Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K’s 4th Blog Anniversary Celebration | Week 4

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CELEBRATING MY 4TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY

WITH 4 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!

So we are approaching the end of the giveaway with only a couple of prizes left up for grabs, I’ll tell you about the next one momentarily but first I need to tell you who the winner is of the Medieval Colour rainbow yarn pack. And that is…as picked by the fun random wheel of fortune name picker….

Congratulations to you! I’ve sent you an email for your address details so I can get your prize out to you – and now onto the next prize (woo hoo!)

Week 4 is sponsored by Wulla Yarns who have generously donated a set of their amazing neon jumbo hooks. You may remember that I reviewed the yarn and created the free Wulla Wreath pattern in collaboration with them last year.

One lucky reader will receive a 15cm, a 20cm and a 25cm of these fabulous loud and proud hooks – you are lucky to be getting this one as I want to keep them aalllll!

Here’s how you can enter:

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me what you’d like to make with these awesome jumbo hooks.

To gain a sneaky extra entry, head on over to my KCACOUK Facebook page, leave a comment under the post about this contest and ‘like’ the page (if you haven’t already). And to gain another extra entry, why not pop over to @KCACOUK on Instagram, become a follower, and leave a comment under the post about this competition.

The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Wednesday 28th February 2018. The winner will be selected using a random name picker and I will need to be supplied with a full postal address for the prize. If efforts to contact the winner remain unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.

Please note that this giveaway is open worldwide.

I would like to thank Wulla Yarns again for their generosity in sponsoring my 4 year Blog Anniversary.

Don’t forget to pop back on Sunday for details of the final prize giveaway prize – this time from me.

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

14Feb2018

Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K’s 4th Blog Anniversary Celebration | Week 3

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CELEBRATING MY 4TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY

WITH 4 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!

It’s time another giveaway prize for our new week but first I have a winner of week 2’s prize to announce don’t I for the Hook and a Book gift box! And I’m also late in picking the prize winner for the Happily Hook magazine subscription too – sorry about that, we’ve had illness in the house again and I completely missed picking it! So I’m going to announce both winners right now!

And the winner of the Happily Hooked magazine subscription, as picked by the fun random wheel of fortune name picker, is Alison and the winner of the Hook and a Book is Shanaya!!

Congratulations to both of you I’ve sent you both an email so we can talk about getting your relevant prizes to you. And now onto the next prize (woo hoo!)

Week 3 is sponsored by Medieval Colours who have generously donated a rainbow set of their yarns for one lucky reader.

You may remember that I reviewed the yarn and created the free crochet Renaissance bag pattern in collaboration with them last year.

This fantastically unique prize contains a set of naturally dyed yarns in favourite colours of Medieval times:

yellow from weld (Reseda luteola)
red from madder (Rubia tinctoria)
blue from woad (Isatis tinctoria)

Here’s how you can enter:

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me what you’d like to make with these pretty rainbow yarns.

The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Wednesday 21st February 2018. The winner will be selected using a random name picker and I will need to be supplied with a full email address for the prize. If efforts to contact the winner remain unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.

Please note that this giveaway is open to residents of the United Kingdom only.

I would like to thank Medieval Colours again for their generosity in sponsoring my 4 year Blog Anniversary.

Don’t forget to pop back on Sunday for details of another prize giveaway – still two prizes after this one up for grabs!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

7Feb2018

Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K’s 4th Blog Anniversary Celebration | Week 2

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CELEBRATING MY 4TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY

WITH 4 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Soooooooo it’s a new week which means it’s time for another giveaway prize? It’s all very exciting isn’t it! But first I have a winner of week 1’s (part 1) prize to announce…mini drum roll please…and the winner is, as picked by the fun random wheel of fortune name picker…

Congratulations Zeens and Roger!! I’ll be contacting you shortly for your address so I can post you out your prize. Sorry for folks that didn’t win this time but don’t forget that the week 1 (part 2) prize is still up for grabs on this post here.

Now back to this week! Week 2 is sponsored by the crochet subscription box, Hook and a Book, who are offering one lucky winner one of their 2017 boxes (currently on sale in their Etsy shop). One winner may choose from either;

Doggy themed cup cosys (this is the box I reviewed here)
Apple coasters OR
Feather necklace

Here’s how you can enter:

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me which box you’d like to win.

The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Wednesday 14 February 2018. The winner will be selected using a random number generator and I will need to be supplied with a full email address for the prize. If efforts to contact the winner remain unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.

