'Hearts Galore!'

Good Evening Everyone!




  I have a Ta - Dah for you!  Yes this is our 136th 'SIBOL' Blanket and this one is made with Luna's Heart Pattern. If you would like to try making a Heart Square  please email me for the 'Heart Diagram'. I am making a second Blanket and I still need Squares! The Challenge is called 'One Heart From Around The World!'.

Thank you Luna for submitting this Diagram for one of our Challenges. I am most grateful to you.

Each and every one of these Squares have been made beautifully and the colours are so good together.

Let's take a look now....

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 Mail me Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net  and I'll send you the Diagram.

Have a good weekend everyone!
Thanks for visiting 'SIBOL' today!

x Sue x

Final shout out for Olympic Squares! Thursday's Update!

Good Evening Everyone!

I would just like to remind you all that I must receive the Olympic Squares in by 30th March please.
If you are delayed at all please mail me Sue on  sueatpigsty@talktalk.net

We have received so far over 100 Squares and today I have been sorting out them all out. They truly are beauties each and every one of them. I am planning to start assembling the Olympic Blanket as soon as I possibly can after the deadline in March. I also have 100 Flags coming over from the States so this is going to be well over 200 Squares!

Around the time of the Olympics in the Summer, the Olympic Blanket will then be auctioned on EBAY by Lottie who is our 'EBAY Co-Ordinator'. As you know she recently took charge of auctioning our first 'Think Pink' Blanket which raised £102.00 for Breast Cancer Care.  I am sure she will do a wonderful job of the Olympic Blanket too! All proceeds will be going towards Alzheimers here in the UK which effects so many people. It is such a distressing condition for both the sufferer and members of the family.

Can I remind you of the wonderful Squares we have received so far!

The Squares have to be edged in one row of crochet before the assembling. That's as far as I can go for now......

So please send in your Olympic Squares. Let's get this Blanket as large as we possibly can. I was thinking of doing a few smaller ones. But I want this hopefully to have a 'wow' factor! So I'm going for BIG!

Thanks to everyone that has already sent in Squares for this particular Challenge. It has been running quite a while now, but as I say 3Oth March is now my 'cut off point'. So please pick up your hooks and needles and use your imagination. I hope the above Squares inspire you!

Any queries please contact Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net
My address will be available on request I don't put it on any of the 'SIBOL' web sites.

Thank you for your support.

x Sue x



THURSDAY'S UPDATE!

I am adding on to this post because I think it most appropriate to do so.
This morning on waking I found a box in my porch. On opening I found roughly 100 beautifully coloured Squares. One Square was crocheted and all the others were knitted.

I would like to thank Diana for sending this box on to me on behalf of her 'Yate Knitwits' Group. This is what she wrote in her letter.

"When our Ladies heard that you were fund raising for dementia, they were keen to contribute; hopefully your can use these squares as fillers or for another project.  The misshapen ones are knitted by a lady who has dementia".

I am extremely touched by everyone's kindness, especially of course the Lady who suffers herself with dementia. Each and every one of these Squares have been gratefully received by myself and I shall use them where-ever  
I can. I would like to say straight away that the red, blue and white ones will definitely be going in our 'Olympic Blanket'.

Maybe if you are visiting 'SIBOL' you feel you want to help towards our 'Olympic Blanket' but are a little stuck thinking what Square to make! Well why not send some plain red, blue and white ones! I can assure you they will be great for our Blanket. We really want this Olympic Blanket to be successful and that means 'BIG'. Yes we are going for a 'whopper!'.  Let's try and raise some 'serious money' for Alzheimers. Can you help? Please try.

Now let's have a look at the gorgeous Squares that have arrived this morning. Thank you so much Diana and 'Yate Knitwits!'. I am extremely grateful to you all.

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Thanks to everyone!

x Sue x

SIBOL Squares from Canada and UK. A beautiful Ta - Dah too!

Good Evening  to everyone visiting 'SIBOL' today!

I am very pleased to be welcoming you to our 'SIBOL' web site. I have some gorgeous Squares to show you.

