*GIVEAWAY CLOSED* WIN The Knitting and Stitching show tickets (London)

Yaaaaayyyy!  The Kniting and Stitching show is nearly upon us. 

Congratulations to Petra Hora, Sarah McFall, Jane Rickeets, Helen Dreir and Steve Matthews.

In fact, it's just a week away.

And there's GOOD NEWS, people! - I've been given 5 pairs of tickets (for the London event) to giveaway to my lovely followers.
All you need to do is enter below and don't worry - there's no jumping through hoops - I just need an email to contact the winners.
You've got until Midnight on Saturday to enter...tickets will be posted early next week.


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I'm going to visit on the Sunday and I am looking forward to seeing aaaaaaaaalllllllllll the gorgeous yarn.....

See you there!

Sarah xx

An Autumn giveaway *NOW CLOSED*

***Congratulations to Rebecca Lee***

Autumn is here.

And what could be more fitting at this time of year than this leafy yarn bowl?

Isn't it a beauty?
The lovely people at KnitPro kindly sent me one to try and I must admit, I totally adore it.

It's beautifully handcrafted in wood and is the pefect size for holding a fairly large ball of yarn.
Why use a yarn bowl, you wonder? Well, I find that it helps keep an even tension and (more importantly for me) it prevents the yarn from disappearing under the sofa, or being taken off by the cat / dog / children whilst I work.

It's even got a handy little stopper to stop the yarn escaping.

I was also sent a cute little stitchmarker pouch, which now means I can keep them in one place.
(No more scrabbling around in the bottom of project bags for me!)

AND, I'm so pleased to announce that KnitPro have given me an extra yarn bowl and pouch to giveaway - hooray!

The giveaway is open worldwide and will run until midnight on 3rd October. A winner will be drawn at random and contacted by email on 4th October.

If you'd like to enter, then click below to enter.

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Good luck!!
Sarah xx

Stylecraft Giveaway WINNERS!!

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Yes, its time!

I've counted the votes and employed one of those random-number-generator-thingies to choose me some WINNERS!

Yay!

If you're a winner, then please leave a comment below (it won't be published) with full details of your postal address.

The UK winner is: Faerie - well done, lovely gal. You've won £25 in vouchers to spend in a yarn shop on squidgey balls of Stylecraft.

UK 2nd place is Ros Burrage. Well done, Ros - it's £15 for you. 

UK 3rd pace is Anna Ridley - hooray, Anna. £10 is all yours.

And not forgetting my wonderful overseas readers - a package of Stylecraft goodies will be flying across the seas to Zen in Australia!

A big THANKYOU to everyone who entered and 'hello' to any new followers!

Don't forget to subscribe via email to receive all my posts straight to your inbox. I've got lots of new patterns to launch and there'll be more giveaways, too.

Have a fab week,

Sarah xx 

Stylecraft Giveaway *NOW CLOSED*

**This Giveaway is now closed** See the winners Here

Know how to beat those January blues? - Win yourself some free stuff, of course!

  

So I thought it the perfect time to host a Stylecraft Yarns giveaway.
Hooray!

Let's cut straight to it - the winner will receive £25 to spend in a bricks and mortar, real-life yarn store on Stylecraft yarns. 2nd place will get £15 and 3rd place, £10. The vouchers cannot, alas be used online but 'tis a great way to support your local yarn store - and there's nothing like going into a shop and squidging some lovely balls of the fluffy stuff.

Now unfortunately, this is only open to UK residents, BUT I will not leave out my overseas friends, so I'll draw one non-UK winner and they'll receive a bundle of Stylecraft goodies.


Liking the sound of this?
Then all you need to do is leave me a comment below and state whether you're in the U.K. or overseas.

The winners will be drawn at random and announced on Saturday 14th January- I'll post the winner here and tell you how to get in contact.

Wishing you all loads of luck ...🤞🤞🤞🤞
Have a great week,

Sarah xx

Flowers Abound Winner

The winner (chosen at random) of Shelley's wonderful book, Flowers Abound is....

Comment number 25- theamiproject  !!

Well done to you!

I'll be in touch.

Thanks to everyone for entering.

Have a fab week,

Sarah xx

And the WINNER is...

.... Sue Bellwood

Well done to you!

I used a random number generator-thingy and yours was the lucky number! 

You have won a signed copy of my book, along with a hook and some fab yarn to get you started.

Please leave me a comment below with your email address (it won't be published) and I'll be in contact  to arrange who you'd like the book dedicated to and where you'd like your goodies to be sent!

Super-exciting.

Have a fab week,

Sarah xxxx

Beginner's Guide To Crochet GIVEAWAY

Well I know how much you all love a giveaway, so here's one I hope you'll like:

You could win this little lot:

A signed copy of my book, Beginner's Guide to Crochet*

3 balls of Rico Creative Cotton Aran in Green, Pink and Turquoise

and a 4mm hook

*aimed at the complete beginner, but perfect for experienced crocheters too, with 20 projects to keep you busy...

