Good Afternoon,

I am so excited to be showing you four beautiful Granny Blankets which have arrived today from Denise and the Crafting Ladies at Tindall Riley (London).    I'm going to show you part of the letter she sent to me.

"4 Blankets from the crafting Ladies at Tindall Riley. They craft and hold sales to raise money for charity and call themselves the "TR Bag Ladies". We hope they are suitable for your cause. They have certainly served us well as an opportunity to teach crochet and have the learners see rapid results from their efforts of contributions".

I am absolutely over the moon with these beautiful Blankets especially because I know that you have gone to such a lot of trouble teaching the Ladies in your Group the art of crochet. Each one of the Squares in these Blankets have been made so well and I wouldn't know that the Ladies are beginners by any means! A great selection of Squares in each of the four Blankets made in wonderful colour combinations. The Blankets all have pretty borders too and are perfect sizes for the Elderly ideal to throw over their laps. They are so warm too, I absolutely love them.

I'm really pleased that you think the 'SIBOL' project has been worthy of your time and would you please thank each of the Ladies for their hard work. I know that these Blankets are going to be so well received when I go out on my next deliveries. I did actually put a letter in the post today to tell you that they had arrived okay because I couldn't find your email address. (sueatpigsty@talktalk.net/Sue)

Let's take a look now at these pretty Blankets.

Aren't they gorgeous? Now the other two.

How lovely, thank you very much. I hope you enjoy your Slide Show now!

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Please feel free to take whatever photos you wish. Thank you for taking an interest in 'SIBOL'. Our Ravelry Group is  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/-sibol- Please feel free to pop along and say hello! My email address is Sue /sueatpigsty@talktalk.net

x Sue x 

Fruit and Vegetable 'Sunshine Blankets' are finished.

Hi everyone!

Here are our two 'Fruit and Vegetable' Sunshine Blankets now completed. 

We now have 17 Challenge Blankets ready for the homes.

When our current Challenges are finished I will put them all together and find a 

deserving home. 

Can you imagine the conversations the Elderly are going to have over our Blankets once again?

I'm sure these two Blankets will bring back many happy memories of when they planted their own vegetables. I know my Grandmother loved her small garden. 

It's nice to see the two Blankets together like this.
Makes you realise how much work has gone into these Squares.

Thanks to everyone for taking part in this Challenge.

www.sibolchallenges.blogspot.com



x Sue x

'Five-a-day!'

Good afternoon everyone!

I am very happy to be showing you the second of the Fruit and Vegetable blankets. It's called 'Five-a-day!'  I've had such fun making these blankets up and I would like to thank everyone for sending in the Squares for this particular Challenge. You certainly have used your creativity once again to make these amazing Squares.  The blanket is slightly larger than our usual 25 Squares it's comprising this time of 30, once again though a nice lap blanket size.

This Challenge has been very popular indeed. 

Can you spot Mr. Onion? 

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I can just imagine the Elderly talking about this blanket. 

It's so colourful and really interesting, what fun!

Thanks once again to you all!

x Sue x 

A cwtch from Cardiff.

Good evening,

I am very pleased to be showing you a blanket that has arrived from divip (RAV/Wales) today. This blanket is just so soft and made in beautiful pastel granny squares. This is the first blanket that has been made by divip for 'SIBOL', and it's an absolute pleasure to receive it. What beautiful colours have been used in this blanket.

We certainly are receiving some beautiful blankets for the Elderly and I know that this one too is just going to be loved by an Elderly person. It's very summery I love it. Thank you so much divip I am very grateful to you.

Let's take a look now. I did ask divip if she had a name and she came up with 'A cwtch from Cardiff'. She said in her mail, "I don't have a name and yippee it's my first blanket clearly isn't a suitable name :) In Wales we call a cuddle a cwtch so maybe a cwtch from Cardiff  - I'll be happy with whatever choice is made. To pronounce cwtch  its c as in cat , w as in the double oo in hook  ignore the t and ch as in church".

A great name thank you! The Butterflies were from my stash by the way and match the yarn perfectly!

I've made a Slide Show for you now divip!



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A great blanket!
Thanks for visiting today!




x Sue x 

SIBOL 400 comin' your way!