I'm very grateful to Lynn63 for sending this 'Irish Rose' Square all the way from Canada. The Square has been beautifully made in wonderful colours. I think they really compliment each other so well and it's a delight to receive it. We certainly are having some wonderful Squares for this particular Challenge.

If you are interested in making an 'Irish Rose' Square all details are over on our SIBOL CHALLENGE Blog.  Thank you very much for sending this Square to 'SIBOL' Lynn63 I am most grateful to you.

The second Square I have to show you is a beautiful 'Wiggles' Square. Once again all details for this particular Challenge are over on our SIBOL CHALLENGE Blog. The Square has been sent in by jessiebonbon  (UK)  over on RAV.  Thank you so much. I think these two colours go so well together also. It really is another gorgeous Square. Here it is......

I  am very pleased to also be showing you a donated Blanket which has arrived from joyce28.  joyce28 has made this Blanket so beautifully in wonderful colours. This Blanket is called 'On Target'.  What an appropriate name! I just love it. It reminds her of  shooting targets! It does me too!

This Blanket is really so interesting all the different coloured circles, superb!

It's very nice when an individual takes the time to make a Blanket and actually donate it to 'SIBOL' I am extremely grateful to you joyce28 you certainly have made a wonderful job and I'm sure the person who receives it is going to love it!

If anyone would like to take a look at our Challenge Blog, you will see that making a 'SIBOL' Blanket yourself is an 'optional Challenge' and this Challenge has been very popular over the last few months and we have been receiving some wonderful Blankets.

joyce28 I have made a Slide Show for you! Sit back  and enjoy! I hope everyone else does too.






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The Butterflies were taken from our 'SIBOL' Butterfly stash and if you would like to have a go yourselves you will find the video tutorial on Nettie's Blog in Australia.

You will also be very pleased to know that our 'Your Local Landscape' Blanket is now on exhibition at the Jersey Textile Showcase in Jersey. I'm hoping it will raise some money at the end of the event for Jersey Mencap. Pat Robson will be mailing me with photographs when the event is over.

I mailed her on Sunday evening to wish her all the best for the event and she left this message for everyone that took part in this particular Blanket.

"Thank you so much the blanket is up and looks great, we will forward you images after the event. Please tell your group that we really appreciate what you have done for Jersey Mencap,
Very Best wishes, Pat"

I would like to thank everyone for taking part.

Thanks for visiting our 'SIBOL' web site today and I hope you have enjoyed looking at these beautiful Squares and the donated 'On Target' Blanket too!'  Thanks to everyone that has taken part.

x Sue x

Beautiful Wiggles' Squares arrive from Denmark!

Hello Everyone!

I am very happy to be showing you these gorgeous 'Wiggles' Squares!  They have come all the way from Stunni in Denmark and I am so pleased you have had a go at our SIBOL Challenge!

These Squares are made in an Emerald Green and a Jade Green with white they really are lovely.

If you want to take part in this Wiggles Challenge all details are over on the SIBOL CHALLENGE Blog.

Let's take a look at these Squares now!



Aren't they pretty?

I have made you a short Slide Show Stunni sit back and enjoy! Thanks once again for these SIBOL Squares! They are going to look lovely in our special 'Wiggles Blanket' for the Elderly!


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Thanks for visiting SIBOL today!

x Sue x

A donated Blanket called 'Mary'.

Good Morning and thanks for visiting 'SIBOL' today!

I am very happy to be showing you a pretty Blanket which arrived in my porch this morning. It surely is a stunner!  Sarah over on RAV has been very busy indeed these last few weeks making and donating two Blankets to 'SIBOL'.

The first one if you remember had an 'autumny feel' to it. I'll show you.

Sarah asked if we could call this one 'Arthur' in Memory of her Grandfather-in-Law. A great name for a man's Blanket!

Then this morning this beauty arrived!

Yes tied up in beautiful ribbon and I went along to my Butterfly stash where I found two perfect Butterflies to add to the Blanket!

I walked outside to take some photos and I'm sure you would like see some more of the Blanket.

This 2nd Blanket is going to be called 'Mary'. Mary was the wife of Arthur.
Sarah said 'It's hard to think of one without the other so it would be nice if Blankets 1 and 2 were named after them.'

