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Friday 6 November 2015

Friday post ......................

As promised my weekly Friday Post - I thought I would start with my October montage as it gives a flavour of my busy month. 


We had a lovely week away in Rhodes with Kate and her little family. It was so nice to spend time with the children and of course the added bonus of lovely sunshine. Nothing beats the warmth of the sun on your skin, the chance to relax, nice food and of course great company, we had such a good week.

On my return home it was straight back into running crochet workshops and organising the refugee blanket project. You will remember that back in September I had asked local women to support me with making blankets to help the plight of Syrian refugees. The response has been incredible so many women have been busy making knitted or crochet squares which have all been sewn together to produce some amazing blankets. I really appreciate my friends and the members of my crochet club who have helped me assemble the blankets, they are mini works of community art. I had anticipated being able to donate half a dozen blankets if I was lucky but the number of blankets that have been lovingly made has been extraordinary. I have had parcels of squares mailed to me, hand delivered, squares popped through my letterbox, a WI group dropped off a carrier bag full, a local yarn shop also collected a large number, it has been so heart warming.


Last week I was delighted to take 38 completed blankets and a large number of cosy hats and scarf’s to my local Town Hall where donations could be dropped off. Stockport Council had joined forces with a Syrian Relief Charity and was coordinating local initiatives to help provide support for the 12 million Syrian people in such desperate need. It was a lovely feeling handing over the blankets which to me were such a powerful symbol of warmth and community spirit. Watching the dreadful scenes in the media had made me feel so powerless but in this small way a group of women have had the opportunity to do something practical, showing how much we care. Hopefully it won't be long before the blankets are shipped to the areas of greatest need. 

It feels good to be back in blogland and it was so nice to receive comments from you, it was lovely to feel that I hadn’t been forgotten. I have been thinking about doing something special and thought I would organise a little giveaway to help me relaunch my blog and invite you to visit my Face book page and Instagram.

I'm going to give away the Stylecraft Yarn limited Edition Pack; it contains 10 x 50 gram balls of the new DK colours. Since starting my mini crochet business I have become a Stylecraft supplier as I find the quality of the Special DK great for my workshops. This isn't a sponsored post I am just sharing my own personal view as I find it a really good budget yarn. The Special Edition pack has some lovely new colours.


To enter please leave a comment on my blog, Face book page or Instagram then you will be entered into the draw, 1 entry per comment and an extra entry if you decide to follow any of my accounts. I will make the draw next Friday – fingers crossed xxx

See you all next week



Talk soon

17 comments:

  1. I'd love to be entered I love your classes and your yarn! Liz x

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  2. Beautiful colours / love the duck egg and mustard k xxx

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  3. So loved our one to one workshop and it has started me off on my crochet journey .Love the yarn and their beautiful colours xxx

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  4. I love you blog. And I feel great reading your posts. I love your yarns! They are beautiful.

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  5. Christina Edmondson6 November 2015 at 11:54

    Oooh beautiful colours, I especially love the lime green and the teal - gorgeous!

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  6. Just found your blog via facebook so I am really looking forward to taking a mooch around. I agree with you Stylecraft Special DK is brilliant. Lovely and soft, washes fabulous and a great price. Thank you for the chance to win some fabulous yarn - a girl can never have too much yarn!! :)

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  7. I love your work and little happy messages, we have blankie love in Common! X

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  8. Love your blog- I've been doing the spice of life CAL, I'm new to crocheting so I've renamed it the CALOMOCICKU....Crochet A Long On My Own Cos I Can't Keep Up!!! ❤️

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  9. Lovely post! Karen rel x

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  10. Hi Sue, what a heart-warming post. It's good to know that the blankets are going to cause. I'd love to be entered into the draw, I've been following you on bloglovin for some time now and I've recently started following you on instagram.
    Best wishes Janet

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  11. I said so on the Stockport Crafters Facebook group but I must say so again - it is so so wonderful to see how well you did with the blankets and bringing people together for such a wonderful cause. You're an inspiration, well done!
    And thank you for hosting the give away - I've got my fingers crossed that I will do well :p jenny xxx

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  12. Lovely Blog , fingers crossed for the lovely yarn pack :D xxXxx

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  13. hi sue, I have just learnt to crochet and am making my 1st blanket in treble. I hear lots of good things about your classes and how your yarn is really good quality and reasonably priced. your colour coordinations always look good enough to eat!I think i will be buying your yarn for my next project but it would be truly lovely to win some :)

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  14. Marianne Ryckewaert7 November 2015 at 15:49

    I love coming to your pages. You always have beautiful projects to try. And the colors!. If I still lived in Belgium, I would be ordering yarn constantly lol.I really like the look and colors of the stylecraft yarns, but here in Canada they don't have style craft, so I haven't had the chance yet to crochet any of the beautiful blankets I've seen. Don't know which other yarns could be used instead of the style craft. Thank you for sharing your blog. :)

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  15. What a wonderful collection of blankets to be donated. There are so many good people aren't there. xx

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  16. Wow that amount of blankets is just wow! What a great idea! I do also love to enger for your give away, I'm following you on Instagram (@luovatytto) You have a Lovely blog, I found it at the link up party of Annemarie.

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  17. Well Hello the lovely Sue. Glad you are well and crocheting away. I have been using stylecraft for my latest blanket but I always have an idea for something else so I would love to be in on the giveaway.Pop by soon. Jo x

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