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

mioliere

Hi all.

Pippa and Shazrobo - thanks for your updates - I'll add them when I next do the update.

Pippa - thanks for your thoughts about work last week! I must admit I'm glad the stint is over; it was very hard, especially the last two days, so I'm glad it's over! As luck would have it, I had a lot of unexpected typing work to do over the weekend (rewording and printing-up a flyer for someone) so there seems to have been no time off yet. I'm almost through another teddy, though - just wish I could keep awake in the evenings!

KathyXX

chalky_75

Hello everyon e. Hope you are all well and not too cold.
Aftermy son said " Mum how long is it now that you have been obsessed with knitting" I thought I should have a little break -- so what happens-- I got completely obseesed with sock monkeys !!!!

Anyway back on track a little. Please update me with 2 angel pockets.

Hope everyone isn't being too worn down by the bad economic news. I must say I think some of the adverts for such a "perfect" Christmas must be bery hard for all the people who are struggling or have been made redundant etc

mioliere

Hi everyone - sorry, I've not been on MSE much lately; too much going on at the moment.

I WILL update today, I promise!

Chalky - good to hear from you and well done on your sock monkeys! I agree with you about the news - it's a worry for all of us and I, too, wish they would stop acting as if everyone is going to have a worry-free Christmas. I think it's a stressful time financially for most of us and even more so this year. They could do with running a few public information ads about how to have an MSE Christmas and how to cut down generally. I'm just glad that I have been buying presents throughout the year and, also, I've been knitting presents for the children I buy for. Next year, I shall start even earlier!

I have a couple of hats and teddies to add when I update later.

Hope you all have a good day.

KathyXX

shazrobo

4 more children's hats to add to totals

mioliere

Hi everyone; I haven't been around properly for ages so apologies for that. I hope everyone is well and not too cold. We have lovely weather here today - bright and sunny but you still need gloves and scarves because the wind is quite sharp! Still, my washing is blowing nicely on the line so I mustn't grumble.

KathyXX

Here is 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, 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

27
20
4 Teddies for Tragedies
1 baby jumper
1 boob for Pimp my Boob comp
5 buntings
I baby blanket
1 bodywarmer
1 bib
3 prs bootees
1 pr mittens
2 teds (to go to a hospital in the USA on behalf of a sick relative)

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
17
1 lap-rug

LilyMay (Mioliere's Mum!)
5
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
17 scarves
21 buntings
3 boobs!
7 bibs
2 prs mittens
6 matinee jacket (listed under 'cardigans')
2 jumper
1 sailor's hat

Chalky
264
6 angel pockets (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
41
79
1 baby blanket, 1 big blanket
10 scarves
8 burial buntings
2 cardigan
1 boob
4 sailors' hats
1 Teds for Tragedy

Herbaholic
12
3 scarves

Craftylady

7
63
2 bodywarmers
1 lap-blanket

Ianna
29 Innocent Smoothie hats

SoozyJ22
1
2 Innocent Smoothie hat


Shezmit

8
1
4 sleeping bags
2 blankets
6 burial buntings
1 cardi
2 prs bootees
11 bibs
1 boob
3 gowns
1 angel pocket
4 Christmas stockings

Queen of String

1
4 blankets
1 cardi

Chickadee
5
9

F1Widow

10 squares
1 baby blanket

Totals - SAVE THE CHILDREN (LOVING HANDS)552 HATS, 34 SCARVES, 5 PRS OF MITTENS, 10 BODYWARMERS, 7 CARDIGANS, 4 JUMPERS, 1 HOODED WRAP, 3 GOWNS, 24 BABY BLANKETS, 2 BIG BLANKETS, 2 LAP-RUGS, 6 prs BOOTEES, 49 BUNTINGS, 1 ANGEL POCKET, 4 SLEEPING BAGS,29 TEDDIES FOR TRAGEDIES, 5 SMALL TEDDIES, 3 WITH BAGS, 10 BAGS & 448 INNOCENT SMOOTHIE HATS FOR SAINSBURY'S 2008 CAMPAIGN (now closed), 16 BOOBS, 19 BIBS, 6 SAILORS' HATS, 4 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS & 10 SQUARES

Ianna

mioliere wrote: »

Hi there. F1Widow - I haven't forgotten to include you in the update. I haven't updated yet; I'll do it tomorrow when I have a bit more time!

Ianna - with the teddy pattern, it just means that, once you have knitted the first leg, you don't cast off but just leave it on another needle (I leave it on the same needle and just push it out of the way), then you knit the second leg exactly the same as the first and then knit across all the stitches of both legs which joins them together before you carry on and knit the body. I hope that makes sense!

Kathy

OK so....I knit one leg. I then move the leg slightly down the needle and then knit the second leg. I then knit a row sort of above the two legs so that it joins the legs together. I think I understand thanks Kathy.

chalky_75

Hi --- 2 more baby hats for me please

chrisbethany

Hi Mioliere :wave:

I'd love to join the wooligans and have a number, please. :grouphug:

Needles at the ready once all the pressies are finished - one hat for SIL and two sock monkeys for DDs still to go. :snow_laug

Thanks, Chris

mioliere

Ianna - sounds as if you understood my post!

Chalky - thanks, I will update later. Your hat total is amazing - you must be able to knit them in your sleep!

Hi Chrisbethany - welcome aboard! Glad you have joined us! You sound as if you've been busy with your knitting needles; I've also made some Christmas pressies this year and I shall do the same next year, too. I have lots of children in the family to buy for and it has helped save money as well as use up my stash of wool!

Have you read the very first post on this thread? It contains all the info about what we do and the addresses for where we send our finished items. There is a link to our Wooligans Yahoo group, where we post photos. You will need to apply to join and then I 'approve' you; once you have joined you can see all the photos and post messages. It's been a bit quiet on there recently because we are all focusing on Christmas at the moment, but there are some lovely photos.

We send our baby items to www.lovinghands.org.uk (which is a lovely site with a great forum) and to http://preemiesuk.googlepages.com/home.html and we have recently been asked to send to http://www.bonniebabies.co.uk/ as well. The sites have plenty of free patterns to download. Loving Hands also has ongoing challenges - you'll find all the info on the site.

Once you have knitted something, let me know on here and I will add your name to our update list on which we keep a running total of things made. I update as often as I can and also update on the very first post.

It's great to have another member but, as I have said in other posts, we all lead busy lives, so don't feel under pressure to keep knitting. We all have times when other things take over our domestic and working lives - even one little hat counts and will help a baby in need.

Kathy

chrisbethany

Hi Chrisbethany - welcome aboard! ...

Hi Kathy

Thanks so much for all that info. I'll get going after Christmas. Love to all,

:xmassign: Chris