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Your kindness is very much appreciated Sarah. Thank you so much! I love both Blankets and what a lovely thing to do in Memory of Arthur and Mary.

Sarah also sent along two green Squares for our 'SIBOL Stash'. She certainly makes pretty Squares! Thank you.

If anyone would like to make and donate a Blanket to 'SIBOL' you are most welcome to help.  This is a great way of sharing our passion for Crocheting, and it's also helping me get more Blankets out to our Elderly folk.

All details about making a Blanket are on 'SIBOL CHALLENGES'.  There are other Challenges too listed if you would like to join our group.

I think that is all for now. You never know there might be a second post!

Thanks for visiting.

x Sue x

Challenge Squares arrive and so does 'Springtime!'

Hello Everyone!

I am very happy indeed to be showing you some gorgeous Challenge Squares that have arrived today.

First of all we have Squares from Fiona in the Netherlands. She has very kindly made two Squares for our 'Wiggles Challenge'. This really is a very nice Challenge and it's so interesting to see what colours everyone makes them in.

They have come out really well, I love the variegated yarn on the yellow Square.

The other two Squares are African Flowers these were very popular last year on Flickr.  The purple Square  is to be sent off to Inside Crochet 'Favourite Square' article  The other one is for our SIBOL Stash!  Thanks for all four Squares Fiona they really are all very interesting! Thank you for sending them to me.

pippa-anne has also made a Challenge Square. This time it is for our 'Owl Challenge'. As I was saying I didn't know there were so many varieties! All the Squares I am getting in for this Challenge are all so different. I love this little fella and I particularly like the blue background with the stars. It really is lovely pippa-anne thank you!

Well those are the new Squares that have arrived. Something else very interesting arrived today 'Springtime'.

'Springtime' is a really lovely Blanket made and donated by jenniferanne in Scotland. This Blanket is just so warm once again. Made in the most beautiful shades of Green from  'darkest conifers to palest primroses!'   The Square used is 'Vintage Lace' designed by Margret Wilson.  jenniferanne joined the squares with 'an experimental fan stitch which I think looks wonderful! Such a different way of joining Squares. jenniferanne also enclosed two 'cabbage white' Butterflies  It simply is a delight. jenniferanne tells me she crochets everywhere! Her tea break at work, waiting rooms, you name it ....where-ever she goes that hook is red hot! Working away making Squares and such. I agree with what she tells me Squares are the ideal things to carry around. They can be transported easily and can be picked up whenever you like!

This Blanket is once again a stunner. Do you remember she also made 'Still Waters' which  I showcased on February 17th.

I can't believe only ten days later I am here showcasing another one called 'Springtime'. What a joy this one is too!

The 'optional challenges' I have listed on the Challenge Blog are indeed very popular and they are helping me very much at the moment, as I have a lot of family commitments. I really appreciate all the hard work that has gone into yet another gorgeous Blanket jenniferanne. I am most grateful to you and I know that this Blanket will be received so warmly in a few months time when I go out once again to the Nursing Homes.

I have made a Slide Show for you, sit back now and relax and watch your Blanket whizz round!








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I will soon have to be sending off the 'Your Favourite Squares'  to 'Inside Crochet'. If you are interested please mail me
Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net for my address. All details are over on RAVELRY

I am in the process of making one of the 'Heart Blankets' up at the moment. Progress is a little slow as I am busy with my family but I am doing a little when I can.


Thanks for visiting 'SIBOL' today and thanks also to pippa-anne, Fiona and jenniferanne! Your help is very much appreciated.

x Sue x

Ta - Dah! SIBOL 131 and new Squares today!

Hello Everyone!

I'm very pleased to be showing you some great Squares which have arrived today from pippa-anne and bonsall both here in the UK.

pippa-anne has had a go at making a Square for our 'Irish Rose' Challenge. This indeed is a pretty Square but I have found out from a few Ladies now that it is a bit of a Challenge! I am sure jenniferanne over on RAVELRY will help you if you get stuck so please follow the link to her and say hello  I'm sure she will be most willing to help you!  If you would like to challenge yourself with this particular Square please email me for the Square instructions. Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net

Let's take a look at the Square pippa-anne has made now so well!

