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

mioliere

Wow, Lainey - that truly is amazing! Almost enough for our first blanket! I can't believe how productive you all are! I am frantically trying to get all my chores done today (which was not easy with DH deciding to stay at home this morning making work-related phone calls and holding me up!). I have loads of paperwork to do this morning and then I intend to get as much knitting done as I can! I think my next square had better be Smoky's - I've got some lovely blue wool which I might mix with cream or something.

SARAHPECK - don't you dare apologise for your production having 'slipped'! You've done so many squares I'm seriously impressed and amazed. Thank you so much. Thank you, everyone, for such a fantastic effort. Who would have believed so many squares would have been achieved since this thread started on 15th March?!

Kathy

mioliere

lainey_stardust wrote: »

Hi folks,
I thought I'd post the running totals chart that Jellybeans started the other day, its a great way of keeping track and also will help me put all the names of everyone who contributed to Smokys blanket on a card that I'll send with it when it's finished.
just gonna check through the thread and try and update the count as accurate as possible....


8 inch squares for HTA:

catznine:2
mrs moneypenny:2
lily-lu:1
r.mac:2
penelope penguin:1
wasbrokegettingbetter: 2
pigpen: 1
lainey stardust: 3
Pippa.S: 3
mioliere: 3
sarahpeck: 16
jellybeans: 6
c1aire:2
pigpen:1
be;;aquidsin:2
patches41048:1
donny-gal:2
aril:1
M.E.-1
harduphester-7
twink:2
eeyorerules:2
thriftmonster:1

TOTAL:


squares for Smokey:

lainey stardust: 4
sarahpeck: 7
jellybeans: 2
mrs-moneypenny:2
catznine:2

this is as best as i can work out so far, sorry if i've got any wrong or missed anyone off, let me know or copy and paste the list and update it yourself.
as soon as i get some squares in the post i'll get some pics done. catch y'all later

TOTAL:

Just updated my count so far!

Kathy

mioliere

Hi - it's me again! Just posting to ask if you can all do an update on the number of squares you have done and which blanket they are for. Lainey has drawn up a brilliant list - which has saved me the job, thanks! - but we are not sure how accurate it is. We are getting so close to finishing the first blanket and are well on the way to doing Smoky's too which is fantastic.

Kathy

Edited to update my sig which means, with my three squares added, we have 60 squares for our first blanket! Words fail me!

jellybeans_2

I finished another red square last night, here's the updated list (ty for going through and adding everyone's squares to it Lainey)



8 inch squares for HTA:

catznine:2
mrs moneypenny:2
lily-lu:1
r.mac:2
penelope penguin:1
wasbrokegettingbetter: 2
pigpen: 1
lainey stardust: 3
Pippa.S: 3
mioliere: 3
sarahpeck: 16
jellybeans: 7
c1aire:2
pigpen:1
be;;aquidsin:2
patches41048:1
donny-gal:2
aril:1
M.E.-1
harduphester-7
twink:2
eeyorerules:2
thriftmonster:1

TOTAL:


squares for Smokey:

lainey stardust: 4
sarahpeck: 7
jellybeans: 2
mrs-moneypenny:2
catznine:2

Lily-Lu

I've managed a second 8 inch square, so I think that's 62 now, is it?
Here's a pic of mine

janine22

Wow - this is amazing.

Wish I could knit. Will try to have a go but have always been baffled by it.

Would love to try crochet too - watched the youtube video but her hands moved so fast!!

More pictures please!!!

mioliere

Lily-Lu - your squares are beautiful, well done!

JANINE22 - MAYTAURUS found a brilliant site with easy to follow videos for learning to knit. Here is the link http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/learn-to-knit. I've just had another look and it is very good, although I would follow instructions for English knitting not Continental which, to me, just looks like a lot of faffing about! I don't know what method the others on here use but I much prefer the English way! Good luck!

Well, LILY-LU - that's 62 squares and we need 63 for our first blanket! We are already doing Smoky's (in colours of own personal choice) so we can carry on with that and, if we are feeling really ambitious, perhaps we can aim for another blanket for charity or the Oxfam have an appeal for 9" squares at the moment. I think some of us might find it difficult to stop now we've started!

Kathy

mrs-moneypenny

i've just posted 2 squares off to you Lainey.

for reference two going first class cost 48p its not the weight but the thickness of the envelope that put the price up.

ive done three for the other blanket and am on my 4th.

i made two that came up too big so im going to send them to the gaint charity blanket that was posted on here earlier that wanted 9" squares
i emailed and asked for the address for that one it is

oxford campaigns
47 park square east
leeds
LS1 2NL

i would put somethig like "giant blanket appeal" as well

everyone is doing brilliantly on this, well done sarah for doing so many

r.mac_2

Hello everyone

stalled a little on the square front here - but have a general knitting question I wondered if someone could answer?

is stocking stitch where you knit a row and purl a row and garter stitch where you just knit every row????

thanks in advance folks

catznine

:hello: Hello r.mac!

Yes you are absolutly right, garter stitch is all knit and stocking stitch is 1 row purl, 1 row knit!

well done on learning a new craft!

Catz x