish Delight :rolleyes:

Anne
x

shezmit

Another 2 boobs for me please

shelley

chrisbethany

Zippitty wrote: »

I discovered the other day that there is a local lady who collects squares and sends out blankets. As she likes the sqaures knitted diagonally, I thought I'd have a go and see if I liked knitting them that way - then decided not to stop at 7" and my square is now measures 20"! (which is about as many stitches as will fit on the needles). Hopefully I'll find a home for it.

By the way - what is "housework" ?

Hi Zippitty :wave:

I do my squares diagonally. I think they have tighter edges than straight up and down ones. I start with 1 st and inc 1 at the beg of each row, up to 50, then back down again. That gives a 7" square. It's a bit fiddly until you get up to 3 or 4 sts but it's fine after that.

Had a lazy day in the warm today, catching up with Poldark (all this weeks episodes - freeview History Channel) that DH had recorded for me! Isn't it funny how dated old progs seem now - still love them though !

Love to all :T

Chris

itsloopylisa

Please can you update me with 2 small teddies for preemiesuk memory boxes.

Shezmit - please can you pm me your the address to send things to you.

Many thanks

Lisa

chalky_75

Hi everyone.Hope everyone is having a good weekend and it is not too cold in the UK. I am so thankful to you all for being so generous with your time, effort, wool , postage tec.

I will try and take some photos of the orphanage/childrens home so that you can see where all your good work and kindness is going.

Will post when SIL has arrived safely and very well laden !!!

mioliere

Good morning everyone. A bit late for me today; we watched a film that finished late - it was a scary one so I spent most of the time hiding my eyes behind my knitting!

This is the end of our first month of the year and the totals, after just 31 days of 2009, are phenomenal, so please give yourselves a huge pat on the back. It's amazing what has been achieved in so short a time, so thank you, everyone!

Anyway, Chalky - I hope your SIL has a safe trip to Spain and has at least some of her own clothes with her! We would love to see some photos of the orphanage/children's home. I think we've all enjoyed making things for this appeal so thanks for asking us!

Zipitty - I'll update the totals to list your square as a baby blanket - let me know if that's OK or if you've carried on knitting and it's become a bigger one!

I just have to sew the spine on my dinosaur and he'll be finished. I'll try and do that today and post photos on the Yahoo site. I seem to be really slow compared to most of you but I've had a week of interruptions and I'm determined to make sure next week is easier!

Shez - your teds just need stuffing and the faces added so I hope to get them done over the next couple of days.

I hope everyone has a good Sunday and doesn't get too cold - the forecast is not so good, is it?

KathyXX

PLEASE NOTE: Thanks to everyone for such a good response to Chalky's appeal for the orphanage in Spain. Her SIL will be on her way there soon with all the goodies!

LATEST UPDATE: Don't forget to let me know if I get these figures wrong - as some of you know, it's not difficult for me to make a complete hash of it!

Shazrobo
8 baby hats
7 buntings
10 Innocent Smoothie hats (for Sainsbury's Big Knit campaign this year)
6 hedgehogs
Chalky's appeal: 1 jumper



Pippa.S
3 baby hats
2 cardies
5 buntings
9 squares
1 baby blanket
5 pair bootees
1 body warmer

Chalky's appeal: 2 cardies, 1 jumper, 2 pairs bootees


Mioliere
1 STC hat
5 buntings
1 baby doll for LH's Trauma Toys appeal
2 hedgehogs for LH's Trauma Toys appeal
Chalky's appeal: 1 pair mittens, 1 cardi

Shezmit
2 sleeping bags
3 buntings
9 teddies
4 jumpers for the teds
1 scarf
7 boobs
27 Easter chicks
1 mini Christmas stocking
2 squares
1 coffee mug cosy
1 baby cardi
1 hedgehog


