i knit for premmy babies

kayleigh_b69

well done on your hard work drifter - my sister has a baby 9 months ago now an i know my mum spent a fortune getting knitted stuff for him espically his hats with bobbles on the top (sorry forgot the name)
i remember one set which was cardigan little shoes and mitts in green cost here £15 (it was part of his coming home outfit - so cute)
but i just want to congratulate you on taking your time to knit all this stuff and donating it to your local hospital im sure the parents are so happy people like you are still around.

Im trying to learnt to knit but not getting anywhere lol everyone keeps telling me ill have a scarf ready for him by the time hes 35 lol ha ha

good luck and best wishes xx

Savvy_Sue

kayleigh_b69 wrote: »

espically his hats with bobbles on the top (sorry forgot the name)

We used to call them bobble hats ...

kayleigh_b69

i remember now they are called helmets

drifter34

you can p.m me kayleigh i can help you it is easy

craftyskill

Drifter34. As a dad of a prem i want to thank you for your knitting daniel was lookly friend had knitted for him so we had cardigans and hats. From this and 18moths on we have started a group knitting for the hull SCBU. and we are putting together a knitting book for prems we start from a 8" chest cardigan and a 7 1/2" hat. My knitting ladys love doing it and i have started to knit to i love knitting the hats up a prem hat for small ones only take 9 grams so you can use an odds and ends and most of the group give me there odds and ends to use. but like you we are always on the look out for more free wool or very cheap as we don't expect to be paid for the items we give the unit. So i guess if anyone in the hull or east yorkshire area want to join the group please pm me and the same goes if you have any wool or buttons to help.

shezmit

You can always help us at Preemiesuk as we always in need of helpers and donations of wool

http://preemiesuk.googlepages.com/home.html

shelley

Angel11_2

pm sent requesting address to send wool.

Wonderful work Drifter xx

Tryingtosave_2

I have knitted off and on for years but now my children are teenagers they obviously do not want knitted jumpers, but there are times when I wish there was something to knit as I really enjoy it. This is ideal so thank you for making my hobby worthwhile and giving me the chance to get back into knitting.

shazrobo

hi all would really like to get into knitting again, and prem baby clothes would be lovely to knit and give to charity. i have some lovely baby dk and have looked at the bonnie babies site at the blankets, is a size 6 needle, an imperial size or the metric 6mm
thanks for reading, hope get reply soon, then i can go out and buy needles
keep up the good work everyone

purplegirluk1

Hi everyone,

I have just realised you are talking about Bonnie Babies! My mother in law knits for them. They do the most amazing job and are a really small charity. They supply clothing, blankets and sadly burial outfits for premature babies. If anyone wants to help them then please go to the website www.bonniebabies.co.uk and join the forum. You will be able to have a chat with the other people who knit and sew for them and see what an amazing job they do.

I nominated them for a donation from the MSE charity, the short list still has not been made but if they make it please consider giving them your vote. They are totally none profit and the volunteers donate their own materials. It costs around £8 to post a package to a hospital and the currently send items to over 80 hostipals.

Any help is always greatfully recieved.

Purplegirl