Competition Now Closed
To celebrate UK Handmade’s third birthday we thought it would be nice to do something to give back to the community. We haven’t been able to put the recent riots out of our minds and we, like many of our readers, felt really depressed and sad that young people had so little to lose that they were rioting. That coupled with the sense that the background issues involved are so very immense and incredibly hard to tackle, not to mention multi-generational made us feel helpless and despairing.
This got us thinking about supporting a charity that works with children in hard hit areas - who are struggling with anything from gang peer pressure to difficult family situations - and helps them to navigate a way clear of a life of crime. Our chosen charity, NACRO (the crime reduction charity) does just that and, with early intervention and engagement in learning, aims to prevent vulnerable young people from ending up with a life of crime.
“We help to steer over 24,000 children and young people away from drugs and crime, finding new and positive future opportunities.”.
We are inviting
192 knitters who are already making the Beekeeper’s Quilt for themselves OR are willing to
buy the pattern and make hexipuffs, to contribute
two hexipuffs each to make up an extra special Beekeeper’s Quilt. The hexipuffs should all be sent to our wonderful partner in this charity project, jelly, who will host a
special stitchathon (sewing day) to make up the finished quilt.
Clockwise from top left, images courtesy of: Marianne Cant, Debbie Orr, Joy McMillan, Shawn Nelson, Suzanne Stallard, Allison Kunze, Alison Campbell, Jocelyn Viernes, Brandy Skogsberg and Sarah Knight.
At the same time we invite anyone from the UK to answer the specialist question below and pay a small £1 entry fee. The entries with the correct answer will be collected and a winner chosen at random. The lucky winner will receive the finished Beekeeper's Quilt and one of Tiny Owl Knit's patterns and 100% of the funds raised will go to NACRO.
Taking part in the hexipuffing
To take part and contribute hexipuffs, simply enter your details into the form on our
sign-up page here and your name will be added to the contributors list.
Post your completed two hexipuffs by Saturday 31st December to:
Hexipuff Department, jelly
42 Market Place
Reading RG1 2DE
The Quilt Progress so far!
Entering the competition to win the finished Beekeeper's Quilt
IMPORTANT: Please read the full terms and conditions below BEFORE entering - participation in this competition is deemed acceptance of the competition terms and conditions.
To be in with a chance of winning the finished Beekeeper's Quilt:
- Pay the entry fee of £1 by via the PayPal button below (you may enter as many times as you wish); and
- Answer the following multiple choice question.
How many miles do you think an average hive of bees fly to make 1 kg of honey?
A) 50,000 miles
B) 90,000 miles
C) 120,000 miles
Competition Now Closed
The competition runs from 1st November ~ 31st December 2011 with all proceeds at the end being donated to NACRO.
