LAST POSTING FOR 2024, BLANKETS AND SQUARES IS OCTOBER 7th.
About the project
We are aiming to make blankets for children (0-16years) who are being looked after within the foster care system. We would like to make these children something permanent, that they can take with them wherever they are. These children tend to have very little to call their own. We’d like them to have their own Hug.
Previously blankets have gone to Middlesbrough, East London, Portsmouth, Waterloo and the south coast.
Crafting Info
- Yarn is Stylecraft Special DK – just this please, inc for any embellishments.
- Squares to be 12 inch ideally, or 6 inch if that is too much.
- Knit and crochet equally welcome. Beginner or more experienced crafters also equally welcomed.
- Please use a 4mm hook or needles.
- No blocking please, and please ensure you are knotting off very thoroughly when colour changing or finishing, leave a 6cm end and use a needle to sew it in.
- We are asking folk to avoid using a magic ring (crochet) to start as find that these don’t seem to always stand up to the pressures of wash and wear.
- Please read the list of colours in our palette carefully, the list is below.
- Squares to be single colour, multi colour, textured, whatever you like, they will be wonderful, thank you.
- If you’d like to make a whole blanket, please use these colours too, makes thing easier at the giving stage! Whole blankets to be 48 by 60 inches, we would like them all to be single bed size no matter what age the child.
The colours are a twist on a rainbow theme…
Aspen
Aster
Bluebell
Cloud Blue
Cypress
Duck egg
French Navy
Lapis
Lavender
Lincoln
Lipstick
Lobelia
Magenta
Meadow
Pistachio
Plum
Pomegranate
Proper Purple
Saffron
Sage
Sherbert
Spice
Storm Blue
Tomato
Violet
Photos show previous collections!
This took place during the weekend at MiaFest using all the gorgeous flowers which have been arriving wit
