Shared blanket of the month information

GOG proudly creates a team “Block of the Month” in which members of the GOG community will create crocheted or knitted squares of size: 15cm x 15cm. These squares are artfully joined together by our lovely Mary-Ann, forming a blanket that can be donated to patients in Canberra Hospital. Each Month has a theme or colour scheme which the squares can fit into

Instructions: 

Pick any or all of the theme colours in any shade you want and then add other colours of your choice if you wish. 

Remember blocks should be; 

  • 15cm square
  • 8ply acrylic yarn
  • knitted or crocheted
  • ends worked in

Traditional granny squares have 7 crochet clusters.

February – All Autumn colours

Celebrate the changing colour of the autumn leaves with Autumn’s arrival on 1 March.

March – GOG colours

Celebrating every year GOG brings warmth and comfort for those in need. Play with all shades of our core colours of mauve, white and green/ teal.

April – Blue purple & rosy punk

To honour International Nurses’ Day in May and show our respect and gratitude for all they do.
May: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
 
To honour the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on 21 May. Use any or all of the diversity colours shown. Add a few sparkles of you like.

June: Colours of Australia

Celebrating the beautiful colours of outback Australian landscape and the Indigneous colours of black red and yellow.

July: Winter colours

Celebrate the snow and grey with reds and oranges of a warming fire, or shade of the darker greys for the shorter days.

August: Black and yellow

To celebrate Are you OK Day on the second Thursday in September and positive mental health generally.

September: Pinks

Breast cancer awareness month in October.

October/November: Christmas Colours

To brighten the hospital wards and walk in centres and bring the spirit of Christmas into the clinical settings for patients

December/January: Members’ choice

Just choose the colours you feel like working with. We will bring a wide variety of colours from our “GOG stash” in Ainslie.