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This week's prize is a riot of colour! The prize includes a vibrant floral print project bag which has been made and donated by my Instagram friend Steph, three skeins of Colinette Jitterbug yarn which have been donated by my good friend Snoopydog, a set of DK rainbow miniskeins which have been donated by Shannon at Blue Fern Yarns, a Stripey Cat Yarns sock set which has been donated by another Instagram friend Cynthia, a set of 2.5mm double pointed needles, a zipped notions pouch and some stitch markers. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated a prize.

I'm sure that you know the score by now, but I'll tell you how to enter anyway! You have a chance to win all these gorgeous prizes for a minimum donation of £2! Are you tempted to try your luck? Here's everything you need to know. This giveaway will run this coming Sunday 29th August, closing at 23:55. To enter, go to my JustGiving page here and buy your virtual raffle tickets by donating £2 or more. £2 gets you 2 tickets, £3 gets you 3 tickets, £5 gets you 5 tickets and so on. The more you donate, the greater your chance of winning. You will need to leave your Instagram or Ravelry name, or tick the box to share your email address with me when you make your donation, so that I can contact you if you are the winner. This is really important as I have no way of knowing who you are otherwise. Each week, I still get donations where no name or email is left, so if that person's number comes up in the random number generator, I have no idea who it is! All your donations go the Myositis UK to help fund research into this incurable muscle disease, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support. Every single donation is important. With all your donations and the proceeds of my latest knitting pattern sales, the total raised is now nearly £19,600! Thank you and stay safe! xxx

 

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I've got another gorgeously colourful prize for you again this week. The past few days, it's felt distinctly autumnal here in Norfolk, and my mind has started thinking about cosy blankets. Stylecraft Special DK yarn is perfect for blanket making as it's soft, hard wearing and machine washable. So I was delighted when my friend and fellow Stylecraft Blogstar Jane Crowfoot sent me some yarn that she didn't need. The prize includes 10 balls of Stylecraft Special DK which have been donated by Janie Crow, a wonderful basket donated by BasketBasket, a Knit Pro Waves crochet hook, a copy of the book Mindful Crochet, and a tote bag, crochet pattern booklet and key ring which have been donated by Stylecraft. Thank you so much for your donations.

I'm sure that you know the score by now, but I'll tell you how to enter anyway! You have a chance to win all these gorgeous prizes for a minimum donation of £2! Are you tempted to try your luck? Here's everything you need to know. This giveaway will run this coming Sunday 22nd August, closing at 23:55. To enter, go to my JustGiving page here and buy your virtual raffle tickets by donating £2 or more. £2 gets you 2 tickets, £3 gets you 3 tickets, £5 gets you 5 tickets and so on. The more you donate, the greater your chance of winning. You will need to leave your Instagram or Ravelry name, or tick the box to share your email address with me when you make your donation, so that I can contact you if you are the winner. This is really important as I have no way of knowing who you are otherwise. Each week, I still get donations where no name or email is left, so if that person's number comes up in the random number generator, I have no idea who it is! All your donations go the Myositis UK to help fund research into this incurable muscle disease, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support. Every single donation is important. With all your donations and the proceeds of my latest knitting pattern sales, the total raised is now nearly £19,500! Thank you and stay safe! xxx

Puppy Love

My friend's dog had puppies almost two weeks ago and I've been puppy sitting to help her out during the day. Phoebe is a very good mum to her pups - 4 girls and 3 boys - and they are all doing well. The runt of the litter is Little Bluey, so he's been getting extra milk from a syringe. I'm definitely a cat person but I am in love with these gorgeous puppies. I'm looking forward to seeing their personalities develop over the coming weeks.  I won't be taking one home with me though as I think Flo would have something to say about that! But I will be sure to share some more photos with you. xxx

 

Granny Square Day 2021

It's Granny Square Day today. It's celebrated particularly on Instagram where you can use the hashtag #grannysquareday2021 to bring up all the tagged images and create your very own virtual Granny square blanket. Simply Crochet magazine have produced a wonderful supplement in their latest edition which contains lots of gorgeous patterns. They also have lots of free patterns available online here.

For my Granny square, I decided to crochet a simple square using leftovers of Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo & Cotton yarn. It's so nice to work with, it's deliciously soft!  The colours I used are, from the centre outwards, Seafoam, Blush, Celery, Surf and Coral. If they look familiar, it's because I used them on my Southwold Summer Wrap.

