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Having listened to what the agencies are looking for and to make this manageable our end, we have reviewed what we do and are  introducing several important changes to our Refugee project. Please read carefully both crafting info and posting info. Thank you so much for your continued support.

2020. Very much an ongoing project, collection dates to aim for are at the bottom of the Home page. Thank you x

The current 2020 posting window closes on April 11th (Easter weekend) It reopens on November 1st. Please do not send items for this project during the off time as we have nowhere to send to or to store. Thank you for your support.

• If in the mean time you are desperate to post we recommend sending to Knit for Peace.

Crafting info

PLEASE ALL CRAFTING FOR REFUGEES TO BE  IN DARKER UNISEX COLOURS. This includes squares. For children’s clothing these may be bright colours but no pastels please. 

• We need 12 inch, or six inch squares. Knit or crochet both equally welcome.Yarn to be used for squares – any good quality acrylic DK, for example, Stylecraft special DK.  Squares equally welcome if made by beginner or expert. Truly. Please use darker unisex colours ONLY.  PLEASE SEW IN ALL ENDS
• We’d love to receive whole blankets, but absolutely understand time constraints. Ideal size is approx 48 by 60 inches.
• The smallest size we need for clothing is baby 12 months plus, agencies get overwhelmed with tiny baby things.
• We’d also love to receive hats and gloves/mittens  from baby sized aged 12 months +  through to adult, the same for jumpers, cardigans, scarves/shawls. But appreciate that is a very big ask. For these items, any yarn is fine, from 100% wool to acrylic.
• If you’d like to donate yarn or funds, let us know – we’d absolutely LOVE to hear from you, we need
  you too. This will be a real team effort
• If anyone would like to join in crafting but can’t afford to, please PM us, we can help

PLEASE SEW IN ALL ENDS!!

Easy Hat/Mitten patterns as recommended by our crafters, all free to use!

Crochet – Little Maiden Bonnet

Crochet – V-St beanie for all

Crochet – sedge stitch beanie hat – adjustable size from newborn to adult

Crochet – Ten easy hat patterns

Crochet – Very easy crochet hat pattern

Crochet – Puff stitch hat – Crafter recommends adding a few more rows to make it deep enough to keep your ears warm, also use Aran weight

Crochet – The Hadley Slouch   – use Aran weight

Knit – mittens

Knit – basic beanie hat for all sizes

Knit – Classic beanie hat (WW2 watch cap)  for all sizes

One square, one blanket, a pair of gloves, one warm hat, one step at a time, really every little thing will help.

Together we can make a difference.

How we started this project

As for so many others, we have been moved to tears by the heartbreaking plight of refugees, both in Europe and further afield, and the inhumanity which seems to surround them too often. We have donated, signed petitions on change.org and written to our MPs, and understand the feeling of shouting in the wind, we desperately want to do more.

There is something practical we can do together, and it really will help, but we are going to need your support.

We can get woolly warmth to families in refugee camps in Kurdistan and into Syria itself, to beleaguered families in Qara thanks to the amazing charity Knit for Peace. There are over a million refugees trapped there, most have fled civil wars and ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Conditions are very bleak and it will be even more desperate and absolutely freezing during long winter months. We are also developing links to get resources to children and families elsewhere, and on their arrival in the UK. We just want to help keep folk warm. We know we can’t help everyone, but we can some.

NB. Sadly we cannot accept items other than home made woolly ones at the moment, if this changes we will come back. Do join us on our Facebook page Woolly Hugs and Twitter @Woolly_Hugs – both good ways to keep in touch.

Thank you doesn’t come close, bless you.x

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239) Stunning moon gazing hare necklace, moon and hare are sterling silver on a copper ring. The chain is sterling silver. So very beautiful.

Item 239) Stunning moon gazing hare necklace.

Starting Bid: £4.00

Going for £22.57 Winning: Vera H

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239) Stunning moon gazing hare necklace, moon and hare are sterling silver on a copper ring. The chain is sterling silver. So very beautiful.

