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  • Christmas Auction 2020. Item 20. An absolutely stunning scarf in beautiful blues and glorious green merino yarn

    Christmas Auction 2020. Item 20. An absolutely stunning scarf in beautiful blues and glorious green merino yarn

    20. An absolutely stunning scarf in beautiful blues and glorious greens. In super soft 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon. 30 degree wash, shirt spin and dry flat. Approximately 2m by 20cm. Wonderful. Thank you so much! xxx

    Item 20. An absolutely stunning scarf in beautiful blues and glorious green merino yarn

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    Starting Bid: £4.00

    Refresh BidGoing for £16.50 Winning: Susan R

    Auction Closed

    Ending On: 22 November 2020 9:00 PM

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    20. An absolutely stunning scarf in beautiful blues and glorious greens. In super soft 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon. 30 degree wash, shirt spin and dry flat. Approximately 2m by 20cm. Wonderful.

    Terms: christmas-craft-auction-2020

    1. Susan R bid £16.50 on 22 November 2020 8:21 PM
    2. Lisa Davies bid £16.00 on 21 November 2020 10:57 AM
    3. Sheila bid £15.50 on 17 November 2020 6:42 PM
    4. Claire bid £12.49 on 17 November 2020 6:28 PM [auto]
    5. Sheila bid £11.99 on 17 November 2020 6:28 PM
    6. Claire bid £10.98 on 17 November 2020 6:27 PM [auto]
    7. Sheila bid £10.48 on 17 November 2020 6:27 PM
    8. Claire bid £7.65 on 17 November 2020 1:07 PM [auto]
    9. Sheila bid £7.15 on 17 November 2020 1:07 PM
    10. Claire bid £6.50 on 17 November 2020 12:51 PM [auto]
    11. Sheila bid £6.00 on 17 November 2020 12:51 PM
    12. Claire bid £5.50 on 17 November 2020 12:15 PM
    13. Sheila Cameron bid £4.00 on 17 November 2020 11:37 AM

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    Shipping: P&P inc within the UK, if further afield pls contact us.

    From: UK

    To: Worldwide

    Payment Details

    Pay via PayPal : admin@woollyhugs.com We are a Cooperative account in the name of Woolly Hugs Account number: 65579631 Sort code: 089299 Please add a note with your name. If you would rather send cash or cheque (payable to Woolly Hugs) please do to the address below, please include your name. We will let you know it has arrived safely. Woolly Hugs c/o 22 Bridgeman Road Teddington TW11 9AH

  • Christmas Auction 2020. Item 4.

    Christmas Auction 2020. Item 4.

    4. This ASTONISHING Star Wars blanket has been beautifully crocheted by lovely Jennifer E. It’s out of this world in many ways! Measures approximately 1.4m by 1.7m, with each picture square 30cm by 30cm. Epic! In very practical washable and tumble driable Stylecraft Special DK. JUst utterly amazing. Thank you so much lovely Jennifer E!

    Item 4. This ASTONISHING Star Wars blanket

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    Starting Bid: £20.00

    Refresh BidGoing for £150.16 Winning: Sophie WD

    Auction Closed

    Ending On: 22 November 2020 9:00 PM

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    This ASTONISHING Star Wars blanket has been beautifully crocheted by lovely Jennifer E. It’s out of this world in many ways! Measures approximately 1.4m by 1.7m, with each picture square 30cm by 30cm. Epic! In very practical washable and tumble driable Stylecraft Special DK. JUst utterly amazing.