I think it has come out beautifully pippa-anne thanks so much for sending it to me. This is going to be a really pretty Blanket I'm sure.

The next set of Squares have come in from bonsall. bonsall has made some Flower Squares for 'SIBOL' and they really are lovely.

If  you remember a while back we made a great Flower Blanket with similar Squares from bonsall. Let's take a look at that one. That  was 'SIBOL' 88 and it was called 'Keep off the Grass!'. I loved this Blanket and I tried to make the border look like grass. It took me simply ages to do, but I think it came out quite well! Laura in the Netherlands made the Green Squares with the yellow Flowers in the centre which were lovely too!

I also received these Squares from bonsall today!

Just look at these pretty Squares, all so lovely. Very interesting indeed and the yarn is great!

I am very happy also to be showing you our latest Ta - Dah! jean nock has very kindly been helping me out assembling a Blanket and I am very grateful to her.   The Squares came in from Germany 'Dolphin Sunshine' over on RAVELRY very kindly sent them along. She was kind enough to send me 50 Squares which have now all been made into two stunning Blankets.

     
This was the first Blanket jean nock assembled  from 'Dolphin Sunshines' Squares........

and the second one SIBOL 131......

If you remember the article in 'Inside Crochet' a few weeks ago a photo of the Squares were shown at the bottom of the page! Nice to be famous 'Dolphin Sunshine!'

Here's your Slide Show for SIBOL 131 now!







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Thank you so much for these gorgeous Squares, I love them all and I think the Blanket 'jean nock' has come out beautifully!

I would like to remind you that I am collecting  'your favourite Square' to send off to Inside Crochet. They are asking their readers to either send in their favourite Square to them or to send a photo. If you would like to take part please send  me a Square 'your favourite' I would be most happy to send it on to them. I believe they are going to make a Blanket up. I am trying to collect 25 Squares but I have only had a few so far! For instructions please follow the link to RAVELRY.

I do hope you have enjoyed looking at SIBOL 131 and also the gorgeous Squares from pippa-anne and bonsall. I am very grateful to both of you and of course to 'Dolphin Sunshine' for the Squares for these two superb Blankets!

Have a good weekend everyone!

x Sue x

New Challenge Squares and a pretty Blanket!

Good Afternoon to everyone!

Thanks for visiting 'SIBOL' today.

As you know we are in the middle of our Challenges at the moment and I am very pleased to be showing you two Squares which have arrived from Joyce28.  Joyce has sent in a gorgeous 'Irish Rose' Square and a perfect 'Olympic Square' too.

If you would like the pattern for 'Irish Rose' then please email me Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net  Let's take a look at 'Irish Rose' first.

A very pretty Square in great colours, thank you Joyce.  Also a wonderful Olympic Square. This one is called 'Weighlifting'. How good is this!  Our special Olympic Blanket is going to be great with all these interesting Squares coming in.  If you would like to take part I must receive your Olympic Squares now by the end of March at the latest. Here's the information if you are interested. Please follow the link to SIBOL CHALLENGES.

Here is 'Weightlifting'.  Thank you very much Joyce, I am very grateful to you.

I am very pleased to be showing you a beautiful Granny Square Blanket which has arrived this lunchtime from 'Ginnyknit'. (UK)  Ginnyknit has taken part in one of our 'optional challenges' to make a Blanket herself and donate to 'SIBOL'.  If you would like to take part please follow the link to our Challenge Blog.

The Squares are just so nice, very well co-ordinated and Ginnyknit has put it together so well. This Blanket is going to be very well received by our Elderly folk in Nursing Homes and I am extremely grateful to you.  The Butterflies are from our 'Butterfly Stash!'.  I found two perfect Butterflies to match Ginnyknits Blanket.
The Butterflies were made by jean nock. Thank you!

I would just like to say that if you are interested in making the Butterflies for SIBOL, there is a great video tutorial by Nettie in Australia. If you would like to donate any to SIBOL, these will come in very useful to me. It saves a little time when I am due to showcase them.
http://www.netspets.blogspot.com/

Sit back now and enjoy your Slide Show Ginnyknit. This truly is a gorgeous Blanket thank you for taking the time and trouble to make it for 'SIBOL'.







