Grand Total

Hello for the last time.

Thank you to everyone who bought throws, shouted our little competition from the rooftops and wished us well. 

A very big big thank you to everyone who knitted, felted and crocheted squares.  Without your amazing creative efforts and time, not to mention the money you spent, none of this would have been possible. 

Another big thank you to Elaine and Mum for helping me crochet the squares together. 

And now...... with out further ado......... the grand total we raised for the Andover Riding for the Disabled is........

£256

The RDA are going to use this money to buy a much needed new saddle for one of their horses. 

Thanks again for making this whole project a success.

Throw six, seven and eight

Here is throw six

throw seven

and throw eight

please email your bids to info@beakerbutton.co.uk if you can't make the Michaelmas fair.

throw number four and five

I apologise for slacking on posting the throws for the Auction. I've been poorly and hadn't the heart or the energy to turn on the laptop. Here is throw number three

 and throw number four

do send me an email at info@beakerbutton.co.uk if you want to put a bid on either of them

Throw number three

This is one of my favourites.  The yarn for it is all hand spun, and the colours are gorgeous. 

 

Throw number two

We did our measuring on Thursday and reached 52 metres down the wall.  We had lots of fun stretching and fine tuning the line up, and were helped by Maggie's Home Ed group.  We had lots of encouragement from passing lorries and cars, who assumed we were protesting about something! Thank you to everyone who helped measure. 

This is the next throw to be auctioned. Throw number 2 for those of you interested in placing a bid.  Email you bid and contact details to info@beakerbutton.co.uk
The more bids we get, the higher the price and the more money Andover Riding for Disabled gets.

The first throw is made

We sorted the squares, marvelling yet again at how creative you all are, and we have started the long work of making them into throws.  Several, including the three winners, will work better as stand alone pieces, and will be shown in the next few weeks.  This is throw number 1.  Anyone wanting to put a bid please email info@beakerbutton.co.uk with your bid and contact details.  The auction is on the 22nd and 23rd September.  The throw measures 1.5m x 1m and is a right old mixture of fibres.  We think it's lovely, and it's very warm as a wrap, or would look lovely on the back of the sofa.

We have WINNERS

So, we have three very talented winners of the Wool for the Wall competition, photos of the winning squares are below.  Before I name them though I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported us and the RDA with squares.  We are going to spend the next two weeks making the squares into throws and then do the big measure against the wall on the 30th August.  If anyone is free that day we'd love it if you could come and watch or even help measure.  And then we'll be auctioning off the throws in a silent auction at our Michaelmas Fair 22nd and 23rd September.  I'll post photos of the throws on the blog for people to look at in early September.  Anyone wanting to make a bid please email info@beakerbutton.co.uk

So below are the winners.  Congratulations to all three.

1st place Catherine Graham-Evans
(for more of Catherine's gorgeous stuff, check out her newly opened Etsy shop here)http://www.etsy.com/shop/Yarnlark?ref=pr_shop_more

2nd place Annette Hobbs

3rd place Katie Penlington