Granny .- Luna !

Hi everyone......I had a wonderful Easter Day with my nieces.It was a very nice Easter looking on my nieces playing and hunting for their eggs and playing with their Easter Basket.
This is a granny for everyone ......if you like it ....go for it ! Thanks Mrs . Sue .

Happy Easter !!!

Squares on Saturday from Valerie (UK) and Vers Cythere (France).

Valerie very kindly sent me these Squares from Kent. They arrived today! Sitting here with the 'Sunshine Blankets'. Thank you!, originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

I'm very pleased to say Valeries' Squares arrived today. Valerie lives in Kent in the UK. She has tried the Flower Square that Luna put up. She tells me the Square is called 'Framed Flower' (page 23) from a book by Melody Griffiths called '201 Crochet motifs blocks, projects and ideas'. If you look on Amazon there are loads of reviews about it. They are all good reviews  too says Valerie. It's got unusual Squares in there, a lamb, tiger, sheep, fish, trees, lacey motifs.  Really lovely things and ideas. It is in English terminology and it also has charts. Sounds really good. Valerie said the book is cheaper to buy on The Book Depositry site for £8.00 with free p + p which sounds really good value.

The other Square she used is a circle from 99 Flower Motifs Leisure Arts and has added a Granny pattern and a little flower.

Valerie came back to me with this information and I'm sure it will be useful to a lot of readers.

Valerie often crochets for 'Knit-A-Square' charity. This is a wonderful charity for Aids orphans in South Africa. I'm very pleased she has taken some time out to make us some Squares for the 'SIBOL' Project.

You can see Valeries' Squares in the Slide Show. Thank you so much for sending them to me and I'm pleased they arrived safely!




I also received some Squares from France this morning a Lady called Vers Cythere. I was very pleased because she gave 'SIBOL'  a great write up on her blog. I hope you will visit her. She sent some really colourful Squares for our 'sun' themed Blanket.  She's asking her Friends if they would like to take part. I hope everyone else would like to spread the word by 'grabbing our button!'.  Thank you so much Vers Cythere and I'm grateful for your help.

'SIBOL' Contributors played my Flickr Board Game.

Hello on Good Friday!

Well here are the five 'SIBOLS'.  I asked Friends over on Flickr to play my 'Board Game'.  They were each asked to 'add note', on their own Square. If you'd like to see who made which Square please click on the image and then you will fly over to Flickr.  It was great fun, a bit confusing because once the Squares are made into the Blankets they look so different! I hope you enjoy looking at the Squares.

'The Irish Sunshine Blanket'. (5)

Ladies you know how to do this now! Please 'add note' to your Square. My Husband thinks this has an Irish feel to it. The green I think. Stricksusi has just named the Blanket 'The Irish Sunshine Blanket'. Thank you!, originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

'Across the Oceans' (4)

'Across the Oceans' SIBOL., originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

'Alice in SunshineLand' (3)

'Alice in SunshineLand' - named by Karin. 'Sunshine Blanket 3.', originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

'Sunshine Surprise!' (2)

'Sunshine no 2'. Can you see your Square? Why not 'add note' so others will know its yours!., originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

'The Never Boring Afghan'. (1)

'Sunshine no 1'., originally uploaded by MRS TWINS.

Brenda's Squares arrived this morning from the South of England. Aren't they full of 'Sunshine?!'.

Hi Everyone,

Thank you Brenda for the wonderful Squares received this morning.  I'm sure everyone will agree on 'SIBOL' that these Squares are just full of Sunshine and will be great for our 'Sun' themed Blanket. The deadline for this is 21st April and all 'Sun' themed Squares must arrive before that date. We shall definitely have to put our sunglasses on for these Squares and indeed for all the others! I think we will have to supply a pair to the Nursing home too! Don't you think?

The next Blanket is going to be 'blue and white' Kim's suggestion.  So if you want to start planning please do! The one after that will be a 'Flower' Blanket because Luna has started us off on a Flower craze now! Elizabeth Cat over on Flickr suggested this one.   You are quite welcome to start sending them and just putting a note with them which Blanket they will be for. (As if I wouldn't be able to tell!).  We haven't decided on deadlines for these two Blankets as yet. But it's something for you to be thinking about.

