Knit Your Square To Give Your Share 2009!

dpixie

Hello everyone, haope that you have all had a really good day. Kathy, could you please update me with 6 more squares and 2 more IS hats?

thank you so much for this site - i am so glad to have something to be concentrating my efforts on. My husband is rather pleased too as we now have a home for the hundreds of squares that i have knitted over the past couple of years.

dpixie

dpixie

miss_angie1 - can you let me know if algerian action are still in need of squares? if so, can you advise of what size squares/blanket they are looking for. i will happily knit the squares - my sewing is rubbish!

dpixie

sylviaD

hi everybody ,some of your conversations are very entertaining!
i too had e-mail from oec saying they can`t cope with any more squares, obviously this forum is a victim of it`s own success!!
wish i`d known you had loads of buttons,i wouldn`t have spent an hour sorting through my button box trying to find 3 that match!
sylvia

k2tog

Believe squares are still OK to go to Loving Hands, but might be worth emailing Lou to check.

Thankyou Kathy! You mean my blue bendy needle - I excel at technical terms . I'd have been scuppered weeks ago but for this lovely thread and the other nice threads on OS.
Can't believe I only stumbled across MSE because of those horrible Lapland New Forest people - every cloud and all that!

craftlady

maytaurus - I'm trying to do one of those bunnys from a square. Looking at the instructions - I've done the head and ears - I've sewn up the back, put some stuffing in - now I'm stuck. I'm sure I'm just being thick but I don't understand what to do next. HELLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

shezmit

Can you update me with 3 boobs please

shelley

mioliere

Hi all -

Sylvia - the chat that goes on here is lovely. I always think that, if we could all meet up in one big room, we would all get on so well, it would be as if we'd known each other for years!

K2tog - I call my needle my knitting-sewing-up needle. Until Mrs Moneypenny mentioned hers, I had forgotten that the technical term was 'bodkin'!

It's lovely to hear that you are all enjoying this thread and all the things we do. It's so nice to be able to do something we enjoy and help others. When I mentioned it to my Mum last year, she was really keen. She hates having to stop and do housework and so on! She told me the other day that she has made this knitting for charity her life's work, and that it's really enhanced her life.

I'm remain amazed and overawed by the enthusiasm and generosity of all of you. Without you, there's no way it would be so successful.

Thanks to all of you and have a great evening!

KathyXX

mioliere

Good morning everyone. Hope none of you are being affected by the weather.

Maytaurus - I keep checking to see if you have applied to join the Wooligans on Yahoo! Have you tried yet?

Well, not much knitting done yesterday; DH was at home for most of the day and I find it so difficult to concentrate on anything because he keeps interrupting me for one reason or another! Anyway, I hope to have better luck today.

Have a great day, everyone!

KathyXX




PLEASE NOTE: Thanks to everyone for such a good response to Chalky's appeal for the orphanage in Spain. Her SIL has arrived with all our items, and they have been delivered to the orphanage. Chalky has posted some great photos on page 27 of this thread. I think we will have made a big difference to a baby who arrived there with nothing; doesn't it make you feel good?!

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
12 baby hats
8 buntings
1 baby blanket
26 Innocent Smoothie hats (for Sainsbury's Big Knit campaign this year)
6 hedgehogs
3 hats for Loving Hands elderly challenge
1 shawl for Loving Hands elderly challenge
Chalky's appeal: 1 jumper



Pippa.S
3 baby hats
3 cardies
6 buntings
12 squares
1 baby blanket
5 pair bootees
2 body warmer
1 scarf for LH elderly challenge
5 hedgehogs for LH trauma toys challenge
1 dinosaur for LH trauma toys challenge
2 tiny teds

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
1 dinosaur
1 teddy hand puppet for LH's appeal
Chalky's appeal: 1 pair mittens, 1 cardi

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


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

K2tog
6 baby hats
7 buntings
1 hat for LH's elderly challenge
1 hedgehog
2 Innocent Smoothie hats


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
4 pairs of mittens for LH elderly
3 shawls for LH elderly
1 pair of bed socks 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
6 baby hats
6 buntings
26 squares

Miss Angie
9 squares

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


DPixie
42 squares
13 Innocent Smoothie hats

Chalky
6 Teds
6 Square
2 boobs
1 hedgehog
1 angel pocket
Chalky's appeal: 12 cardies, 1 hat, 1 pr booties

Itsloopylisa
2 baby hats
1 angel pocket
2 buntings
1 sleeping bag
2 Teds
1 square
3 Innocent Smoothie hats

Craftlady
3 buntings
1 toy lamb for Preemies UK

Sheyo
10 baby hats
10 pairs of bootees
10 pairs of mittens
2 buntings
10 bibs


Bridgetdunstable
1 square

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

SylviaD
1 baby hats
2 Teds
8 squares
1 dinosaur for LH trauma toy challenge
1 baby gown
1 cardie

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
1 cardi
3 jumpers
2 pairs of bootees
4 hats
Chalky's appeal: 1 cardi

Maytaurus
9 squares
1 blanket
Chalky's appeal: 2 baby hats

Zippitty
1 animal blanket

Seakay
9 squares

Heldun
3 baby hats
1 bunting
1 baby blanket

Shelbell
1 baby hat
1 Innocent Smoothie hat
1 square

Lorri
2 baby hats
2 cardies
2 pairs of bootees
2 pairs of mittens





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

Baby hats: 92, Cardies: 28, Baby Jumpers: 3, Sleeping Bags: 2, Buntings: 66, Angel Pockets: 6, Pairs of Bootees: 20, Pairs of mittens: 15, Teddies: 24, Jumpers for Teds: 4, Scarves: 3, Toddler Cardies: 6, Toddler Hats: 4, Baby Blankets: 12, Baby Vests: 2, Baby Gowns: 2, Sleeping Bags: 1, Bibs: 10, Body warmers: 2, Squares: 267, Boobs: 30, Easter Chicks: 27, Mini Christmas Stocking: 1, Innocent Smoothie Hats: 88, Coffee mug cosies: 1, Pairs of Children's socks: 1, Animal Blankets: 1, Hats for LH's elderly challenge: , Scarves for LH elderly: 3, Pairs of Mittens for LH elderly: 4, Shawls for LH elderly: 4, Pairs of Bed Socks for LH elderly: 1
Puffin Bags for LH: 22,
Trauma Toys for LH -Hedgehogs: 16, Baby Dolls: 1, Dinosaurs: 3, Teddy hand puppet: 1
CHALKY'S APPEAL: Cardies: 17, Jumpers: 4, Pairs of Mittens: 2, Baby Hats: 4, Pairs of Bootees: 4

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

has everyone seen the lovely Alan Dart chick pattern you can download for free in the freebies part of the site. it is so cute:T.

made a baby hat for my friend last night to go with the cardi i'd done her.

but were out tonight with DD at her college careers evening so i doubt much knitting will get done today.

welcome to all the newbies we have aquired recently, its lovely to see so any people sharing their talents with all the good causes out there.

mioliere

Mrs Moneypenny -thank you so much for the info about the Alan Dart pattern. I love his designs; they're so clever. I shall be making one of those for my DGD who doesn't like chocolate, (no-one in the entire family knows where she gets that from!). It'll make a lovely Easter pressie - I'll make it with a pink and purple egg shell.

KathyXX