Good afternoon and thanks for visiting 'SIBOL',

My original idea back in January 2010 was to make half a dozen Blankets for the Elderly. Today I am very pleased to say we have now clocked up 400! Simply amazing and I would like to thank you all for the beautiful Crocheted and Knitted Squares that I have received along the way. Not only do I receive your Squares but also your donated blankets and for these I am very grateful too. 'SIBOL' is a place where we can be 'creative' amongst friends but at the same time we are doing something really worthwhile for our older generation. Our 'Sunshine Blankets' are making a difference to the lives of the Elderly in Care/Nursing Homes//Sheltered accommodation and vunerable people out in the community so a big thank you!

We have a great group over on RAVELRY and everyone is welcome to join us. So please follow   http://www.ravelry.com/groups/-sibol-

One of our recent Challenges was a Fruit and Veg one. I am very pleased to say that I have finished the first of two Blankets for this particular Challenge. I would like to thank everyone who has taken part. The talent of you all has definitely shone  through in the Squares that I have received. Let's take a look now.

Sit back and enjoy your Slide Show now!



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Such pretty Squares good enough to eat!
Thanks to you all!

SIBOL CHALLENGES. www.sibolchallenges.blogspot.com
sueatpigsty@talktalk.net If there is anything you want to ask me. x Sue x 

'Garden Trellis'

Good afternoon and welcome to 'SIBOL',

A busy day today here at 'SIBOL' HQ. I have received Squares and a blanket so I'm really pleased you have popped in.

The Squares have arrived from Richtje in the Netherlands and if you would like to scroll down you will see them. Fantastic Squares thank you so much for making them.

SIBOL CHALLENGES.

Today I have received 'Garden Trellis' from Gina here in the UK. What a stunning blanket this is! Gina has very kindly suggested this name because it reminds her of square trellis with flowers on.

Just look at the Squares in this blanket all made in such wonderful co-ordinating colours. What a beautiful summery blanket. Gina also very kindly made three Butterflies which she very kindly attached and I have added some Ribbon from my stash too. Your work is so beautiful Gina and I am very grateful to you for donating it for the Elderly. Thank you so much, what a treat for someone.

I've made a Slide Show for you Gina, sit back and enjoy!



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I do still need 3 more Squares for our Daffodil Challenge. We have enough now for the 9 Blankets for the Marie Curie Hospices but I would like to make one more Blanket to raise money for Marie Curie. So if you are interested then please let me know how many you want to make.

Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net  thank you!

Did you see the Thank you card from Solihull Craft Group? Please scroll down if you didn't. It's so pretty and hand made by Julia.

As always I am terribly grateful to you for Squares that I receive and indeed Blankets.

Please check out UK's Postal Rates because they have recently changed and I wouldn't want you to be caught out with the charges. It's madness now.

Perhaps you would like to use a courier to send your Blanket?

Why not use Parcel2Go?

Here's the link.

http://www.parcel2go.com/?gclid=CJGIwMHL_LYCFXMctAodfz8A5Q

If anyone would like to make and donate Blankets 'Knitted or Crocheted'  to the 'SIBOL' project I am very pleased to receive them. 

My address is available from

Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net

Thank you so much.

All Blankets are delivered by myself to local Homes in my area and I'm very pleased to say that Gina's Blanket is SIBOL 399! 

One more to 400!

Thanks as always for your support!

x Sue x

Squares from the Netherlands.

Good Morning to you all!

Today I have received some Challenge Squares from Richtje (RAV) (Netherlands). The Squares have been made beautifully and are for our Butterfly and Lavender Lace Challenge.

Both Squares have come out really well and are so pretty!

Thank you so much I am very grateful to you.

www.sibolchallenges.blogspot.com

x Sue x 

Thank you!

Good Evening,

I would like to thank Julia and Ladies at the Solihull Craft Group for this gorgeous handmade Thank You card. What a lovely thought! If you remember I visited recently and told them about our SIBOL project.

How lovely, thank you very much!

x Sue x

Beautiful Challenge Squares arrive today!

Good Afternoon and welcome to 'SIBOL',

I have some great Challenge Squares to show you they have arrived from 'jean nock' here in the UK.
Such a great variety for our Challenges. Transport, Butterfly, Underwater, Wartime/Medals, Lavender Lace, Stars too. Not forgetting a pretty Flower Square.

You have made them so beautifully 'jean nock', thank you very much for spending the time on them.
Let's take a closer look at them now. I've made you a Slide Show!

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I hope you have enjoyed the Slide Show, thanks for visiting today!


x Sue x