So to enter, you just need to do the following:

- Be a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. 

That's it, no jumping through of hoops necessary...

... however, for additional chances to win, then mention (and link to) this giveaway post in one of your blog posts (let me know if you do) and I'll stick your name in again. For every new blog post you mention the giveaway in, you get another entry.

And as if that's not enough, I am also running an identical giveaway on Instagram, so head over for yet another chance to win..

The boring rules:

The winner will be drawn at random on Monday 27th July (closing date will be Sunday 26th July 12pm GMT).

Open worldwide.

One copy of the book/yarn/hook to be won through this blog giveaway and another book/yarn/hook to be won through my Instagram giveaway.
The winner of the blog giveaway must follow this blog.
The winner of the Instagram giveaway must follow my Instagram account.

Any entrant who mentions the giveaway on their blog must link to this post and let me know before the close of the draw on Sunday 26th July 12pm GMT.

The winner of the blog giveaway will be identified in a blog post published on Monday 27th July and must contact me with 2 weeks, or the draw will be made again.
The winner of the Instagram giveaway will be tagged in an Instagram post on Monday 27th July and must contact me with 2 weeks, or the draw will be made again.

Good luck to you all, I can't wait to draw the winners!!

Sarah xx

Some slippers and a Christmas Eve Giveaway

Hello, you lovely lot.

How are we all? 

Ready for Christmas?

No, me either.

Well never mind.

I've been too busy making slippers! 

They started off life as baby booties (I have new baby twin nieces- awwwww) from a pattern I'd found on the interweb, but me, being me decided to simplify things a bit and create my own pattern...

Very nice I thought.

And then one of my lovely Instagram buddies asked if I could use t-shirt yarn to make an adult version.

Great idea. Game on....

And so, armed with my trusty mega-hooks (12mm and 15mm) I set about my task.

Ooooooo, me likey!

So soft and squidgey (and made using one cone of Hooplayarn with plenty left over, too),

If you fancy making a pair, then the pattern's available in my Etsy shop. Just click on the link over there on the left. The pattern shows how to make various sizes, too.

And now for the second part of my post...

How about a Christmas Giveaway to cheer you up?

You could be the winner of all of these lovely patterns from my Etsy shop!!!!

It's easy

1. Be a follower

2. Leave me a comment here to let me know you'd like to enter!

That's it. No jumping through hoops.

I'll draw the winner on Christmas Eve.

Good luck,

And have a very Happy Christmas!

Sarah x

Apologies and new makes

I need to apologise twice.

Firstly, for making Christmas things.
Madness.
It's not even the end of October.
Sorry.



My excuse?
I have a craft sale at the beginning of November, and I thought people might like to buy these little blocks as gifts.




I've used a mixture of old Christmas images and music scores to cover the sides and am quite pleased with how they've turned out.



There's these too.



And, you'll be pleased to know, some commissioned blocks for a friend, which are distinctly non-christmassy.



So that's my first apology.

My second is for my absence from visiting all your wonderful blogs as often as I'd like.
My excuse for this?



One word.
eBay.

I am seriously selling everything from the loft in a bid (ha ha) to make some money and make some space in said loft.

This has so far involved a lengthy process of eliminating the good stuff from the rubbish and creating towering crates of boxes around the house; some to be put back into the loft (to be eBay-ed at a later date), some to be 'charity-shopped' and the rest to be photographed/ put onto eBay/ sent in post.

It's become a new obsession as I begin to check my items to see how many 'watchers' I have (spooky) and how many bids there are on my unopened pack of aged 2-3 Bob the Builder pants (no joke).

So, apologies.
I will try to catch up with you all as soon as I can.
Thank you for following, reading and commenting. You are marvellous people.

Have a great weekend, all xx

PS Don't forget to enter my giveaway- I will draw winners in Oct 31st. X

A Giveaway

So as promised, this is my Giveaway post!



Recently, I was very lucky to be a winner of Karenskrafts (now My 4 Lil Girls) 'Pay it Forward' giveaway and so now, it is my turn to announce my own GIVEAWAY!!

The rules of this giveaway are that I now have 365 days in which to find three bloggers who would like a handmade gift from me and are prepared to do the same.

It's so simple.
Here's how you can enter:

1: Be a follower of this blog somehow and leave a comment
(entries accepted from all corners of the globe and you don't have to have your own blog to enter, either)

You can gain an additional entry into the draw by:

2: Posting a link on your blog or website about this giveaway, linking directly back to this post.

3: Adding the giveaway button to your sidebar and linking to this post.

If you do any of the extras above, then make sure you comment to let me know- I don't want you to lose out on a chance to win!  

The winner will be drawn on October 31st 2011 at random.  


Good luck, all!

Xx