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Thank you Joyce and Ginnyknit. Your help is very much appreciated.

Thank you for visiting our web site today!

x Sue x

What to do with your unwanted stash!

Hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for popping in to 'SIBOL'.  If you are visiting us for the first time I'm very pleased you have stumbled across us!

As you all know we have certain Challenges set each year and it's always so nice to see so many of you take part.  But amongst the recent Challenges I set, I also made some 'Optional Challenges'.  If you follow the link to our Challenge Blog you will be able to read all about them.

One of the Challenges was to make a Large Granny Square Blanket and my idea for this came to me over Christmas when I was taking a little time out from 'SIBOL' to make a few of my own. I just loved the process so much. I found it just so relaxing and what an ideal way to use up that 'unwanted stash'.  You could in fact just make a magic ball of yarn up by tying the ends together and continually going round and round until you had made a 36 - 38" Square or you could use co-ordinating yarn like our dear Joanna has done!

This morning I had a large parcel arrive from Joanna. On opening,  that 'Wow' word came out of my mouth! For inside I found two beautiful Large Granny Square Blankets. She is a secretive Lady, I thought she was busy making socks and here I find two gorgeous Blankets for our Elderly folk.

Joanna said in her note this morning, 'I decided to make one to use up those bits of wool and not quite full balls. So I made the Blue and Green Blanket. I then decided to make one for a Lady'. I must admit this is my favourite of the two. I really love making these and have made a bit of a dent in my stash too!'.

Well Joanna, thank you so much the Blankets are absolutely gorgeous and I think it was an excellent way to use some of your 'unwanted stash'. I am very grateful to you. These Blankets are just so lovely and they certainly are very warm indeed. I have had great fun taking photos this morning and I'm now very pleased to be showing you Joanna's Blankets. The Butterflies were out of my 'Butterfly Stash'. Talking of Butterflies, please do take a 'SIBOL Butterfly' from the right hand side bar. These Blankets are going to be so well received from our Elderly folk.









Does it really matter if we make our SIBOL Blankets from 'just Squares?'. I don't think so.......I'm sure the Elderly would welcome any warm Blanket whether it be from Squares or a Large  Granny Square Blanket.  It might suit some Ladies to make one Large Granny Square rather than 6" Squares. If you are interested at all I have all the details over on SIBOL CHALLENGES. So if you love Crocheting or Knitting please join us. Of course if you prefer to make a Knitted Blanket you are most welcome too as well. Our Group is open to anyone if you'd like to join us. For any other enquiries please mail me Sue on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net

Joanna I am very, very grateful to you.  Later on in the year I shall be making my next delivery and I am sure your Blankets will be loved very much by the people who receive them. Thank you so much.

We are doing a second 'Think Pink' Blanket and Joanna has offered her services. If you are interested in submitting a pink Square for this special 'Breast Cancer Awareness' Blanket please follow the link to RAVELRY.  As you know the first one raised £102.00 for this brilliant cause. We thought we would get another one ready in time for October.  You will need to put your name down so please pop over to the thread.

If anyone would like to send in their favourite Square to me, I would be most happy to send on to Inside Crochet magazine. They are asking their readers to pick out their favourite. I thought it would be nice to send 25 from our Group to them. If you are interested follow the link to RAVELRY please.

Well an exciting day here at SIBOL HQ. Thank you Joanna, and thanks to everyone for visiting 'SIBOL' today I hope you have enjoyed our Slide Show!

x Sue x

New Blankets and Squares for you to see!

Hello Everyone!

First of all thank you for visiting 'SIBOL' today! I am very happy to be welcoming new Ladies to our Group and I hope you enjoy looking at our Squares that we make and our beautiful Blankets.

I would like to tell you first of all that our Blanket for the 'Your Local Landscape' Challenge has been received safely in Jersey

and I have received an email from Pat Robson the Organiser. I'm sure you will like to read what she said.

Sue

We opened the package this afternoon , it is amazing, lovely and very unique.
Mencap will be thrilled with your wonderful gift.
A great idea to have the booklet with it.


