Summer Donations

Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Thought I would start a new thread for the donations we receive in the run up to the Summer Challenge targets :0) I did most of this the other night and then the server went down for maintenance after I had spent nearly two hours working on it! I lost the whole lot! (Air was definitely purple!). This time I will post in sections I think - just to be on the safe side!

Don't know what I have posted and what I haven't in the last couple of weeks so guess I will try to put it all on!

Monday Kelty meeting:-

Lynn brought I crochet blanket, 1 Prem hat and 1 prem cardi - thanks Lynn! For your first attempt at crocheting a blanket this is fantastic! Well done!

Gladys came in with two of her lovely crocheted squares blankets and one sailors hat :0)

Then at Kirkcaldy we got:-
From Lesley a lovely teddy blanket - tiny pink and cute - well done!

Caroline came in with:-

1 crochet lap rug, 2 scarves, 9 sailors hats, 5 baby hats and 1 childs jumper - always busy Caroline!

She also brought along 4 lovely crochet lap rugs from her wonderful Auntie Elizabeth - such a star and always makes loads of blankets for us! :0)

Jennifer had a great stripey prem blanket (she has started a similar one in a cot size now! Thanks Jennifer!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Right on Friday I received two parcels- one from Ange - containing a Jumper for Feed The chikdren - love the colours Ange - it looks nice and cosy!

And then this amazing parcel from our wonderful Granny Do - this girls is our very first proper stitched burial gown - Do has cut down a christening gown pattern to make this one and it is overlaid in lace - soooo beautiful - I have been using it to show ladies what we would do with their wedding dresses and everyone is ever so impressed with it :0)

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

This week on Monday we had a very quiet Kelty meeting so no donations from there (although I had finished the sparkly 3 ply baby blanket I was making!).

That night at Kirkcaldy the girls were back with a vengeance!

Nancy had been busy with her loom and had brought along 7 fantastci thick cosy lap blankets - Blythswood will love these nancy - clever girl :0)

Jo popped in to get me to help her sew up her very first baby hat and dropped off one of the Paul O Grady ones she had finished!

Lesley had made a lovely wee jumper!

Caroline had been busy making hats this week and brought along 5 of the paul O Grady pattern ones!

Wendy had been busy too and brought along 2 baby balnkets, 1 gorgeous wee hooded cape with fluffy edgings and 1 hat for Save the Children! :0)

On Tuesday I collected some more parcels...

From Ann - some wee cardis and 4 hats - all the way from the Isle of Man again!

From Sian ( stitchnpix) we have 1 blanket, 1 FtC Jumper, 1 adult hat and 1 pair of bootees. :0)

Fynn has also sent along her first parcel for the Summer challenge - this one has 4 baby hats 2 kids scarves, 1 blanket and 4 kids hats :0) Well done liverbird!

Nearly there now! Wow - what a marathon update! :0)

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

On Saturday I collected some more parcels and this time we had;_

From Lynne (Allynis) we had two parcels containign a total of 36 baby hats and 1 jumper along with two cute little soft toys!

Lynnes mum lives in South Africa and is part of a crafts group - the ladies have taken up Lynnes challenge to make wee hats and what a result!

We also heard fro new member Nita from the beautiful Isle of Lewis - Nita is recovering from a serious shoulder injury and trying to knit as therapy - she had bought us some baby items from her local charity shop and knitted a lovely wee cardigan - it is smashing Nita - thank you - the wee bear is great too! :0)

So that should bring us up to date - right off to start a countdown page for this challenge! :00

Busy, busy, busy! Wink

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Here we are again girls - can't believe it was Monday again yesterday!

We had a very interesting and busy day!

At our Kelty meeting in the afternoon Stella was back from her holidays and brought us in 2 lovely blankets - one she made herself with the salmon pink chunky we had donated a couple of weeks back and the other a full size single bed crocheted blanket from her mum - thanks mum! :0)

Gladys - amazing as always - brought us another of her beautiful crocheted squares special blankets and a white crocheted circular shawl in 4ply - these are just the sort of things that Ediburgh are looking for Gladys - they will be pleased! She also brought the tiniest little burial gown and a hat the size of a golf ball she made from a USA crocheted pattern - wow!