Jellybeans
8 baby hats
3 Teddies for Tragedies
5 buntings
3 boobs

K2tog
5 baby hats
6 buntings
1 hat for LH's elderly challenge
1 hedgehog


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
2 boobs
3 hats for LH's elderly challenge
3 scarves for LH elderly
3 pairs of mittens for LH elderly
2 shawls for LH elderly
3 boobs
1 pair child's socks
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi

F1Widow
4 baby hats
2 pairs of bootees
3 squares
1 baby blanket
1 scarf
1 bunting

RoloPolo
11 baby hats
9 cardies
2 pairs of mittens

Chrisbethany
3 baby hats
1 bunting

Miss Angie
9 squares

Mrs Moneypenny
3 baby hats
1 baby gown
1 angel pocket
5 buntings
6 squares
22 Puffin P.E.bags (as Mrs Moneypenny's DS calls them (!) for LH challenge
1 boob
Chalky's appeal: 1 jumper


DPixie
12 squares

Chalky
1 Teddy
1 Square
2 boobs
Chalky's appeal: 12 cardies, 1 hat, 1 pr booties

Itsloopylisa
1 angel pocket
1 bunting
2 Teds

Craftlady
2 buntings

Sheyo
7 baby hats
10 pairs of bootees
10 pairs of mittens
1 bunting
7 bibs


Bridgetdunstable
1 square

Gingernutmeg
25 Innocent Smoothie hats (for Sainsbury's next campaign)

SylviaD
2 baby hats
2 Teds
8 squares
1 dinosaur for LH trauma toy challeng

SGT
2 baby hats
1 bunting
2 pairs mittens
1 pair bootees
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi, 1 pair mittens, 1 pair bootees

Pauline
3 Teddies for Tragedies

Daphne
3 Angel pockets
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi

Maytaurus
2 squares
Chalky's appeal: 2 baby hats

Zippitty
1 baby blanket



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

Baby hats: 64, Cardies: 21, Baby Jumpers: 1, Sleeping Bags: 2, Buntings: 51, Angel Pocket: 5, Pairs of Bootees: 16, Pairs of mittens: 13, Teddies: 17, Jumpers for Teds: 4, Scarves: 2, Toddler Cardies: 6, Toddler Hats: 4, Baby Blankets: 9, Baby Vests: 2, Baby Gowns: 1, Bibs: 7, Body warmers: 1, Squares: 175, Boobs: 15, Easter Chicks: 27, Mini Christmas Stocking: 1, Innocent Smoothie Hats: 53, Coffee mug cosies: 1, Pairs of Children's socks: 1, Hats for LH's elderly challenge: 4, Scarves for LH elderly: 3, Pairs of Mittens for LH elderly: 3, Shawls for LH elderly: 2,
Puffin Bags for LH: 22,
Trauma Toys for LH -Hedgehogs: 10, Baby Dolls: 1, Dinosaurs: 1
CHALKY'S APPEAL: Cardies: 17, Jumpers: 4, Pairs of Mittens: 2, Baby Hats: 4, Pairs of Bootees: 4

shezmit

February Contest (PREEMIESUK)

Every item that is sent to me in february will be a entry into the contest to win a prize which is 5 stitch markers, So please make sure you add your name and MSE in with your parcels please. GOOD LUCK

Shelley

dpixie

hello there everyone. i have been away for a week, but can confirm that i have been sitting in front of the fire knitting whenever i got the chance. i have now completed 20 squares and 6 innocent smoothie hats. the IS hats are such a pleasure to knit, but they are going to have to wait as i am trying to knit another 20 squares this week!

Hope that everyone is well and is having a good afternoon.


dpixie

Seakay

Hello everyone!
Just been catching up on the thread, and what a lot I've missed already this year! However, I've started doing some knitting now and I'm doing squares to be made into blankets to go to a Romanian orphanage which the lady from a local charity, The Lewis Trust (http://www.yell.com/listings/DoFindListings/1753855/Lewis's-Trust-Charity-Furniture-Shop/Charity-Shops)
visits twice a year; she takes clothes for under 5s as well as other supplies, so I may have a go at some other things as well.

So far my total is 9 squares.