This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE.

I would like to thank Hook and a Book again for their generosity in sponsoring my 4 year Blog Anniversary.

Don’t forget to pop back on next Wednesday for another prize giveaway!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

3Feb2018

Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K’s 4th Blog Anniversary Celebration | Part 2

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CELEBRATING MY 4TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY

WITH 4 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Soooooooo who is ready for another giveaway prize? And don’t forget that prize 1 is still up for grabs on this post here.

Week 1 (Part 2) is sponsored by Happily Hooked Magazine who have generously donated a YEARS digital subscription to the magazine for one lucky reader.

If you haven’t heard of Happily Hooked Magazine it’s a monthly online US e-magazine for crocheters filled with patterns, articles, interviews and more PATTERNS!

I’ve had the pleasure of working with them on recent patterns like my Parchment Meadow pillow, Back to School Bear and Little Red Robot. I know you’ll love this magazine if you’ve not tried it before.

Here’s how you can enter:

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me why you’d like to win the prize – simples!

The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Saturday 10th February 2018. The winner will be selected using a random number generator and I will need to be supplied with a full email address for the prize. If efforts to contact the winner remain unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.

This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE.

I would like to thank Happily Hooked Magazine again for their generosity in sponsoring my 4 year Blog Anniversary.

Don’t forget to pop back on Wednesday for another prize giveaway!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

31Jan2018

Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K’s 4th Blog Anniversary Celebration | January 2018

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Four years… Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K is 4 years old today! I simply can’t believe it!

I swear someone has put time on fast forward! I only started blogging last week surely…but I suppose realistically so much has happened in that time, both personally and professionally, that it must be four years (four years!).

My life is a bit of a juggling act with work, a home, a husband, two young girls and my designing but one of the things that helps keep me grounded is that Wednesday is blog post day! I never realised I would enjoy blogging quite as much as I do until I really got into it and I have to say it has opened up opportunities that I’d never imagined. One of the highlights definitely being when I got invited as a ‘guest blogger’ to London for the Knitting and Stitching Show and got my very own press badge!

Blogging for me is a way to connect with like-minded people (I’m not really near any other crocheters that I can talk crochet to all the time – booooo) and it’s a wonderful feeling that I have a space where I can regularly share my experiences or ideas to people that (hopefully) want to hear about it.

I don’t say it often enough but I just really want to say that I appreciate the time you each take to visit my blog and especially when you leave me comments and feedback. I was so worried that the only person reading would be my mum (hey mum!) when I first started, so it’s so nice to know that there are people out their reading and that you seem to join me in my love for all things crochet! I’d also like to thank you to those of you that have shared my blog your friends and family too.

And because you, my lovely constant readers, are so wonderfully supportive I wanted to run a great series of giveaways for you with some fabulous prizes donated by lots of wonderful companies and people I worked with last year. Soooooooo…

LET’S CELEBRATE MY 4TH BLOG ANNIVERSARY WITH 4 WEEKS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Week 1 is sponsored by two of the wonderful magazine’s I have had the pleasure to work with; one of the prizes will be given away in this blog post today and another one on Saturday (so make sure you pop back then too).

To start the proceedings we have LGC Knitting & Crochet Magazine who have generously donated the three most recent copies of the magazine for one lucky reader.

If you are not not familiar with LGC Knitting & Crochet Magazine it’s a magazine that comes with needles, hook and yarn for the knitting and crochet patterns inside of the magazine. They also have great articles, competitions and tips. In these particular issues, up for grabs, there’s some of my favourite designs; including Bruno the Bear and Santa, Superhero girl and bracelets, and the latest issue featuring Princess Jessica and the love tokens.

I know you will love this magazine if you’ve not tried it before and I’m super happy to be able to offer THREE ISSUES as our first giveaway prize!

Here’s how you can enter:

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me why you’d like to win the prize – simples!

The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Wednesday 7th February 2018. The winner will be selected using a random number generator and I will need to be supplied with a full postal name and address to send out the prize. If efforts to contact the winner remain unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.

This giveaway is open to residents of the United Kingdom only. However other prizes in this giveaway will be available internationally.

I would like to thank LGC Knitting & Crochet Magazine again for their generosity in sponsoring my 4 year Blog Anniversary.

