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Business and pleasure...

2013-04-22T11:57:00.000-07:00

First the business....A quick heads up that my online yarn shop is selling Stylecraft Special DK in a flash sale at almost 50% off...just £1.20 per ball... whilst stocks last. Pop over to www.stocktoncrafts.co.uk to grab a bargain. Now the pleasure.... A couple of days ago I received this lovely email from Janice who won the BBB2013. It is to everyone who contributed to the

And the winner is.........

2013-04-01T05:14:00.000-07:00

The Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 is finished and it is time for the draw to find our winner. First some photos of the completed blanket.... Not as large as last year.. it is as long as a double bed and as wide as the top of a single bed. TA-DAH!! This is almost the whole blanket... standing on the wobbly bed isn't helping! Some close-ups.. My favourite

New date for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 draw

2013-03-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

Phew this post has been a long time coming... I'm sorry for the delay... you must have all thought I had taken your squares and run off with them! I will be drawing the name of the winner of the GORGEOUS Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 on Sunday 31st March - Easter Sunday to some. During this next week I will be tantalising you by posting photos of the blanket finished.....

Sorry

2013-03-01T10:23:00.003-08:00

Sorry all.... no draw or posts today... my Dad had another T.I.A this morning. I will be back over the weekend x

Not 2 more contributors...THREE!

2013-02-28T14:25:00.000-08:00

I can count - really! I just miscounted the contributors squares which I have still to post... I did the same thing last year as far as I remember! In this post are squares that will take your breath away... from Faith, Paula Castro and Elisabeth Andree. First up - Faith of Faith. Having just moved house and taking part in a sock knitting KAL, I thought Faith wouldn't have time to join

5 more contributors squares to go... here are 1, 2 and 3...

2013-02-28T09:58:00.000-08:00

I'm getting there, honestly I am... I am sewing as fast as my little fingers will let me... I am pinning and positioning, placing and pondering... It is all falling into place... The Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 is emerging in front of my eyes... And soon it will be in front of YOUR eyes! I have squares from 5 more lovely bloggers to show you... so I shall show you 3

PHEW... new job, a weekend away and the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013!

2013-02-28T03:39:00.002-08:00

PHEW! Sorry for my absence... it has been all go here for the last 10 days or so. I have a new job as a Teaching Assistant in a local school - in fact in the school where I was a pupil from the age of 5 until 11 - so when I walked in for a look round I hadn't been there for over 40 years! Much is the same, some huge differences... none of my little friends are there :( Also my hubby

2013-02-16T04:40:00.002-08:00

Saturday! It's sunny and bright in Oxford, UK, but probably not as warm as it is in Australia! Alison from Queensland in Australia sent us 2 amazing squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2013... The patterns for both squares come from the book, "200 Crochet Blocks", by Jan Eaton. The first square is made using pattern # 189 (P. 106), called 'Willow'. The yarn Alison

Funny Friday 15th February 2013

2013-02-15T00:08:00.000-08:00

Have a lovely weekend everyone! Jill x

Happy Valentine's Day... and squares from Spain!

2013-02-14T04:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day! Thank goodness I joined in with the Love Hearts Swap over at Shelley's blog - All4meggymoo! Valentine's day never gets an awful lot of attention in our house, but this year the flu bug has struck and hubby is not going anywhere to get anything romantic! So when my parcel from Lizzy of Handmade Homemade Lizzy arrived on Monday, I kept it safe until today.

Owls and flowers from Windsor for the BBB2013

2013-02-11T10:03:00.000-08:00

Julia writes her blog Foam of Days from Windsor in the UK where she sews, knits and has recently re-found crochet, but her squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 make me think that she is quite skilled really! Look at this little chap! A sweet little owl on a crochet granny base! Julia used Textere's own Pure Soft Cotton DK yarn as she details here. It is a soft fluffy

Squares from the winner of The Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2012!

2013-02-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

Last year lucky Barbina of Little Things Made With Love in Germany was the winner of the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2012... This year Barbina has sent us five amazing squares for the BBB2013.. and she doesn't want her name entered in the draw......how lovely of her! Thank you so much Barbina. Barbina's squares are beautifully made, all in Rico Essentials Cotton DK Look at this

A new tradition on Stocki... FUNNY FRIDAY!

2013-02-08T02:40:00.000-08:00

I went onto my Faceboook this morning and lots of people have posted funny quotes, jokes, cartoons...one lovely lady always has cake day on a Friday... you can find her on Facebook as Little Floating Craft Company or on Facebook Etsy shop here. She makes me smile every Friday! This is my first FUNNY FRIDAY POST! This one has been posted a lot, but it makes me laugh every time...... I

Did you know that the Dutch used to teach crochet in schools?