THANK YOU SO MUCH,
Pat

So well done everyone and I hope this Blanket raises some money in Jersey for Mencap.

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I also had an email from Mary from the Alzheimers Society here in the UK and after seeing the article in the magazine the other day about our Olympic Challenge she is going to pass the details on to her Volunteers. She thought it was a fantastic idea and asked me for more details. I am so excited about our Olympic Challenge. If you would like to take part please visit SIBOL CHALLENGES.

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I have three new Blankets to show you and I have to apologise for not doing them sooner.
 
The first one jean nock very kindly assembled for me. The Squares came in from Dolphin Sunshine  (Germany) over on RAVELRY.  What is nicer than a traditional Granny Square and I'm sure you will agree these Squares are just so lovely. All in beautiful colours and fantastic yarn was used too!
 
Let's take a look now this is SIBOL 126 would you believe!
 

 
So pretty aren't they?
 
Dolphin Sunshine actually sent me enough for two Blankets that's 50 Squares and jean nock is working on the second Blanket for me. If you saw the article from Inside Crochet the other week you would have seen Dolphin Sunshines' Squares before they were made up. She was really thrilled to see her Squares in the magazine as you can imagine!
 

 
There they are at the bottom what a fantastic pile! I love Grannies.  Thank you so much Dolphin Sunshine and I do hope you like your Slide Show!
 











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The second Blanket I have to show you, our 127th SIBOL has been made and donated by Sarah here in the UK.  These Squares are super too, they have a warm autumny feel and I'm sure this Blanket is going to give such a lot of warmth and comfort to one of our Elderly folk. The Blanket is larger than our normal 25 Squares but that is no problem at all.  Sarah has lovingly made each Square and has made them in such wonderful colours. A great variegated yarn has been used and the rest of the yarn has matched perfectly. I can't tell you how warm this Blanket is!

I'd like to show you the Slide Show I have made for Sarah!










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Another stunning Blanket thank you very much Sarah for all your hard work. I love the Blanket.

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I am a lucky girl,  the third Ta - Dah today is from jenniferanne in Scotland.  jenniferanne regularly contributes Squares to SIBOL and I am always very grateful to her.  She has made a gorgeous Blanket with the Sea in mind.  This is SIBOL 128, and it's called 'Still Waters'.

jenniferanne has put a lot of thought into this Blanket and she writes in her note to me.......

'I have tried to give this Blanket a maritime feel, with wheels, compass points and cable ropes. My dream is that it could comfort the knees of a retired seafarer'.  I have made two SIBOL Butterflies and would like to see them fairly near the top (light portion) of the Blanket, as you wouldn't want to see them submerged in the inky depths!'

I agree with you jenniferanne. This Blanket too is a stunner and I really appreciate all the hard work and thought you have put into the Blanket. Thank you very much.

Would you like to make and donate a Blanket to SIBOL?  Not only do we assemble the beautiful Squares that you make but we also welcome your own Blankets to help us keep the Elderly warm!  If you would like to visit SIBOL CHALLENGES this Blog gives you all the details about our 'optional Challenges' as well as our usual ones  which means  that you can make your own Blanket for SIBOL 'if you want to'.
Every Blanket makes a difference to the Elderly whether I assemble it or one of  our SIBOLETTES. Our Blankets are accepted so well and each one is just so individual and unique!

jenniferanne I have made you a Slide Show so make yourself a cuppa and sit back and enjoy watching your Blanket 'Still Waters'. Thank you so much!






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Thank you all so much for these beautiful Blankets! Each one is so different and they will be very well received by our Elderly folk in the UK.

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Inside Crochet this edition were asking their readers to send in their favourite Square. I have offered to send in 25 Squares on behalf of our Group.  All details are on the RAVERLY link. If you would like to take part please follow the instructions about sending.

Beverley over on RAV has very kindly sent in her Square which I will forward on with the others. This one is called 'Sunny Spread'. Do you recognise the Square? The pattern is by Ellen Gormley and it is just so pretty. I think Beverley has made this Square really well, I love it thank you!

