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

shazrobo

another vent hat finished to add to totals
think i will have a go at all the items on LH, dont think i'll get many teddies done tho, they look so fiddly

Pippa.S

Hi Kathy can you update me with 5 IS HATS please

I havent been able to get into the LH site for a few days, goodness knows why,it just keeps shutting my Internet connection down,saying "windows has encountered a problem and needs to shut down". It is only on the LH site, everything else is fine.
I will go have try now.

Anne
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mioliere

Hi all - Shazrobo - the teddies are really easy; I've knitted and crocheted them and they are very satisfying to do. It seems complicated at first but once you get going you'll be surprising how easy they are.

I'll update a little later today - DH is home today and keeps interrupting me. He needs to go out to do some quoting later so I shall wait until then so that I can concentrate! Why can't they cope on their own?!


Pippa - how annoying that you keep losing LH. I get that if I try and click into the home page of my ISP but everything else is OK. I shall ask my DS1 how to fix it.

KathyXX

mrs-moneypenny

I'm happy to see what anyone else wants to go with for a wooligans challenge.

Im going to finsh my robe for preemies and mums waistcoat and then do something for 'Chris Evans' before i start a challenge item (if i dont get a bat on ill miss the challenge completely:eek: )

I have printed off the sailors hat pattern as that looks like something i could knit up quick, but im happy to go with the majority as i also liked knitting the tragic teddies, but they do cost more to post as they need stuffing.

mioliere

As all the causes are worthy ones, I don't think it matters what we knit. Shall we just do whatever we fancy doing? For example, I know my Mum has a lot of dark wool in her stash which would be ideal for the sailors' hats whereas I still have some 'baby' colours for blankets and brighter colours for teddies. If anyone wants us to aim for a particular challenge, please let me know, otherwise I'm more than happy for us all to knit whatever we want. As I say, they are all good causes.

KathyXX

mrs-moneypenny

thats very true Kathy and whatever we knit will help lift the figures for that appeal. Also if we are all knitting different things it will spread the help of the wooligans across all the worthy challenges.

Pippa.S

Hi Kathy, I managed to get into the LH site earlier and had a look at the new challenges.
You and mrs-moneypenny are right whatever we do will help boost the figures somewhere along the line.

Have said I will do some boobs though, and they knit up quickly.
I'll send them unstuffed like last time, as its cheaper postage wise because of the bulk.
Will have a go at the sailors hats too, and will carry on knitting for Preemies and doing squares for OECS.

Got lots of silky yarn left too so will carry on with the scarves until its all gone.I was buying it 10-50g balls for £1 which makes 5 scarves.
It is so easy to knit too, 25sts on size 6mm needles and garter stitch until 2 balls have been used.

O what a long post, you will all be asleep before you get to the end of it :rotfl:
Anne
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Pippa.S

Hi Kathy can you update me with 1 SCARF, 3 BUNTINGS and 1 IS HAT please.The last of the Summer challenges

These will be my last for a while as I am off on holiday early Tuesday morning for 2 weeks.
If I do anything else before I go I will post them when i come back, but they will be for the new challenges.

Anne
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BTW can we still do scarves and STC hats from now on??????

mioliere

Hi everyone - time has run away with me recently so I haven't update for a few days. I'm going to do that now.

Pippa - I hope you have a great holiday; I will also be away from the 19th to 23rd staying with my Mum for a few days. I'll post on here and update the day before I go.

Thanks to you all for your stupendous efforts - we are still going strong more than six months after this all started. It gives me a lovely warm glow when I think of how well we have done and are still doing!

Here's the latest update.


The first figures are for the STC (Save the Children) hats and the second is for the (IS) Innocent Smoothie hats for Sainsbury's campaign for which the closing date is 17th October!


MrsMoneypenny

19
21
2 cardigans
4 baby blankets
6 Teddies for Tragedies and 10 bags for Teddies
10 boobs
1 hooded wrap

R.Mac

3
2
1 pair of mittens

Catznine

3
1

Mioliere

25
20
2 Teddies for Tragedies
1 baby jumper
1 boob for Pimp my Boob comp
3 buntings
I baby blanket
1 bodywarmer
1 bib

C1aire:

13
1

Pol
18
1 scarf

Jellybeans
23
4 Teddies for Tragedies
2 baby blanket
3 scarves

Seakay
2

Bellaquidsin
9
1 lap-rug

LilyMay (Mioliere's Mum!)
2
12
13 2 pairs bootees
4 baby blanket
9 buntings
1 cardi
5 small teddies, 3 with matching bags

Pink.1970
3

Betheebee
6

Pippa.S
39 have included your vent hats with your hats total
40
1 baby blanket
10 Teddies for Tragedies
14 scarves
19 buntings
3 boobs!
7 bibs
2 prs mittens
2 matinee jacket (listed under 'cardigans')
1 jumper

Chalky
264
4 angel pocket (which will be added to the burial buntings to save room on my sig)

4 body warmers
4 baby blankets

PeckedHen
12

MargaretClare

3

Gingernutmeg

102 (Innocent Smoothie)

Shazrobo
34
79
1 baby blanket, 1 big blanket
10 scarves
8 burial buntings
1 cardigan

Herbaholic
12
3 scarves

Craftylady

6
63

Ianna
29 Innocent Smoothie hats

SoozyJ22
1
2 Innocent Smoothie hat

Shez
8
1
1 burial bunting

Shezmit

2 sleeping bags
2 blankets
2 burial bunting
1 pr bootees
11 bibs

Queen of String

1
4 blankets
1 cardi

Chickadee
2
7


Totals - SAVE THE CHILDREN (LOVING HANDS)529 HATS, 31 SCARVES, 3 PRS OF MITTENS, 8 BODYWARMERS, 7 CARDIGANS, 3 JUMPERS, 1 HOODED WRAP, 22 BABY BLANKETS, 2 BIG BLANKETS, 1 LAP-RUG, 3 prs BOOTEES, 42 BUNTINGS, 2 SLEEPING BAGS,22 TEDDIES FOR TRAGEDIES, 5 SMALL TEDDIES, 3 WITH BAGS, 10 BAGS & 417 INNOCENT SMOOTHIE HATS FOR SAINSBURY'S NEXT CAMPAIGN, 14 BOOBS & 19 BIBS.

C1aire

I'm back! The crochet hook has been put back in service and I have a baby blanket to offer!

More soon (she hopes...)

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