Thursday 27 October 2022

3 Little Pigs - plus a few more


Hello and how are you all ? I am very well and have had a great week of crochet - more about that in a minute. Its a very rainy day here at ECHQ, I'm going walking with a friend later so I'm hoping it clears up. This week I've been enjoying these beautiful pink roses which are very appropriate for the crochet I've been doing as you will see shortly. I've been crocheting for a local charity, The Cowshed, who describe themselves as "a new charity which provides support to people of all backgrounds in a time of personal crisis".


The support they provide is largely by way of items of clothing, and they take donations of good, pre-loved clothes which are all washed and ironed by a team of volunteers who do an amazing job getting the clothes ready and displaying them beautifully for clients (who are referred to them) to come and choose from, and try on. They also provide toys for children at Christmas and have a wishlist which you can find here. I've decided this year to buy three items from the wishlist and buy less for my own three children as they already have so much.


The Cowshed also raise money by doing craft fairs, and they have a craft club which I've been to a couple of times and made bunting for stock for their stalls. Doesn't their stall look great ? I'm not in the photo by the way. Helping at their craft fairs is something I intend to do next year.


Anyway, onto the crochet! So I've been crocheting little pigs in blankets ...


Just look at him! How super-cute is he! My local crochet group, The Barkham Hookers, asked us to make these for the Cowshed so I set to and managed to get three out of the yarn which they had provided ...


These three have gone off to the Cowshed already, apparently they have lots of orders to fulfill. I then posted about them on facebook and have had orders for another 7! Luckily I had more pink yarn so I've been non-stop piggy-making all week, with a little production line going for things like noses and ears ...


Here they are, starting to take shape ...


I ran out of the Christmassy red and green yarn for the blankets but I think the purple and blue ones are just as nice ...


They've such funny little faces, I'm sure they each have their own little personality ...


The pattern is by A Right Good Hook and you can find it here on ravelry.




It was a great pattern to follow, very well written and no mistakes! Lots of fun to crochet, but I must say after doing 10 of them - yikes! - I am now looking forward to moving onto another project. 

Til next time, hope you all have some crafty fun,
Jillxo


41 comments:

  1. Those little piggies are adorable -- I'm not at all surprised that they've been so popular!

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  2. What a cute bunch of piggies! Who wouldn't love to pop one in their pocket?

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  3. Absolutely love their little faces, super cute! xx

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    1. Thanks! I think they definitely have personality!
      Jillxo

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  4. Those little piggies are cute as can be! I'm not surprised that they're popular in the charity booth. Sounds like a great organization to support!

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    1. Yes, they are based very near us so its nice to be able to support local
      Jillxo

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  5. Those little piggies are adorable! Sounds like a great organization.

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  6. Those little pigs could NOT be any cuter.

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  7. They are so cute, I wish I were a better crocheter, they would be top of my list. The Cowshed sounds like a very worthwhile charity.

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  8. sounds like a very worthwhile project to be involved in.
    Jillxo

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  9. they're really not too difficult, just a bit fiddly!
    Jillxo

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  10. Oh my, those little pigs are so cute!!

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  11. They are incredibly cute. Xx

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  12. Oh my goodness your little piggies are adorable!!

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  13. Hi Jill! Thank you for visiting me!! I'm so happy to be blog friends with you! It's lovely here and those piggies are adorable! Happy Friday! : )

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  14. These little piglets are just the cutest ever xx

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  15. Love them but I can imagine you are feeling a little pigged out now lol! B x

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  16. Super cute! Yeah, making them starts to wear thin at 10 done! lol

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  17. Super cute piggies Jill. Such a worthy cause to be making them for too.

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  18. Oh my goodness, they are so adorable! I wish I could get my brain to understand how to crochet anything other than just a chain, I would love to be able to make these little guys.

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    1. I taught myself from the internet and books so it is possible!

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  19. You should keep an eye on these pigs, Jill, they look very mischievous to me.
    Amalia
    xo

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  20. Aw they are as cute as can be.

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