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

shazrobo

hi kathy, i haven't had a card yet from innocenteither, they must be really busy

can you update me with 1 baby hat please

shaz x

mrs-moneypenny

hi all
sorry havent been about much all that extra work didnt do me any good im full of cold now and feel lousy.

Ive done a baby cardi for the chris evans thing, and knitted a jumper for my step sister little boy due in a couple of weeks. im doing a scarf now.

hope everyone else is well

mioliere

Hi everyone. I meant to update yesterday but didn't get round to it, I'm afraid.

Shazrobo - I think you're right; Innocent must be very busy at the moment.

Well, here is the latest update - I can only add one more pair of bootees at the moment and will start a bunting this afternoon because I have found lots of white wool that needs using up.

Also, I have found that knitting with wooden needles is much easier on the tendonitis in my hands. I managed to pick some up in a charity shop last week and find them much more comfortable. They are very expensive in the shops, though, and don't come up very often in the charity shops, so it will be a while before I have replaced all the ones I use.

Anyway, here is the 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, the closing date for which was 17th October 2008 by which time they had received over 500,000 hats - that's more than 100,000 more than last year. As each one raises 50p that's over £250,000 raised for Age Concern! Our hats on here will raise £224 so please give yourselves a huge pat on the back! The hats will go on sale, each on a bottle of Innocent Smoothie, in Sainsbury's on 5th November - I wonder if any of us will recognise a hat we've made in our local branch?!


MrsMoneypenny

19
21
2 cardigans
4 baby blankets
6 Teddies for Tragedies and 10 bags for Teddies
10 boobs
1 hooded wrap
1 Sailor's hat
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
3 prs bootees

C1aire:

13
1
1 baby blanket

Pol
18
1 scarf

Jellybeans
23
5 Teddies for Tragedies
3 baby blanket
3 scarves

Seakay
2
30

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
15 scarves
20 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

130 (Innocent Smoothie)

Shazrobo
36
79
1 baby blanket, 1 big blanket
10 scarves
8 burial buntings
2 cardigan
1 boob
3 sailor's hat

Herbaholic
12
3 scarves

Craftylady

6
63

Ianna
29 Innocent Smoothie hats

SoozyJ22
1
2 Innocent Smoothie hat


Shezmit

8
1
4 sleeping bags
2 blankets
5 burial buntings
1 cardi
2 prs bootees
11 bibs

Queen of String

1
4 blankets
1 cardi

Chickadee
5
9


Totals - SAVE THE CHILDREN (LOVING HANDS)534 HATS, 32 SCARVES, 4 PRS OF MITTENS, 8 BODYWARMERS, 2 CARDIGANS, 3 JUMPERS, 1 HOODED WRAP, 23 BABY BLANKETS, 2 BIG BLANKETS, 1 LAP-RUG, 6 prs BOOTEES, 43 BUNTINGS, 4 SLEEPING BAGS,23 TEDDIES FOR TRAGEDIES, 5 SMALL TEDDIES, 3 WITH BAGS, 10 BAGS & 448 INNOCENT SMOOTHIE HATS FOR SAINSBURY'S NEXT CAMPAIGN, 15 BOOBS, 19 BIBS & 4 SAILORS' HATS

Kathy

craftlady

One more hat for me and 2 body warmers. I hope they are ok I changed the pattern so the only bit of sewing up was the top of shoulders and back off neck. Must post them off soon. Loving Hands or PreemiesUK?

Pippa.S

Hi Kathy,
can you update me with 1 Bunting please.

I havent finished the sailors hat yet,but its getting there.

I finally managed to do a 6" strip for the Wallace and Grommet worlds largest teapot challenge, could'nt decide how long to do it so settled for 12".I've been going to do it for ages and as it finishes on 17th I thought I'd better get a move on.

Anne
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mioliere

Hi Pippa - thanks for the update. I did a bunting last night. Now that I'm using wooden needles I find I'm back up to the speed I had before the tendonitis reared its ugly head!

Craftlady - thanks for your update! I don't think it matters where they are sent, either, because both Loving Hands and PreemiesUK need them. It's fine to change the pattern. My Mum has invented her own baby vest design which knits up really quickly. At the moment she is just finishing off eight complete baby packs to send off to a charity in Africa and then she'll do some for Loving Hands.

I've not heard about the Wallace and Grommet thing - I'll have a look online to see what I can find out about it.

I'll update a little later.

Thanks.

KathyXX

mioliere

Pippa - I've just found this http://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org/pages/tea_takepart.htm and it gives the closing date for the knitting as 21st November, which gives you a few more days! I shall do a strip too. Thanks for mentioning it!

KathyXX

C1aire

Well, just as I was getting back into the swing of things, I have run out of wool. I'm part way through a very snuggly baby blanket! I'll be posting a parcel to loving hands this weekend hopefully.

mrs-moneypenny

what a shame youve run out of wool C1aire, I hope you can salvage the blanket and get some more wool to finish it?

Pippa.S

mioliere wrote: »

Pippa - I've just found this http://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org/pages/tea_takepart.htm and it gives the closing date for the knitting as 21st November, which gives you a few more days! I shall do a strip too. Thanks for mentioning it!
KathyXX

Hi Kathy,
I did it from something posted on here ages ago, that has loads of different sites for charity knitting, but some of the dates have run out now.
knitting_for_charity_08 its called, I printed the poster off and it says on there 21stNov, but in the blog it said 17th, so I thought to be on the safe side I'd get it done and sent off as soon as pos.
Sounds good though doesnt it?
Anne
x