Don’t forget to pop back on Saturday for another prize giveaway!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

31Jan2018

And the winners are…The Spring Knitting & Stitching Show 2018

Posted in Competitions, Crochet, Days Out, Outings, Yarn Show by Keep Calm and Crochet On UK

Is everyone ready! We have have ourselves some winners…but first I’d like to say thank you to everyone that submitted an entry, I really enjoyed reading your reasons why you’d like to attend and / or who you’d like to go to the show with. And we also have to say a big THANK YOU to lovely people from the Knitting and Stitching Show for providing the ticket prizes.

So without further ado the winners are…

Samantha Wormleighton
Libby
Posydog1
Peter B
Cheryl Gardner

Congratulations my lovelies! I’ll be in touch today to request your contact details so that the tickets can be posted out to you.

And to everyone else sorry if you didn’t win this time but there’ll be more giveaways and special offers for you coming soon (if fact later today!)

And don’t forget the special discount for tickets still applies. Just quote KEEPCALM18 and you can save £2 on advance adult ticket price (or £1 for concessions) which makes the tickets £11.50 instead of £13.50/£12.50). You can buy tickets here or call 0844 581 1319.

I’d like to say a big thank you again to the shows organisers for offering this special deal to my lovely KCACO.UK readers!

23Jan2018

Win tickets to The Spring Knitting & Stitching Show 2018

Posted in Competitions, Crochet, Outings, Sale / Special Offer, Yarn Show by Keep Calm and Crochet On UK

It’s giveaway city here at KCACO.UK headquarters! Next week I’ve got my big blog birthday giveaway starting and this week I’ve got FIVE pairs of tickets, kindly donated by the lovely organisers of the Knitting and Stitching show, to giveaway to KCACO.UK readers!!!

The Knitting & Stitching Shows are the UK’s biggest textile art, craft and design events and the Spring show opens its doors to thousands of crafters at Olympia London on 1st – 4th March 2018.

From crochet to needle felting, embroidery to dressmaking, there are over 200 workshops and free demonstrations hosted by expert tutors, covering every textile craft imaginable. Whether you’re a complete beginner, an expert or somewhere in between, there is something for everyone, and with nine workshop classrooms, it’s the biggest Spring show programme ever.

You can read all about my visit last year to the Ally Pally here (it’s a bit of a long post so make a cuppa first) – but in a nutshell it was really, really fab and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to make the show at Olympia London (sad times) so I’ll be living vicariously through everyone else that attends…and of course if there’s any beautiful hand-dyed yarn that you want to send my way…

Any hoo, if you want to go straight to the details on how to win tickets scroll to the bottom of this page, if you’ve got a few more minutes I just want to tell you about another couple of things that’s happening at the Spring show…

Have you heard about the campaign for creativity? It’s the aim to provide more and better opportunities at school for children to be creative and to think creatively, there’s a petition you can sign here, but the The Spring Knitting & Stitching Show are hosting a wall of embroidered signatures as a visual representation of the Creativity Petition. They are asking crafters to get creative and send your stitched signature (this can be crocheted, embroidered, knitted, cross-stitched, the more creative the better) to be added to their wall of signatures. Alternatively if you are attending you can bring your stitched signature to the show yourself. To find out where to send signatures to see the link here and don’t forget to share your crafty creations on social media and encourage others to get involved by using the #campaignforcreativity

Also this year the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show are hosting an all crocheted and knitted afternoon tea competition in partnership with Betty Blythe Vintage Tea Rooms. They are challenging visitors to crochet or knit any item you would find in a traditional English tea room, think knitted scones and jam, crocheted Prosecco flutes, cucumber sandwiches, tea sets and more.

You can use a pattern or design your piece yourself. To find out more about the competition see the full details here.

Right let’s get on to how you can win tickets to the show shall we!

Giveaway

The tickets are for redeemable any day except Saturday 3rd March for the Spring Knitting and Stitching show at the Olympia London which runs from 1st – 4th March 2018.

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is to leave a comment on the bottom of this blog post about why you’d like to go to the show. The competition closes on Tuesday, January 30th at 5pm (GMT) with the winners being announced later that evening here on the blog. Good Luck Everyone!

Special Discount

But if you want your ticket’s RIGHT NOW I’ve also got a special discount for you! Just quote KEEPCALM18 and you can save £2 on advance adult ticket price (or £1 for concessions) which makes the tickets £11.50 instead of £13.50/£12.50). You can buy tickets here or call 0844 581 1319.