At night at our new venue in Kirkcaldy Caroline brought along 1 lap rug, 1 lovely cardi and hat set and 4 other hats for save the children. She also brought 4 amazing lap rugs from auntie Elizabeth - we are delighted - these two make so much for us we can't believe how busy we keep them! :0)

Jennifer was there (no show without punch) she had finished two lovely blankets, one very sweet baby hat and 2 jumpers for Feed the Children - thanks Jennifer - I think you are having fun with us too - and thanks to Aaron for persuading you to take some more coned yarn away for your blankets - must keep this stock moving out girls - I want rid of Pooh Bear before the summer - my new wallpaper is screaming at me to be put up! :0)

And last but not least the lovely Louise has already proved she is going to be a wonderful asset - she came in with a bag of 10 bbay cardigans, w hats and a pair of bootees which wee donated by a neighbour and also 10 hats for Save the Children from herself - brilliant start little Lou! :0)

So a very productive day all round! :0)

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Liverbird · Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 131 Location: Liverpoooooool!

Wow! I can imagine your house is full to the brim with knitwear Very Happy

Speaking of coned wool, it used to be my 'job' to wind it off into balls, I love doing it!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

That is another one of Miss jenna's jobs here Fynn - I invested in a wool winder and she loves to make balls of wool with it! :0)

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

First parcel from our newest Forum member Emma arrived today by Citylink Van! :0)

Yes - a large box containing now less than:-

2 large blankets, 6 jumpers, 1 wrap, 4 scarves, 1 childs hat, 1 prem bodywarmer and matching hat and 1 cute glove puppet! Wow! You have been sooooo busy! Emma tells me she has already started on filling another box - we will be delighted to have that too when it is ready - you are a star! :0)

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Molly Lawton · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 304 Location: Hampshire

Hi Lou

All I can say is wow. What wonderful things on show and the angel dress made by Do is so beautiful. I only hope I can live up to this very high standard. I have a little collection of stuff now and will keep going and then send it on to you.

Well done everyone. You are all stars.

Molly

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

We have had some more parcels in girls so here we go:-

Fynn sent along a pracel containing some knitted squares and a pretty scarf along with some balls of wool for the kitty! thank you Fynn! :0)

Then from June we received a wonderful donation of 10 hats for the Save the Children challenge - these are ever so pretty June - thank you so much! :0)

Valerie has sent a wonderful parcel containing no less than 14 wee hats, 2 baby body warmers and 4 beautiful blankets - the colours are lovely Valerie - what a star! :0)

Finally our wonderful Granny Do from the Isle of Man has sent us another parcel - this in spite of getting ready for her daughters wedding next month! :0) You are a real treasure Do - so glad you are making inroads into the Forum now - please try to post an introduction for us all - the girls are looking forward to chatting to you! :0)

Do's parcel contained 3 knitted angel pocekts and 1 stitched one, 2 knitted burial gowns - one with matching bootees and bonnet, a prem cardigan with bonnet and bootees to match, a lovely velvety hooded jacket and two cute little ducky toys! Fabulous Do - everything is amazing as always - you really do know how to make my day! :0)

We are doing soooo well!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Another couple of lsitings for today girls. I got a bag with five lovely baby cardigans in it from Betty and the girls - always a pleasure to get things from you wonderful ladies! I really love the velvety lilac one with the flower print on the front!

I was also in Leven this morning picking up some things from Wendy for my daughter (thanks again Wendy - Kelly was over the moon when we got back). Wendy also presented me with a couple of bags of wool to help out with the blankets for the challenge and also had knitted a lovely baby blanket, 2 wee hats and another prem cardigan! Well done Wendy - don't know where you find the time!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Final addition for this week before I go and update the countdown page - this time from myself - just to prove I do keep working away in the background here and don't spend all my time on admin and posting parcels! :0)

I have managed to make 2 blankets, 2 scarves and 2 prem cardigans this week!