    Terms: christmas-craft-auction-2020

    1. Sophie WD bid £150.16 on 22 November 2020 6:23 PM
    2. Sophie bid £130.50 on 22 November 2020 6:17 PM [increased max bid]
    3. Sophie bid £130.50 on 21 November 2020 7:27 PM [auto]
    4. Carin D bid £130.00 on 21 November 2020 7:27 PM
    5. Sophie bid £121.50 on 21 November 2020 6:13 PM
    6. Kelly bid £120.50 on 21 November 2020 3:34 PM [auto]
    7. Carin D. bid £120.00 on 21 November 2020 3:34 PM
    8. Kelly bid £95.50 on 20 November 2020 8:22 PM [auto]
    9. Lisa Proctor bid £95.00 on 20 November 2020 8:22 PM
    10. Kelly bid £93.50 on 20 November 2020 6:00 PM [auto]
    11. Lisa Proctor bid £93.00 on 20 November 2020 6:00 PM
    12. Kelly bid £92.50 on 20 November 2020 4:54 PM [auto]
    13. Lisa bid £92.00 on 20 November 2020 4:54 PM
    14. Kelly bid £91.50 on 20 November 2020 4:38 PM
    15. Lisa Proctor bid £90.50 on 19 November 2020 2:14 PM
    16. Carin D bid £90.00 on 17 November 2020 8:20 PM [auto]
    17. Ginny bid £90.00 on 17 November 2020 8:20 PM
    18. Carin D bid £80.50 on 17 November 2020 8:20 PM [auto]
    19. Ginny bid £80.00 on 17 November 2020 8:20 PM
    20. Carin D bid £60.50 on 17 November 2020 8:19 PM
    21. Ginny bid £40.50 on 17 November 2020 8:19 PM
    22. Hazel bid £40.00 on 17 November 2020 12:51 PM [auto]
    23. Bethan Vasey bid £40.00 on 17 November 2020 12:51 PM
    24. Hazel bid £38.50 on 17 November 2020 12:50 PM [auto]
    25. Bethan Vasey bid £38.00 on 17 November 2020 12:50 PM
    26. Hazel bid £35.50 on 17 November 2020 12:12 PM
    27. Elaine bid £30.50 on 17 November 2020 11:17 AM
    28. Helen bid £30.00 on 17 November 2020 11:16 AM [auto]
    29. Elaine bid £30.00 on 17 November 2020 11:16 AM
    30. Helen bid £20.00 on 17 November 2020 11:06 AM

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    Shipping Details

    Shipping: P&P inc within the UK, if further afield pls contact us.

    From: UK

    To: Worldwide

    Payment Details

    Pay via PayPal : admin@woollyhugs.com We are a Cooperative account in the name of Woolly Hugs Account number: 65579631 Sort code: 089299 Please add a note with your name. If you would rather send cash or cheque (payable to Woolly Hugs) please do to the address below, please include your name. We will let you know it has arrived safely. Woolly Hugs c/o 22 Bridgeman Road Teddington TW11 9AH

     

     

  • Refugee Project

    Refugee Project

    Refugee project posting window is open between November 1st and Easter

    Please read carefully, our refugee project will focus on blankets ONLY.

    Our Refugee project during the pandemic has been incredibly challenging as we have struggled to get items to folk in need. Currently it is still impossible for us to reach folk in Refugee camps as we historically have done, and we long for  the time when this is possible again. At present we are focussing on blankets and blanket squares and are reaching folk in this country. Six or 12 inch squares in good quality acrylic, all ends must be sewn in.

    We are supporting families being resettled from Afghanistan and Ukraine. This is Tania and Maryna from Ukraine, currently living in the UK but busily raising funds for a field hospital and night vision goggles. Truly inspiring women.

     

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  • The Blankets for TQ’s wonderful daughters.

    The Blankets for TQ’s wonderful daughters.

    Our lovely TQ. TwitterQueen. We thought the world of her, she touched the lives of so many and we were all better for it. It was absolutely devastating when she died from ovarian cancer. Fuck cancer. Life was epically cruel to this beautiful woman.

    We send our love and thoughts to her wonderful girls of whom she could not be more proud, her love for them shone like the brightest star, and we think of all who love and miss her everyday. We will remember TQ with hearts full and a big smile as we recall her in a dinner plate sized super sparkly badge at our Hugathon in September 2018. Epic!