Terms: spring-craft-sale-2018

1. Vera H bid £22.57 on 18 March 2018 3:28 PM
2. Catherine C bid £22.07 on 17 March 2018 11:30 AM
3. Clare bid £20.50 on 16 March 2018 7:59 AM
4. Catherine C bid £20.00 on 15 March 2018 10:35 AM [auto]
5. Clare bid £20.00 on 15 March 2018 10:35 AM
6. Catherine C bid £18.00 on 15 March 2018 9:34 AM [auto]
7. Sue W bid £17.50 on 15 March 2018 9:34 AM
8. Catherine C bid £15.50 on 15 March 2018 9:33 AM [auto]
9. Sue W bid £15.00 on 15 March 2018 9:33 AM
10. Catherine C bid £11.00 on 14 March 2018 1:05 PM [auto]
11. Celine bid £10.50 on 14 March 2018 1:05 PM
12. Catherine C bid £8.75 on 14 March 2018 1:04 PM [auto]
13. Celine bid £8.50 on 14 March 2018 1:04 PM
14. Catherine C bid £8.25 on 14 March 2018 12:48 PM
15. Helen McPherson bid £5.25 on 14 March 2018 12:23 PM [auto]
16. Shona bid £5.00 on 14 March 2018 12:23 PM
17. Helen McPherson bid £4.00 on 14 March 2018 12:10 PM

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233) Stunningly beautiful. This baby jumper is knitted in Cherish baby DK King Cole acrylic. Machine washable at 40. Easy care. Size wise, measures 50cm around chest.

NEWBORN size  

Item 233) Newborn baby jumper knitted in Cherish baby DK King Cole acrylic.

Starting Bid: £4.00

Going for £7.25 Winning: Bertha

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233) Stunningly beautiful. This baby jumper is knitted in Cherish baby DK King Cole acrylic. Machine washable at 40. Easy care. Size wise, measures 50cm around chest.

NEWBORN size

Terms: spring-craft-sale-2018

1. Bertha bid £7.25 on 18 March 2018 8:52 PM [auto]
2. Hazel bid £7.00 on 18 March 2018 8:52 PM
3. Bertha bid £6.25 on 18 March 2018 8:33 PM [auto]
4. Amie bid £6.00 on 18 March 2018 8:33 PM
5. Bertha bid £5.25 on 18 March 2018 7:16 PM
6. Hazel bid £4.20 on 17 March 2018 7:12 PM
7. Megan bid £4.10 on 15 March 2018 9:45 AM
8. Sheila Forsythe bid £4.00 on 14 March 2018 12:16 PM

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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

This weighted dolly is a fabulous way to keep crafting supplies to hand. She has pockets galore for bits and pieces, hooks etc and her hair is a pin cushion! Super clever! Beautifully crocheted she stands approx 28cm tall.

231) Crafty Helper!

Starting Bid: £4.00

Going for £26.00 Winning: Michelle fuller

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231) Crafty Helper!  This weighted dolly is a fabulous way to keep crafting supplies to hand. She has pockets galore for bits and pieces, hooks etc and her hair is a pin cushion! Super clever! Beautifully crocheted she stands approx 28cm tall.

Terms: spring-craft-sale-2018

1. Michelle fuller bid £26.00 on 18 March 2018 8:46 PM
2. Helen Blachford bid £25.00 on 18 March 2018 8:36 PM
3. Michelle fuller bid £22.50 on 18 March 2018 8:35 PM [auto]
4. Helen Blachford bid £22.00 on 18 March 2018 8:35 PM
5. Michelle fuller bid £20.00 on 18 March 2018 8:32 PM [auto]
6. Helen Blachford bid £19.50 on 18 March 2018 8:32 PM
7. Michelle fuller bid £18.50 on 18 March 2018 8:29 PM
8. Helen Blachford bid £18.00 on 18 March 2018 8:27 PM
9. Michelle Fuller bid £17.00 on 18 March 2018 8:26 PM [auto]
10. Helen Blachford bid £16.50 on 18 March 2018 8:26 PM
11. Michelle Fuller bid £15.50 on 18 March 2018 8:14 PM
12. Helen Blachford bid £15.00 on 18 March 2018 6:06 PM [auto]
13. Ruth M bid £15.00 on 18 March 2018 6:06 PM
14. Helen Blachford bid £9.25 on 18 March 2018 2:55 PM [auto]
15. Erika bid £9.00 on 18 March 2018 2:55 PM
16. Helen Blachford bid £8.25 on 18 March 2018 2:48 PM [auto]
17. Sara bid £8.00 on 18 March 2018 2:48 PM
18. Helen Blachford bid £7.25 on 18 March 2018 2:42 PM
19. Hilary Walker bid £7.00 on 16 March 2018 7:32 PM [auto]
20. Sara bid £7.00 on 16 March 2018 7:32 PM
21. Hilary Walker bid £6.25 on 16 March 2018 7:09 PM
22. shona Fromholc bid £5.25 on 16 March 2018 1:57 PM [auto]
23. Sara bid £5.00 on 16 March 2018 1:57 PM
24. shona Fromholc bid £4.60 on 14 March 2018 2:22 PM [auto]
25. Bev bid £4.50 on 14 March 2018 2:22 PM
26. shona Fromholc bid £4.00 on 14 March 2018 12:11 PM

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