2013-02-07T04:27:00.002-08:00

My family get used to me going on about 'Jilly's world'...my ideal world...of course it mostly only exists in my head, but sometimes my world overlaps with the real world. Today for instance, I was reading a blog which I had never visited before, called De Haaakerij where Estelle blogs about her creations. Estelle mentioned that when she was at school she was taught

'Greetings from K- town'!

2013-02-04T06:20:00.002-08:00

I'm sure everyone will know of Barbara, whose brilliant blog is Made-in-k-town. I have long been a follower of 'k-town' and am always amazed by Barbara's work ... neat and colourful, but never gaudy. In her blog, Barbara has given us patterns and tutorials for (amongst others).... The Bavarian Popcorn Flower

South African squares for the BBB2013!

2013-01-31T02:52:00.000-08:00

Last year we had squares from South Africa from Laura of My House in Africa This year Christelle of Haak-en-Sikie has sent us 2 gorgeous little squares to keep South Africa in the running! Apparently Christelle was on holiday in Austria when she sent her squares.. Do you think she was organised enough to make them in SA and take them on holiday with her... or did she

Linda sent 4 gorgeous squares!

2013-01-29T16:04:00.000-08:00

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! As I wasn't able to post for the last few weeks I have decided to delay the end date for the BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER BLANKET of 2013. Squares now to reach me by Valentine's Day - 14th February 2013... so if you haven't sent your squares, get them in the post soon! Can you work as fast as this lady? You can be guaranteed to smile on a Monday if

Phew! I'm here again...

2013-01-28T10:43:00.001-08:00

I have a lot of catching up to do... Your squares have been happily plopping through my postbox and yesterday there was finally enough sun to take some photos... I am going to post one persons squares every day now until they are all up. Who shall we start with? Cheryl of Creating Chezabee ! These squares arrived just before Christmas... Cheryl actually sent an extra

We're off! Patricia gets her squares in first!

2012-12-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

I was pleased as punch when I noticed the little Airmail sticker on a brown envelope... the first squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 have arrived! Shall we take a sneaky peak inside? Four squares for four entries from Trish and a lovely little card giving me all the details. Here they are.... Pattern no. 35, 'Tricolour Square - P51. Gorgeous

Picmonkey and Stylecraft ....

2012-11-14T14:36:00.000-08:00

I love Picmonkey... it is so easy to use... I did a quick collage in seconds of some Stylecraft Special DK which arrived today.... Stylecraft Special DK collage making a quick collage is a great way of putting colours together to see if they work...or to plan a granny blanket for example... Just load all your pics in and jiggle them about...you could even print out the result

Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013... Let’s get going!

2012-11-13T06:11:00.000-08:00

If you read my blog last year, or read about the Beautiful Blogger Blanket competition 2012, you will know that the prize is.... the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 itself! The Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2012 The Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2012 As last year, our Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 does not mind who you are, it does not mind where you are it does

Shall we have another go?

2012-10-30T11:06:00.001-07:00

Life is on the up here in Stocki Land.... My parents are regaining their independence little by little every day and I am about to reopen my little online yarn shop Stockton Crafts I am also going to start selling some of the things I have been making this summer on Folksy... or Etsy... .....not sure which yet! How best to launch this new beginning then? Do you

Hello...remember me?

2012-09-19T11:47:00.000-07:00

Italy - September 2008 Hello! Remember me? Blimey it's been a while since I last posted....late May I think it was... I had just been inspired by the lovely Sarah at Annaboo's House to plunge into another crochet project... my enthusiasm was fired and I was off... Pride DOES come before falls you know... Sadly it wasn't my fall.. but my parents failing health that hit me and my family

Thank you Annaboo! I'm addicted!

2012-05-22T04:22:00.000-07:00

I lost it again you know... you may have noticed a rather long gap in bloggy posts... I just lost my bloggy / crochet mojo... I spent hours on Pinterest looking for it... but it was nowhere to be found. Then one day I happened upon Sarah's CAL over at Annaboo's House... and that was it... I'M OFF AGAIN! MEET MOJO! Mojo's first smile It was one of those times when you start a

My first baby blanket...

2012-04-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

For some reason I have never made a baby blanket. None for my own children, none for gifts... nada! I don't know why... I must have made most things in my crochet career. So when I saw this one on Pinterest I just couldn't resist... and along came a new nephew for my future Son-In-Law...so off I went.... The pattern comes from a lovely blog called, "One Little Rayndrop". It is easy...