    She was a MNer for many years and will be sorely missed by so many of us here. The love and support she gave to so many folk on the cancer support thread was quite extraordinary, even when she was so ill herself. We were constantly in awe of this wonderful, thoughtful, super intelligent, caring, bloody funny woman. She sought to raise awareness of ovarian cancer which is often called the ‘silent killer’. She really wanted more women to be aware of what few symptoms there are and in doing so undoubtedly saved lives.

    How lucky we were to know her. We were so glad to be able to send Woolly Hugs to her three daughters, she herself had contributed to so many, it was an honour. Her three daughters chose their own colour schemes and we hope we did TQ proud. We miss her.  Our original thread is here…

     

    Starting off with some pictures of the blankets all together, then a closer look at each.  Pippa’s in shades of purple, Jess in pink and purple, Bobby (Roberta) in yellow and blue.

    For Pippa…

     

     

     

    For Jess…

     

    For Bobby….

     

     

    Thank you so much everyone xxx

  • The Blanket for Twittlebee

    The Blanket for Twittlebee

    Thank you so so so so much, it’s so so so beautiful! I cannot believe how gorgeous and huge it is, it’s so lovely! Proper has me welling up, it’s so bitter sweet xx

    Our original thread is here. Remembering their beautiful Roy xx

    Thank you so much to Twittle for sharing this adorable photo of Roy’s new baby brother on their family’s blanket xxx

     

  • Posting to us is restarting IN STAGES, please please read! Latest Coronavirus update. (31/05/20)

    Posting to us is restarting IN STAGES, please please read! Latest Coronavirus update. (31/05/20)

    FIRSTLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US!!

    We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well. This is not an easy time for any of us and we are all having to adjust to a new normal/ different way of living. The easing of the lockdown will bring its own challenges for sure. Nothing much has changed, all our family are at home full-time, our husbands working from home, home education for our children continues, we obviously have limited storage for wool in our houses. We are beginning to think how we can access our storage unit.

    We genuinely worry about being overwhelmed! Additionally both our local post office/delivery staff are over stretched as it is. We are both only receiving post once, maximum twice a week as it is.

    We have chatted this through and feel a staged return to posting is the way forward.

    Please do read carefully. 

     

    From tomorrow (June 1st until June 30th)

    We are open for posting as below. Please post

    • Chernobs squares to SOUTHSEA
    • Whole Chernobs to TEDDINGTON
    • Any whole Candy’s Hug blankets to TEDDINGTON
    • Christmas Stockings to TEDDINGTON pls, absolutely no later than mid June. Any probs with these and we do understand,  but please message us
    • Any squares for the two latest MN blankest to TEDDINGTON pls

     

    Then during July (July 1st -31st)

      • Any remaining Refugee project squares and items to SOUTHSEA
      • Billies Blankets to TEDDINGTON
      • Candy’s Squares, Kinship Squares to TEDDINGTON
      • Little Hugs/Angel Hugs/Angel Teds to TEDDINGTON
      • Chernobyl extras and Hugs for Heads to TEDDINGTON

    We both obviously have to be very careful with post arriving into our homes, especially with the lack of knowledge about how long the virus lasts on surfaces like plastic. So it maybe that post arrives and we leave it a good while before opening. With all the restrictions of family around, us being spread very thinly we will photograph and upload as best we can. We absolutely appreciate everything everyone is doing and are so grateful and thankful.

    Please keep a hold of Snugs (whole blankets and squares) and any Christmas blankets until September.

    • Our summer break this year will be between August 1st and September 12th, please no posting during that time, we will need to catch up.

     

    From September 12th our posting resumes as normal.

     

    We hope this makes sense, please do message us if you are in any doubt! Please do message us if you have any questions, and as always the most enormous love and thanks to everyone xxxx

  • The Blanket for FiveGoMadinDorset and her family

    The Blanket for FiveGoMadinDorset and her family

    We received our beautiful Woolly Hug today and thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. I have knitted for a few blankets and it is surreal getting one and a position I wish we weren’t in. You skills are incredible and every square means something personal to us that we can cherish DH and talk and remember him by. You are all truly wonderful ❤️

    Our original thread is here, thank you so much again everyone xxx