I have updated the Slide show for Brenda. I always try and do this because I know a lot of visitors check in every day to see if there is anything new. So I do hope you will enjoy looking across at Brenda's Squares.Thanks Brenda for your wonderful help.



Thank you Luna for putting up the video to the Flower. I hope everyone tries it. If you have any queries about anything Luna's link is across the screen. I know she won't mind you asking her anything. She loves her Crocheting and has been doing it from a very young age!

Can I just say if you are visiting 'SIBOL' as this is 'team blogging' there are sometimes a few posts for each day.  Just because a post is not showing it doesn't mean it's not there. So if you click on older posts, you will probably see others. I hope 'Followers' aren't missing other interesting items. Thanks. I know a lot of time goes into 'posting' and I just want everyone to see other 'team bloggers' posts.

If you feel you would like to contribute to our 'SIBOL' blog it is by invitation only.  So if you feel you would like to join us please send me an email sueatpigsty@talktalk.net.  I will then send an invitation out to you and you will be able to post.

Have a great Easter everyone!

Loopy Flower - Granny Square VIDEOS !

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE !




Part # 3 FINISHING THE SQUARE



Part # 2 BEGINING Of THE SQUARE



Part # 1 THE FLOWER

Here I'm including the 3 videos for this beautiful and elegant square made by Teresa Richardson .She is wonderful and have so many FREE TUTORIAL VIDEOS and written Patterns for all of us.....Thank You Mrs Teresa Richardson . One of her blog is http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/
and believe me she is so wonderful that she will let people to EMBED her videos to our Blogs with No Problems at all.I'm inviting you to have a trip to her BLOGS.
Good Luck with the square and have Fun and Happy Crocheting !
Thank You so Much and have a wonderful day ! .....LUNA.....!

Thank you Luna and Louise! Your Squares have arrived today!

Hi Everyone on Wednesday!

LUNA COULD I JUST ASK IS THERE A PATTERN PLEASE TO THE BIG WHITE FLOWER SQUARE? I HAVE A FRIEND ON FLICKR ASKING! THANK YOU!

Luna will be relieved today.  Her Squares have arrived safely and have touched down in the UK! They have been a long time coming.  It's always nice to know when Squares have arrived.  I tell the sender straight away, as I know you are anxious to know.

Such beautiful Squares Luna.  Colourful Grannies and lovely Flower Squares.  Elizabeth Cat suggested a
Flower Blanket for a theme.  So yes, we'll do that soon. Of course we have the 'Sun' themed Blanket going on at the moment. Last Squares must be in by 21st April.  Karin suggested this one. She wondered whether we could make the 'Sunniest Sunshine Blanket Ever!'.  By that she means it's got to be so bright and cheerful that you probably need your sunglasses to look at it. It can be a square that looks like the sun, it can be a bright flower, you know oranges and yellows. Really anything you like.  I have crocheted  'Little Miss Sunshine'.  The Squares which have come in already are really bright, I can tell you know. So let your imagination run riot with you and have a fun time.

It's nice to do 'themed' Blankets it gives the Blankets more interest I think.

Here's Luna's Squares in my Conservatory.




Luna all your Squares are now in the Slide Show I do hope you enjoy looking at them.

I was amazed at 12.45 our second post arrived.  Another package! Gosh we are getting a lot in this week! You certainly are keeping me on my toes. This time it was from Louise, Handmade in Gibraltar. Thank you so much Louise for the package, the Squares are delightful! Two really bright ones for the 'sun' themed Blanket. I presume the others are for the other Blankets.  So more photos in the Conservatory were called for.  Another Slide show too. So the Slide show is now updated to include the Squares from Louise.



Thank you both for gorgeous Squares! You're both very kind and I just get so......excited!


MESSAGE TO LUNA.

Amber is stuck on your square diagram a few posts back. Can you help her? I am just about to have a go myself. Thankyou. x

Postie was overworked delivering Squares.

Hi Everyone!