As our 'Think Pink' Blanket was so successful we are going to make another 'Breast Cancer Care' Blanket to be auctioned  on EBAY.  This Blanket will be put together in time for October. jenniferanne has sent in a Square today which is lovely also.  'Velvet & Lace' by Priscilla Hewitt. Thank you once again! Details are on this link.

Well there you are two gorgeous Squares and three Ta - Dah's.  I would like to thank everyone that has either made a Blanket or sent in Squares to me. I would also like to thank you for your emails, kind words and visits to our SIBOL Blog.

Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed your visit and that it has inspired you to perhaps 'make your own Blanket for our Elderly here in the UK!'

x Sue x

SIBOL Squares and a new magazine hits the UK!

Hello Everyone!

I am very pleased to be showing you two sets of beautiful Squares today!

The first one is from Anne here in the UK. She has sent her 'favourite Square' into SIBOL. This Square is called 'Water Lilly' and it is from the Jan Eaton book.  I am collecting Squares '25' of them to be exact and they are going to be sent off to 'Inside Crochet' who are going to make a Blanket up apparently with readers' favourite blocks.  If you would like to join in please follow the link

Anne thank you very much I love your Square.

I have also had in some Squares from kirsty1234 (RAV).  Kirsty has sent in some gorgeous Granny Squares made in the most beautiful variegated yarn. There is also a very nice flower Square too! I'm very grateful to you Kirsty for donating these pretty Squares to SIBOL.  I have made you a Slide Show sit back and enjoy!




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Thank you very much Anne and Kirsty! Very much appreciated.

I would like to tell you about a new magazine that has appeared on the shelves in W.H. Smith here in the UK. It's called 'Craft & Click'. It's priced at £7.99 and on a first flick through (Saving that for bed tonight with a nice cup of hot chocolate) it appears to be a really good read.  There is a section 'Start Crafting Online', followed by 'Social Networking', 'Advancing Online', 'Essential Know how' about buying a computer etc., Also a section of 'Buying and Selling' which features everything you want to know about 'ETSY, EBAY, PAYPAL etc.,'

If you like Crochet, Knitting, Papercraft, Cross Stitch, Sewing and the internet  this is the magazine for you!

If anyone would like a copy and they can't get hold of one just give me a shout on sueatpigsty@talktalk.net  (Sue)

I'd be happy to obtain one for you and send it on to you where-ever you are in the World! I have a PayPal facility on the SIBOL website, and if you are prepared to pay the cost of the magazine and post and packing I'd be happy to help you out!  I use the 'donate' button for SIBOL, but it also comes in handy for things like this. 

I'm extremely happy to be telling you that our 'Your Local Landscape' Blanket has arrived in Jersey 'safely' which is good news. If I get any more feedback from the organisers I will let you know.

I think that's about all for now, thank you for visiting 'SIBOL' today!

x Sue x

We're in Craftseller!

Good Evening Everyone!

I am very pleased to be telling you some brilliant news, today we are in 'Craftseller' another UK 'crafty' magazine!

They have written a special two page article called 'Crafting for Charity'  and our Olympic Challenge has been mentioned.  This is really good publicity for our Group once again and I'm very pleased to say I have had emails already enquiring about our work after reading about us!

It's always so nice to receive emails from new Ladies thanking us for the work we do, and one Lady in particular I won't mention her name but she knows who she is has was telling me how our 'SIBOL' Blog has inspired her to pick up her needles and hook again!  This is the sort of news I love to hear and it actually spurs me on if you like! I am very grateful to her and also to the other Ladies who have enquired about our Olympic Challenge.

Talking of the Olympic Challenge I have edged all the Squares in one row of Double Crochet and I'm waiting now until the rest of the Squares come in. So if you would like to take part please follow the link to the SIBOL CHALLENGE  Blog.

Let's have a look now at the magazine. I would like to thank Marie for featuring an article about us!

If you click on the photos it will take you to Flickr and then click on 'actions' and then 'sizes' you will be able to read it then.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to showcase the two latest Blankets yet, but my Daughter and Husband have been at home on holiday and I just haven't had chance yet! But I will do as soon as I can sorry about that!

So another exciting day, thank you all for your support and I would also like to thank all the new members over on Ravelry too! Lovely to have you. Of course as always the new Followers on here too!

x Sue x