FOCUS: Get Hexipuffing and Enter Our Charity Competition to WIN a finished Beekeepers Quilt

Submitted by Anna Stassen on Tue, 15/11/2011 - 07:00

The Beekeepers Quilt knitting pattern by Tiny Owl Knits has been taking the knitting world by storm and it's not hard to see why! Made up of lots of squishy, cute little knitted hexagons, or "hexipuffs" as those in the know like to refer to them, the beekeepers quilt is a fabulous project that is perfect for beginners all the way through to seasoned knitters. Each hexipuff is a satisfying mini-project in its own right and the finished quilt is surely an heirloom of the future!

Image courtesy of Tiny Owl Knits

What's the Beekeepers Quilt got to do with raising money for charity?

UK Handmade celebrates its 3rd Birthday this winter and to mark the milestone we wanted to do something to give back to the community. 

We decided that we wanted to help kids in particular especially given the riots here in the UK because the children ARE our future! The UK Handmade team, like many of you, were glued to the news during that terrible time and felt really depressed and sad that so many young people had so little to lose that they were running the streets. We all felt helpless to do much to change the situation because the underlying issues are so very immense and incredibly hard to tackle but we realised there ARE things we can do by supporting amazing charities like NACRO (the crime reduction charity) which helps vulnerable young people via early intervention and engagement in learning so that they DON'T end 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.”.

So, with the permission and support of Stephanie Dosen ~ Tiny Owl Knits (see her interview on pages 9 to 15 of the Winter issue), UK Handmade have teamed up with Reading-based arts organisation jelly to utilise hexipuff power to raise money for this wonderful charity with The Beekeeper’s Quilt Charity Prize Competition but we can't do it without YOU!
 
 
How can you get involved?
Briefly, there are two ways you can get involved (Head on over to our competition page for full details!):

1. Sign up to contribute hexipuffs towards the finished quilt. This is open to knitters from all over the world! By contributing hexipuffs, your name will appear in the Contributors List on the right hand side of the competition page including links to contributors websites/blogs if the details are provided!

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.

2. Enter the competition to WIN the finished quilt by paying £1 and answering the specialist question (only open to UK residents over 18 years of age for legal reasons). You can enter the competition as MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE to maximise your chances of winning the quilt!

Who can contribute hexipuffs?
Knitters who are already making the quilt for themselves AND knitters who are happy to go and buy the pattern and make hexipuffs especially for the competition. All hexipuffs should be sent to Hexipuff HQ at jelly (see competition page for address details).
 
Image courtesy of Tiny Owl Knits
 
Please help us raise as much money as possible for this wonderful cause so that we can help support vulnerable young people!

 

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