Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Special request square for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012!


Happy Birthday Prince Charles! What a beautiful sunny day for a birthday... I grabbed my camera a couple of hours ago and took loads of photos that I have been trying to take for a week....

I have been thwarted at every turn from blogging this last week... my computer is slowly giving up the ghost, we have been in Suffolk where the connection is scatty, and I have been busy, busy, busy sewing the Beautiful Blogger Blanket together...


Having postponed the finishing date for the blanket from 31st January, the last day to get squares to me has finally arrived! I can't thank you all enough for being so generous and sending in such lovely squares... there is a huge amount of crochet talent in the world... and it is truly amazing that one little craft can be shared by so many people world wide.

I will be doing the draw for the winner of the whole blanket on Sunday 4th March and will publish the result at 1pm UK time.!

I was aiming to do a post each day about one person's squares, but as that hasn't been possible, I am going to (with luck, an internet connection and the wind in the right direction), post lots of posts about the squares this week...  at the same time I will be sewing the last ones in!

Do you remember this post when I asked you for a 'wishlist' of lovely crocheters who I might approach to see if they would like to contribute a square for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket of 2012?  Here is one of our 'Invited Contributors'! 

The lovely Penny from Planet Penny was put forward by Beberouge and has sent us the most wonderful square....




It is Penny's own pattern and she has now posted a fantastic tutorial about it on Planet Penny - it is called, The Planet Penny Beautiful Blogger Blanket Square and the tutorial is HERE.  Penny blogged about the square here too.

There is a Planet Penny Facebook Page and Penny sells the most wonderful felted and crochet creations and much more in her shop on Folksy.

I love the colours, the textures and the cotton Penny has used to make her square, she hasn't revealed which cotton it is yet...(When Penny lets us know which yarn she used I will update this  post).Whatever it is, the colours are gorgeous and it is a nice light yarn...a little close-up...



Penny - Thank you so much for sending us this square for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2012..You now have a chance to win the whole blanket! GOOD LUCK! 




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14 comments:

  1. Barbina29 February 2012 at 07:32

    Ooh what a lovely square! I can´t wait to see the whole blanket!
    Hugs and kisses! Barbina

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    1. Stocki29 February 2012 at 12:10

      I'll be blogging the whole blanket on Saturday Barbina! :)x

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  2. Una cuccia per gatti e bambini29 February 2012 at 07:39

    I sent my granny square last week. I hope they will arrive on time!! :-(

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  3. fee @ chipper nelly29 February 2012 at 08:17

    i posted mine a couple of days ago - fingers crossed they arrived on time...fee x
    (sorry if this is my second comment - blogger is being v tricksy today)

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  4. Planet Penny29 February 2012 at 08:54

    I'm glad you like the square, Jill. The colours make me very happy! You can find out more about the yarn here http://planetpenny.co.uk/planet-penny-cotton-club/ if you are interested. Good luck with all the sewing up!

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  5. Joanne29 February 2012 at 09:21

    Ooooh, that pile of squares look lovely and colourful, but I don't envy you sewing them together!! Can't wait to see it all finished.

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    1. Stocki29 February 2012 at 12:11

      Is there such a thing as crocheters cramp? :)x

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  6. Judy29 February 2012 at 09:50

    What a gorgeous pile of squares - looking forward to seeing the whole blanket! Judy @ vintagehomespun xx

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    1. Stocki29 February 2012 at 13:07

      Hi Judy... I have just blogged the post about your squares.. they are so beautiful! x

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  7. Stefanie29 February 2012 at 12:32

    Since crochet is still a bit new to me, I'm always amazed at the variety of designs for Granny Squares. You are hosting such a neat thing right now.

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    1. Stocki29 February 2012 at 13:09

      Aw thank you Kepanie... it is a real pleasure.. and you are right.. the patterns seem to be infinate.. but once you learn the basics you can do most of them easily! :)x

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  8. littlewoollie29 February 2012 at 18:21

    All those squares together look fantastic, I really hope mine got to you in time, it is always hard to tell with international postage how long things take to arrive. Apologies if they turn up weeks after the blanket is all complete!! Julie:)

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  9. ElisabethAndrée1 March 2012 at 03:20

    Lovely pictures, Jill! Are you crocheting the blanket in one go?! Wish you luck for Saturday!

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  10. Anonymous2 March 2012 at 10:45

    Oh my goodness I love this square it must be one of my favorite's

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