rockpool candy

JULY'S FIBRE COMPETITION

June's winner was Bev Boots.
To enter July's comp and win some of my fibre, click here.

June's Competition for fibre.

A new month... a new comp.
Send me your captions for this vintage pattern. The caption that makes me laugh the most will win some of my fibre.

To take part, click on my competition page to the right--------------≥

or click here.

The comp is open worldwide and the winner can choose between a skein of my handspun or one of my batts to spin or felt in your fave colour.

Ladies and Gents, we have a winner.....

well, two actually.
This month's vintage pattern caption competition lead me to declare a draw. I just couldn't decide between (or stop laughing about....)

Skein Queen's

Woah! Careful with the Swan Vesta, Dave, you might melt the acrylic.

And Anne Taylor's

Are you going to do the burn test or am I? And are we both agreed to tell the wives it was done by a grizzly swipe!!!!

So they shall both be receiving a skein of yarn or spinning/felting fibre of their colour choice.

I shall post up a new caption competition pattern tomorrow. Take part and make me laugh...

Ravelry Day 6th June

It's coming up soon, people.......

Are your fibery fingers twitching? They should be.....

 
I'll be there doing my Cor Blimey Crochet! exhibiting a few micro-organisms with Ildi, and selling my batts.......

And eating cake of course....oh cake.....
Make sure you come by my stand. I'll be downstairs. Probably eating cake....
Get your tickets HERE.

p.s don't forget to enter my May competition. Click on WIN MY FIBRE! in the right hand column over there.

May Competition

I've got more fibre up for grabs.

So if you've got a funny bone and want to test it, click on the comp link.

It's in the right-hand column, half way down.

You could WIN WIN WIN.....

St Patrick's Day Prize

There are  a few days left to enter the St Patrick's Day Celebration competition over on Ravelry.
Knit or crochet something 'Irish' themed (you may have something you've already made that's appropriate), upload your pic and you could win a massive hall.
I've donated just one of the prizes, but there's an embarrassing amount to win.

This is the 'Northern Irish Landscape' yarn that I donated.
It’s a blend of all the colours that I saw on my beach walk the other day; blues of the sky, browns of the earth, rust of metal, mossy grass, greys of petrified wood and slate, you get the idea.
It’s merino, blue-faced leicester, texel, banana, silk, silk waste and a few other bits for good measure. The skein is about 180g in weight.

Go on, you still have time to enter...

And the winner is......

Nat!

with her Rab C Nesbitt tribute.

Son: "Da, please don't relocate us to Glasgow..."
Father: "Robert Charles listen son, a Nesbitt has got to do what a Nesbitt has got to do"

It took me a while, but when it clicked, it made me laugh with a very loud snort in a very public place - which made me laugh even more. Two laughs for the price of one, you could say.

So 100g of my fibre (I thought this pink was appropriate, given Rab's nose)

will be winging its way to Nat, who generously offered her prize up to charidee, but as I know her mum is into felting and doing bits for charities herself, I've decided to send it anyway.

Thanks for the entries, everyone. I know that there were thousands more hits on the site than comments left. So the next picture will maybe be more inspiring. Who knows?

COMPETITION!

Those of you who know me well, will know that I collect old knitting and crochet patterns. Rarely for the patterns themselves, I must admit; more often for the wonderful cover pics. My walls are covered in them. And I thought, "I want to share my little treasure trove with everyone".

So what better way than to hold an informal competition?

Each month, I'll post a picture from an old pattern. All you need to do is send me a funny caption for it. The person who makes me laugh the longest and hardest will win 100g of my rockpool candy fibre for spinning (or I'll spin it up for those crocheters and knitters who don't spin). It's open to anyone anywhere in the world. I'll pay the postage in return for the laughter.

So put on your funny pants and apply yourself. Here comes picture number one.

It's for Twilley's Health Vest - as recommended by the medical profession, (don't you know!)

Man, I'm laughing already......