Author: woollyhugs

We go on our summer break immediately after Camp Bestival on Sunday 3rd August (posting to us stops for the summer on July 1st) and we will be back on September 15th. It has been another busy year so far and we can’t thank everyone enough for all your hard work, compassion and enthusiasm.

We know that many of you love a summer break project, some of you certainly need to be kept out of mischief and if you need yarn to take part, please do message us.

We are hoping this year to expand our Christmas Cwtch project. Last year we managed to send to our friends at Newcastle as usual plus the children’s ward at the Royal Marsden cancer hospital. This year, we’d love to include the teens at the Marsden and elderly care at Newcastle. Is this too much to aim for? We don’t think so. (aiming for the stars again!) We will though need to up our numbers of single bed sized blankets, and the easiest way to do this is to make squares! Obviously if you are up for a whole blanket that is truly excellent, thank you!

All crafting info for this project is here…..

For the woollies…….

Six and twelve inch squares in Stylecraft Special DK, colours as listed

• Claret
• Cream
• Grass Green
• Kelly green
• Green
• Lipstick

For the fabric folk…..

Christmas cwtches could also be made in these sort of colours in cotton Christmassy prints, lightweight quilts. These must be machine washable and tumble dry possible only please.

Thank you so much! October 8th, Last posting for squares AND whole blanket for Christmas Cwtches

Last posting for crafts please – October 31st. This is to Teddington. Earlier rather than later is much much easier on us though!

THANK YOU!

We know this is super early, but we also know our lovely crafters like to plan and that crafting takes such a long time. We are delighted though to be launching our Christmas Craft Sale 2025, we hope you will join us. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and will help us raise much needed funds to continue our woolly work. With your love and support we hope it is a huge success! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!

The charity we shall support this Christmas will be The Christmas Dinner Project.

The Christmas Dinner, founded by poet Lemn Sissay OBE, brings communities together to provide a Christmas Day for care leavers, aged between 18 and 25.

For many young people leaving care, this may be their first Christmas living independently – and alone. These young people have faced many challenges in life, having grown up in the care system. We need your help to give them a day they will never forget. The charity aims to provide an abundance of gifts, a superb Christmas Dinner meal, fun, games and company on Christmas Day. These happen right across the country

They aim to show every one of their guests that they are loved. 

The Christmas Dinners are seed funded and supported by the Gold from the Stone Foundation, and organised by independent dynamic communities throughout the UK. We plan to send a donation of at least £500 to them after the sale. the reminder will go into our own charitable projects. The Christmas Dinner project will be familiar to those who knit hat and scarf sets for gifts to go out to care leavers on the day.

So every penny we can raise will go to help others, we hope you will support us, either by crafting, buying or even maybe both! Thank you so so much.

So let the Crafting Stage begin!

We are aiming to make and sell small/lightweight Christmas craft items. We are open to larger items too obviously, that is just a guide. Some suggestions for you, but we are very open to others too…

• Stocking fillers, although obviously Father Christmas is REAL, this is just to help.
• Christmas tree decorations.  Always very popular, as are totally bonkers quirky things, yes we are thinking gin wreaths, woolly slugs and sock pigs, who knew??!  
• Stockings
• Cute cuddly things / Besties
• Small gifts – Little bags, purses, brooches, hair accessories, key rings, gift bags, tags,
• Clothing items such as gloves, hats, scarves, – if making clothing PLEASE inc the ball band or let us know so we can pass this info on to those who buy. xxx
• Bunting – everyone LOVES bunting. This could be sewn, knitted, crocheted etc.
• Pocket friends, no bigger than palm size. Would suggest cute.
• Book marks
• Covered tape measures
• Sewing type needle cases
• Wreaths
• Coasters
• Cards
• Lavender bags

• Pencil/ hook cases
• Hair accessories
• Brooches
• Keyring/bag tags
• Pin cushions
• face scrubbies
• Covered notebooks
• Animal headbands
• Lovely lovely things!
• Woolly, fabric, embroidered, beaded, ALL crafty crafts welcome!!

The Event itself..

November 10th – 17th The event itself will take place as usual all online through a Facebook event page and an Auction site attached to this website.

Just a few items from 2024 to give you an idea!