This is a photo of possibly my favourite ever Granny Square Day - happily hooking away on a Greek beach back in August 2016, with my lovely Mr JK. Treasured memories forever in my heart. xxx

 

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This week's prize is a really colourful affair! The prize includes a copy of Sue Stratford's 'Knitted Aviary' which has been donated by Search Press. There is a cheery bird print bag stitched by my friend Michele who owns Three Bags Full in Maine, USA. The bag has a gorgeous owl bead on the zip pull. To go with these, there is a set of five 50g Blue Faced Leicester skeins from Ripples Crafts which has been donated anonymously. I think that they would make a beautiful shawl. There is a colourful Zauberball and two balls of Mini Mochi 4ply yarn along with a fun pin badge from Lana Bou. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated a prize. 

I'm sure that you know the score by now, but I'll tell you how to enter anyway! You have a chance to win all these gorgeous prizes for a minimum donation of £2! Are you tempted to try your luck? Here's everything you need to know. This giveaway will run this coming Sunday 15th August, closing at 23:55. To enter, go to my JustGiving page here and buy your virtual raffle tickets by donating £2 or more. £2 gets you 2 tickets, £3 gets you 3 tickets, £5 gets you 5 tickets and so on. The more you donate, the greater your chance of winning. You will need to leave your Instagram or Ravelry name, or tick the box to share your email address with me when you make your donation, so that I can contact you if you are the winner. This is really important as I have no way of knowing who you are otherwise. Each week, I still get donations where no name or email is left, so if that person's number comes up in the random number generator, I have no idea who it is! All your donations go the Myositis UK to help fund research into this incurable muscle disease, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support. Every single donation is important. With all your donations and the proceeds of my latest knitting pattern sales, the total raised is now just over £19,000! Wowzers! That £20,000 target is within touching distance!  Thank you and stay safe! xxx

 

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Hello again! This week's prize has a rather floral feel to it. There is a pretty yarn sack which has been made and donated by SarahJoMakes and a sweet little dpn case with a delicate floral print. There is a skein of Beehive Yarns 'Audrey' 4ply yarn which is 75/25 SW merino/nylon in the colourway 'Cuckoo Flower'. It came to me as an anonymous donation in a yarn cake but I reskeined it to show off the yarn better. That's why it looks a little crinkly! There is a skein of Gigglebug Yarns 4ply yarn which is 85% SW merino and 15% Donegal nepps, in the colourway 'Rosie's Hydrangeas' which has been donated by Ruth Loves to Knit. Julie from Suffolk Socks has donated the yarn cake - it's another 4ply yarn, but there's no label so I can't give you any more details. Sharon who is Scr1tno on Instagram has donated a shortie sock set of 5 10g miniskeins which are 75/25 SW merino/nylon. Last of all, there is a set of 5 colourful stitchmarkers. Thank you so much to everyone who has made a donation.

I'm sure that you know the score by now, but I'll tell you how to enter anyway! You have a chance to win all these gorgeous prizes for a minimum donation of £2! Are you tempted to try your luck? Here's everything you need to know. This giveaway will run this coming Sunday 8th August, closing at 23:55. To enter, go to my JustGiving page here and buy your virtual raffle tickets by donating £2 or more. £2 gets you 2 tickets, £3 gets you 3 tickets, £5 gets you 5 tickets and so on. The more you donate, the greater your chance of winning. You will need to leave your Instagram or Ravelry name, or tick the box to share your email address with me when you make your donation, so that I can contact you if you are the winner. This is really important as I have no way of knowing who you are otherwise. Each week, I still get donations where no name or email is left, so if that person's number comes up in the random number generator, I have no idea who it is! All your donations go the Myositis UK to help fund research into this incurable muscle disease, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support. Every single donation is important. With all your donations and the proceeds of my latest knitting pattern sales, the total raised is nearly £18,850! How close to £19,000 will we get on Sunday I wonder? Thank you and stay safe! xxx

Happy Little Things

*** Celebrating Flo's 10th 'gotcha' day ***

*** Welcoming my Good Striations blanket back home from Black Sheep Wools ***

*** Seeing my Fibre 4 Fibres fundraising featured in Let's Knit magazine ***

*** Loving Tom Daley knitting at the Olympics ***

(It's a dog coat!)

*** Puppy sitting for my friend ***

(Shhh, don't tell Flo!)

*** Spotting the first Japanese anemone in bloom ***

They will bring colour to my garden throughout the autumn.

*** Finishing my Southwold Summer Wrap ***

I enjoyed knitting it in the Stylecraft makealong group and raised over £500 for my fundraising through sales of the pattern. You can buy it here from Ravelry if you're interested.

I hope you've had some 'happy little things' in your week too. xxx