Right - off to add up these totals!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Here we got then - the donations from Monday 14th April - what a busy day!

First the post office and I had 5 parcels to pick up, unwrap, list and photograph!

First from Germany - Ilona has sent in 3 scarves she tie dyed herself, 4 baby hats, 1 prem cardi and 2 pairs prem bootees. Lovely Ilona - you have been a busy girl!

From Shelley there were two pieces of material to make burial gowns with and 6 baby hats - thanks Shelley! :0)

From Sian (stitchnpix) we had a nice big package containing 2 blankets, 1 sailor hat, 3 squares, 2 baby hats AND no less than 12 beautifully made little angel pockets - Suzanne saw them yesterday Sian and she says they are perfect so you go right ahaead and make more! I will be sedning you more trimings down asap :0) She also included a couple of baby patterns and some wool to add to the pot! Thanks Sian!

From Joan we got 4 burial gowns (knitted beautifully) 4 baby hats, 1 prem blanket, 2 prem cardis and 2 lovely yellow school jumpers for our challenge!

and from Susan we got 6 fabulours teddies and the pattern sheet (teddies for tragedy) which she used for making them. These are lovely bears!

Right = just in case I lose all this I will post these first and then move onto the meetings!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Right - Monday 14th April at Kelty meeting!

Stella had been ever so busy and brought in a full size blanket she had knitted - wow - what a lot of work Stella! We also sent Stella home with several lots of squares to stitch up for us! Sorry Stella - got to keep you busy you know! :0)

Wendy had come along to the Kelty meeting for the first time (she did still come to Kirkcaldy too at night though - no show without punch!). She finished a prem cardi at the meeting and left it for us!

And the lovely Suzanne had managed to finish the beautiful shawl she has been working on and brought that along and while at the meeting she finished a sailor hat - well done Suzanne! Great to see you at the two meetings yesterday as well! :0)

Gladys as always has been beavering away on our behalf she was with us almost from day one and has been a fantastic help to me all the way through :0) She came in with two more of her beautiful crocheted squares blankets and an amazing crocheted shawl and 3 little vent bonnets - wonderful Gladys - we love you to bits :0)

At the end of the meeting Rose dropped in from her elderobics class (you are just kidding about the elder bit Rosie posie - you are never an OAP! ) Wink

Rose had been very busy as well and brought in two jumpers and 2 cardis for Feed the children and 2 baby cardigans as well - thaks Rose!

Right that concludes the Kelty meeting from yesterday! Now on to the Kirkcaldy one!

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Lou · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1032 Location: Fife

Here we are then finally - the donations from the Kirkcaldy meeting last night - the new venue at the Staff Club, Victoria Hospital is lovley and warm and the parking is plentiful.

Last night Nancy brought along her hand made loom and demonstrated to us how to make the thick blanket panels she makes on it - the members were fascinated to see how it was done and very impressed with the finished result (I made Nancy take home another bag of 'blanket' yarn to make us some more of her lovely cozy blankets! She also brought along a royal blue school jumper for Feed the Children - well done Nancy!

Lesley - back safely from her trip to Edinburgh Castle with deomon dinosaur hunter Aaron! Brought in a lovely prem cardigan and a tiny wee 3ply vent bonnet - you are a clever girl Lesley - I think young Aaron enjoys these meetings almost as much as you do!

Louise was back and had made another 4 baby hats in lovely bright colours - love the black stripey one Louise! :0)

Finally Jennifer had been ever so busy again and had finished two blankets - one crocheted and one knitted in lovley stripes. She also made a baby hat as well - wonderful work Jennifer!

So there you have it lots of donations for Monday and great anticipation of what is to come as we have so many new members this week! How exciting! Razz

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