My Postie was very busy today he delivered four packages of Squares! I would like to thank Flickr pattygloria (Gloria), Flickr teacuplane-sandy, 'Teacup Lane' blog, Mrs. Moneypenny off MSE, and Ellen Flickr WiLDaBoUtCoLoR. The squares are all just so beautiful and I am truly grateful to all of you. It was a sheer delight looking at them all. So thank you!

These are Squares from Sandy, Teacup Lane. (USA).



Ellen, WiLDaBoUtCoLoR  sent these squares. (USA).





Gloria, pattygloria Flickr - Canada.




Mrs Moneypenny (MSE). (UK).



Aren't they all just lovely? Thank you to everyone!

Brenda's Square (Luna's pattern).

sues square, originally uploaded by BrendaS2.

After Luna very kindly posted the square diagram and instructions for the Square I am very pleased to say that Brenda had a go at it. I just love the colours that she has used it certainly has come out very well indeed. Now I have to have a go!

Thank you Luna!
Thank you Brenda for trying the pattern out and sharing it with 'SIBOL' readers.

This is a Challenge ...Let us start crocheting together.

Luna Square. You can use hook E 3.5mm or hook F 4.00 mm.


Hi everyone ! Have a blessed week.This is an invitation to all of you who enjoy crocheting....yes ..let start crocheting together.I have this beautiful square pattern for all of you who can or would be interested in participating ( No Obligation) Let's make this square and when you finish it just posted it in here and if you can we can mail it to Mrs. Twin anytime we will be ready to do so. Let have fun..... , let use all pieces of yarn that we have around our baskets and boxes with no use at all....I will start making this square in a bit...! ENJOY !!! LUNA !


PATTERN :

1- chain of 8 .

2- 16 single crochet ( all around )

3- 8 double crochet as follow - 1 double crochet , chain of 5 ,skip one stitch and , 1 double crochet , chain of 5 , skip one stitch , 1 doble crochet , chain of 5 , skip one stitch and ect . ect. til' completing 8 double crochet all around. Go To The Pattern.

4- FLOWER - (crocheting in Chain of 5 ) first 1/2 of the PETAL - a single crochet then half double crochet and 2 double crochet or triple crochet then chain of 2 , repeat the same for the second half of the PETAL. Continue and complete all 8 petals ( all around ). Go To The Pattern.

5- ALL AROUND THE PETALS - starting with chain of 7 , following with another chain of 9 , again chain of 7 , following with chain of 9 , again chain of 7 , following nad las chain of 9.
Go TO The Pattern.

6- 13 single crochet , then chain of 3 , 19 single crochet , then chain of 3 , 19 single crochet , then chain of 3 , then 19 single crochet , then chain of 3 , then 19 single crochet , then chain of 3 and for last ...... 6 single crochet . Go To The Pattern.

7- 13 single crochet , then 21 single crochet , then chain of 3 , then 21 single crochet , then chain of 3 , then 21 single crochet , then chain of 3 , then for last 7 single crochet. Go To The Pattern.

8- 48 double crochet all around as follow- 1 double crochet , chain of 1 then skip 1 stitch and again 1 double crochet , chain of 1 , then skip 1 stitch and repeat .....IN THE CORNERS YOU HAVE TO CROCHET a Chain of 3 and again repeat the first steps .Go To The Pattern.

Note : if you want you can crochet a small border with single crochet all around to keep square nice and firm. Also you can use a different color.

For Reference ............Please always look on the Pattern ...!

Ta - Dah! Introducing 'The Irish Sunshine Blanket!'.

 Hi Everyone!
I hope everyone who visits 'SIBOL' has had a good weekend! I'm very pleased to say that with the help of your Squares I have finished 'Sunshine no. 5'. My Husband thought that the Blanket had an Irish feel to it and a Friend over on Flickr Stricksusi, Susanna suggested we call the Blanket 'The Irish Sunshine Blanket'. I spent Sunday afternoon finishing the edging off, and then outside into the Garden to take a photograph as I always do. I always have a look around to see if anyone is looking out of their window, on this occasion I got caught! Do you ever do that? Anyway, here's the Blanket. OOh! I'm very pleased to say that the photograph above has made it into Explore on Flickr coming in yesterday at 260. So well done Ladies!.

