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
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.