I’d like to say a big thank you again to the shows organisers for offering this special deal to my lovely KCACO.UK readers!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

4Oct2017

And the winners are…The Knitting & Stitching Show 2017

Posted in Competitions, Crochet, Giveaways by Keep Calm and Crochet On UK

So without further ado the winners, picked via this random name picker tool, are…

Elisabeth (Isis) Plutt
Miranda Shelley
Helen Robinson
Martina Kocourkova

and the ticket winner from Instagram is…

Nannabess14

Congratulations my lovelies! I’ll be in touch today to request your contact details so that the tickets can be posted out to you.

And to everyone else sorry if you didn’t win this time but there’ll be more giveaways and special offers for you coming soon. And don’t forget the special discount for tickets still applies. Just quote KEEPCALM17 and you can save £2.50 on advance adult ticket price (or £1 for concessions) which makes the tickets £12 instead of £14.50/£13). You can buy tickets here or call 0844 581 1319.

Until next time! Keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

1Oct2017

Win tickets to The Knitting & Stitching Show 2017

Posted in Competitions, Crochet, Days Out, Giveaways, Inspiration, Outings, Sale / Special Offer, Yarn by Keep Calm and Crochet On UK

In just under two week’s time, the Knitting & Stitching Show opens in London and I’ve got FIVE pairs of tickets, kindly donated by the lovely organisers of the show, to giveaway to KCACO.UK readers!!! I’m giving away FOUR tickets here on the blog and for those of you on Instagram I’m giving away ONE ticket over there.

I’m extremely excited about this show as it’s going to be my first time going to the Ally Pally (otherwise known as the iconic Alexandra Palace). And the Autumn show is set to be the biggest textile event in the UK! With hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, interactive features, professionally curated galleries, as well as 300 exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies. As a veritable celebration of textile crafts it’s a paradise for makers! I can’t wait!!!

This, ladies and gents, is a huge huge show! You can spend a day re-stocking your yarn stash, learning to knit, getting help in the crochet clinics, having a go at a sewing demos, mastering the art of tailoring and so much more. There has never been a better excuse to get involved in craft! Seriously just take a look at the full list of workshops here. I want to do them all!

The Knitting & Stitching Show London takes place from 11^th-15^thOctober and the tickets are redeemable any day except Saturday.

Giveaway

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is to leave a comment on the bottom of blog post about why you’d like to go to the show. The competition closes this Wednesday 4 October 5pm (GMT) with the winner being announced Wednesday 4 October that evening here on the blog. And make sure to check out my Instagram feed for the chance to another pair of tickets. Good Luck Everyone!

Special Discount

But if you want your ticket’s RIGHT NOW I’ve also got a special discount for you! Just quote KEEPCALM17 and you can save £2.50 on advance adult ticket price (or £1 for concessions) which makes the tickets £12 instead of £14.50/£13). You can buy tickets here or call 0844 581 1319.

I’d like to say a big thank you again to the shows organisers for offering this special deal to my lovely KCACO.UK readers!

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

12Jul2017

Crochet Short Story Competition | The Woolly Writer

Posted in Crochet, Magazine by Keep Calm and Crochet On UK

Are you an avid writer and reader and perhaps have an aspiring dream to see yourself in print? Fancied writing fiction but never had the confidence to give it a go? Love crochet and/or knitting? Well now you can combine both passions by entering Let’s Get Crafting Magazine’s annual short story competition – The Woolly Writer.

Entering is easy! You just have to pick a starting sentence from those below:

A) She slowly turned the ball of bright red yarn over in her hands, imagining all the wonderful things she could make, but before she could pop it into her basket, she felt a tapping on her shoulder…
B) The noise of the circus faded as he entered the mystic’s tent, and the only audible sounds were his laboured breathing and the click-clacking of the strange woman’s knitting needles…
C) No ordinary couple would admit to meeting at a knitting club, but Shaun and Carolyn were no ordinary couple…

They open up a world of possibilities right! From the starting sentence you then have to write a 1000 word story (which is roughly around two sheets of A4 paper). For inspiration you can read last year’s two runner-up entries here and here.

First prize is a yarn bundle from Cygnet, a £100 Search Press voucher, and a one year subscription to Let’s Get Crafting. The two runners-up prizes are a £50 Search Press voucher for each winner. The winning story will also be published in Issue 95 of the magazine, on sale 28th September 2017, as well as on the topcrochetpatterns.com website!