I do hope the Ladies over on the MSE thread are checking in to see how we are doing. They do a lot of Knitting and Crocheting for Charities too. Three of the Ladies have already donated Squares to our project. That's Maytaurus, Linda and of course Kathy! Thank you!

Could I ask if anyone would like to take a bit of our 'Sunshine' and grab the button to spread the 'SIBOL' word please do so. We all want the 'SIBOL' project to grow, and the more people taking part the better it will be. Thank you!

I'm off after tea to finish the next Blanket. I've already crocheted the Squares together.





Have a good day everyone!

Happiness on Saturday all the way from Latvia. Elizabeth Cat sends me Squares!

Hi Everyone!

I had some really bright and colourful Squares arrive this morning all the way from Latvia! You may know Elizabeth's work on Flickr (Elizabeth Cat). If you haven't seen her Photostream I do hope you will check her out. Thank you so.....much Elizabeth for the beautiful Squares they are so bright and cheerful. Just what we need for the 'Sunniest Sunshine Blanket Ever!'. Once again we will need our Sunglasses for these!

I thought you might like to have a look at Elizabeths Squares.......












Beauitiful Sunny Squares, Thank you Elizabeth!

Fun in the Sun!

Hi Sibolettes,

Have a nice weekend!

~X~ Karin

'The Sunniest Sunshine Blanket Ever! - Aussie Maria sends me Squares from Australia.

Happy Friday!

Welcome to all our new Followers, I'm pleased you are visitng 'SIBOL'. We have a Challenge at the moment running until the 21st April. Karin in the Netherlands has suggested we make Squares for the 'Sunniest Sunshine Blanket Ever!.

Details of the Challenge are on 24th March post.

I'm just writing a post today to show you the Squares I have received from Aussia Maria. Now, you'll going to need your sunglasses for these Squares because they really are wacky! So bright and sunny, just what we need for the special Blanket.






Have a good weekend everyone! Happy Crocheting!

Well done Maria, and thank you!

More Granny Squares.

For a larger Image , Just click on picture.When the picture opens , if it still small just one more click on the image.


This is to all of you who are looking for a different pattern to make.Thanks a have a nice evening.
Luna !!!

Just reminding anyone...........

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to all our New Followers! It's so nice to have you with us.

Everyone knows I am making Blankets for the Elderly, collecting Squares in from all around the World. But are you aware of our first Challenge? Some days ago Karin posted an idea on 'SIBOL'. I'm going to post it again because if you haven't already sent a Square in to me, for 'The Sunniest Sunshine Blanket Ever!' it might be a good idea to read it. The closing date for these special Squares is 21st April. But of course I shall be collecting Squares for other Blankets all year round. We are going to have these special challenges every now and then because it 'spurs' us on a little.

So here's Karin's post from a few days ago....... Please join us.


Last night I couldn't sleep. Suddenly I had this idea:
Why don't we all crochet a few sunshine squares in sunshine colours to make the Sunniest Sunshine Blanket of the year.
I've made this "blanket" of images to inspire you all:

Don't you love the colours? All the different shades of yellow, orange, pink and a little bit of red.
Are you inspired by these colours and shapes, please crochet or knit the most sunny squares you can imagine and send them to Sue.
I can't wait to see the result.

Can I just say if you have made Squares for the ordinary Blankets or for the special 'Sunshine' Blanket, would you like to post your photos on to my Flickr group 'Blankets for the Elderly 2010?'. This is a special group on Flickr where we are posting photos of the Squares and Blankets. You can upload them on there before you send them to me if you want to or I will do it when they arrive at mine.

If you're not on Flickr photos, why not join them. It's a great place to post your photos and meet new Friends in the Crafting Community. Everyone are so nice and friendly.

Thank you.
Everyone is welcome to join in the fun and if you have any queries please email me sueatpigsty@talktalk.net or leave a comment. If you'd like an invitation to 'team blog' with us please let me know. 'SIBOL' is by invitation only. I'd only be too pleased to send an invitation out to you.
The more the merrier!

Bye for now, Happy Crocheting or Knitting!

~~Sue~~