Knit Your Square To Give Your Share -IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THIS POST FIRST!!!

mioliere

Oh, Beth - as if I would go silent on you! I didn't feel awkward, just surprised, and I loved the subtle sweet way you explained! 'Each to their own' is exactly right and it's great for your Mum that you didn't go silent on her. Have a really good weekend!

Kathy

lainey_stardust

morning all, just browsing whilst my hair dye is working away, i'm naturally very dark brown and i usually have some kind of red colour on it but i'm just not ready to give in to the white hairs that are trying to take over my head lol!!
anyhoo, how are we all? HELLO to our new members, chalky75 and margaretclare, I hope you'll enjoy being here with us , I know I do . Theres always someone on hand with an answer to a knitting query and the preemie stuff we are doing at the mo is wonderful.
I'm hoping to have boy blanket 2 finished this weekend so will put pics up as and when.
right, better go and rinse this dye off, catch y'all later
luv, Lainey XXXXXXXXXX

margaretclare

mioliere wrote: »

Hi MargaretClare - welcome aboard. I just wanted to let you know that we have finished the 8" squares now because we have enough for the initial blankets we aimed for. We are now doing 7" squares so I hope you haven't done too many of the 8" ones! If you look at the very first post in this thread all the relevant info is there with addresses for posting squares, hats and so on. Here is the link to www.lovinghands.org.uk -it's a brilliant group which sends hats and other knitted items to deserving causes and, also, if you look here http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooligan/ this is the link to our Yahoo group. If you apply to join I will 'approve' you!

I'm so glad you have joined us - we are all really enjoying the knitting and crochet and love the fact that we are helping those less fortunate than ourselves.

As I say, there is lots of info on the very first post on here but if you have any questions please feel free to post on here.

Kathy

Ooooops. I've done about 4 inches of a brown 8 inch square. If I finish this one can it still be used somewhere? Or shall I pull it out?

I think my best bet will be to make some of the stretchy hats for premmy babies. I'll ask my contact in the Maternity Unit if they'd like some there.

I wish I'd known about this ages ago! Generations of women in my family never sat with their hands still, always had something even when listening to the radio (before TV) and for centuries back before that.

UPDATE: Special Care Baby Unit at Southend University Hospital are always happy to receive premmy clothes, hats etc. All are gratefully received.

Have been talking to a fellow church member who's involved with the Women's Fellowship group. Some of them knit for Containers of Hope which goes to developing countries. Hats, mittens and scarves for children in the mountains. However, the friend I've just been talking to agrees with me that we'd rather make things for local outlets. She said that the Methodist Church locally had had exactly the same experience as I described above about the Christmas bazaar in another local church, and they'd all become so disillusioned they stopped having a hand-knits stall because nobody wanted hand-knits any more, and that's when they started sending them to developing countries instead.

So I'll get some baby wool and start on one of the Super Stretchy hats from Preemies UK. At least I know they will be appreciated.

Can't get in contact with the Yahoo site, they keep turning down my application.

Peckedhen

Helloooo.....I've just surfed in here, not sure how but......what an inspiring thread.....please may I join you all?

Have I got it right, you need preemie hats, sending direct to loving hands? Also 7" squares, where do they have to be sent? Do they have to be any particular colour?

Oooh, I'm itching to get started, where are those needles???:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Sue

margaretclare

Hello Peckedhen

Try the Special Care Baby Unit at your nearest hospital - you may find they'd be delighted to have the hats for littlies in incubators etc.

HTH

Pippa.S

:hello:
Evening everybody, and welcome to chalky 75, margaretclare and peckedhen , and any newbies I might have missed,nice to have you with us happy knitting

Anne
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Pippa.S

mioliere I tried for ages last night to do one of bev`s little crochet hats, but could`nt seem to get it right, :beer:
So I had a a go at the IS ones and did 4 with pom-poms, bit fiddly but they look cute so can you add them on for me please.:D Also very OS as I have been using up the tapestry wool I mentioned in an earlier post

My OH keeps looking sideways at me.....muttering " knitting hats for bottles!!!!what next" ....he just does`nt understand me:rolleyes:

Anne
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Pippa.S

lainey_stardust wrote: »

morning all, just browsing whilst my hair dye is working away, i'm naturally very dark brown and i usually have some kind of red colour on it but i'm just not ready to give in to the white hairs that are trying to take over my head lol!!
anyhoo, how are we all? I'm hoping to have boy blanket 2 finished this weekend so will put pics up as and when.
right, better go and rinse this dye off, catch y'all later
luv, Lainey XXXXXXXXXX

Hellooo lainey, cant speak for everyone else but I am ok:D
Hope you got all them white hairs,:eek: pesky little varmints, they creep up on you dont they?

Looking forward to seeing boy blanket no 2, you have been a little marvel with all the work you have done on all 3 blankets:T :T :T

Anne
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mioliere

Hi all! We've been out for the afternoon being introduced to the grandchildren's Wii Fit! Great fun and we had dinner there as well!

MargaretClare - I can 'invite' you to join the Yahoo group if it won't accept your application. If you would like to pm me your email address I can 'invite' you to join that way! Well, I, for one, hate just sitting watching the TV with nothing else to do - it's a shame that a hand-knits stall was not welcome. At least you know that all of us here love knitting!

PeckedHen - welcome to you, too - all the relevant info is on the very first post on this thread. Glad you could join us and please join us here on our Yahoo group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooligan/

Lainey - I'm hitting the dye bottle tomorrow morning - or DH is; he puts it on for me, bless him, because I get too impatient! Thanks for updating us on the blankets. You must be all 'squared' out!

Pippa - what a shame the crochet hats didn't work out. What do you think the problem was? Mind, you did very well with 4 hats to add today! Well done!

Well, I've just had a lovely long bath and I'm going to sit and share a bar of Turkish Delight choccie with OH and catch up with last night's Dirty Sexy Money and last week's Love Soup and I shall, of course, have some needles on the go!

Have a lovely evening and will catch up with you all tomorrow!

Latest update!
The first figures are for the STC (Save the Children) hats and the second is for the (IS) Innocent Smoothie hats which we can do in readiness for the go ahead of Sainsbury's next campaign.


MrsMoneypenny

12
3

R.Mac

3
2
1 pair of mittens

Catznine

3
1

Mioliere

7
3

C1aire:

6
1

Pol
6

Jellybeans
6

Seakay
2

Bellaquidsin
8

LilyMay (Mioliere's Mum!)
10

Pink.1970
3

Betheebee
1

Pippa.S
8

Total - SAVE THE CHILDREN (LOVING HANDS) :77 HATS & 1 PAIR OF MITTENS!
INNOCENT SMOOTHIE: 10


Kathy

Pippa.S

Hello again mioliere I have just had a look at the updates, I have done 4 ribbed premmie hats and 4 I.S hats,

I really cant explain what went wrong with the crochet hat but I am going to have another go after I have finished on here

Is that Frys turkish delight???????????mine and OH`s favourite mmmmmmm
no other tastes quite the same.

Anne
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