tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29580188791278964472024-03-13T00:54:04.295-07:00Amanda's Crochet Blanket Adventures Ramblings about all crochet blankets, designing, wool, colour, inspiration and our life on Exmoor.Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-63326689627514002292020-01-17T04:46:00.000-08:002020-01-17T04:46:01.184-08:00The Result - Crochet Mandala's part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've never really understood the point of crochet mandala's or even mandala's in general. The cynical part of me thought it was just a trendy word for swatches & motifs and that mandala's were just interesting patterns.<br />
So when I started crocheting circles mandala's I felt a bit of a fraud, so I did lots of research and discovered I was wrong.<br />
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I've never been a spiritual person, but realised that sewing in ends is my version of meditating. I use a lot of scraps in my blankets's and love remembering the feel of the different yarn types, the sound of the scissors as I snip the ends (rustic wool is especially satisfying as it crunches) and the colours, always the colours..<br />
Looking at the finished mandala gives me the same enjoyment, the way the colours work together, the stitches and different yarn types, I hope others feel the same way.<br />
I'm getting immense pleasure making them, I'm using my colour and design sense's, hoping that it will help lift my block.<br />
Having something to sell that people want to buy has bolstered my confidence, I didn't even realise it was something I missed until I started posting packages.<br />
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So I have a mandala plan...........<br />
For the whole of January I'm going to make 2 round mandala's like the ones at the top of this post.<br />
On Tuesday 28th of January I will post them all for sale on Instagram and Facebook, the following week I will add the unsold ones to Etsy.<br />
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For the whole of February I'm going to make 3 round mandala's, like the one below.<br />
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In April I will work out what to do next, maybe more mandala's, maybe my block will have lifted and I will start making more blankets or maybe I'll do both.</div>
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Watch my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/queenieamanda2/"><b>Instagram</b></a> account and <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/amandascrochetblankets">Facebook</a></b> page for more updates and information.</div>
<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-21244202971865107002020-01-17T03:49:00.000-08:002020-01-17T04:47:16.996-08:00The Reason why - Crochet Mandala's part 1For the past 10 months I've struggled to work, my heart isn't in my work anymore, nothing seems quite right, I've only made one blanket in the past year and social networking is a chore I try and avoid.<br />
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After all our ups and downs, life has finally broken me a bit.<br />
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My children are the three best things I've ever made and when one of them needs me, I do my best to help. When Dais needed my help after the birth of Magnus, I was there. </div>
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Ten months later Dais is back at work, Magnus still doesn't sleep well and Bert is well and truly a terrible two. Dais still needs me, so I'm still there, child caring, helping with bedtimes when Daddy isn't there, taking Magnus to toddlers group etc etc</div>
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I cherish every moment I spend with them, I'm so lucky to live so close and to be able to be such a big part of their lives and at this point in my life they are my main focus.</div>
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Being a grandparent is the best thing ever :-)</div>
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The beach photo was taken at Woolacombe, it shows Bert singing to Tinks, while his Mummy tries to keep Ron under control and in the distance Grandpa drags Magnus across the sand in his buggy</div>
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However my baby boy's don't fulfill my creative needs, so I've been mindlessly crocheting jumpers, nothing special and nothing I want to share, but it fulfills my need to create. </div>
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Before Christmas I decided to sell a lot of my samples and swatches as I wanted to buy Phil a chiminea as an extra special Christmas present.</div>
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I sold them on Facebook, most of them were snapped up immediately (the remaining ones are in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AmandaPerkinsDesigns"><b>Etsy shop</b></a>), the thing that became apparent was that people especially loved my circles swatches.</div>
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Several people referred to them as mandala's, so I thought why not make more.........</div>
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Continue reading this story <b><a href="https://amandascrochetblog.blogspot.com/">The result - Crochet Mandala's part two</a></b>.</div>
Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-41449652813362518162019-08-08T02:30:00.000-07:002019-08-08T02:31:24.955-07:00Summer Sale & Pattern UpdatesAugust seems to always be the month I run my summer sale and this year is no different.<br />
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This year I thought I'd test out a sale in my <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a dataquery="#txtMediavoy" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AmandaPerkinsDesigns"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Etsy shop</span></span></a></span>. </div>
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There is a 25% discount on all the items including my book <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><a dataquery="#txtMediazy3" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/725921107/rainbow-crocheted-blankets-book">Rainbow Crocheted Blankets</a>, </span></span></span>I've re-listed it as Etsy have changed their free postage plan to sales over $35, I guess someone listened to all the complaints after all :-)</div>
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When I closed NDS in 2015 I decided I needed to rewrite and edit all my old patterns, I imagined it would take about 2 years. </div>
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Four years later and I'm still rewriting, editing & drawing new charts. I really didn't think it would take me so long, but to be fair I have published 3 books and become a grandma to 2 tiny boys who live in the flat above me.</div>
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I have finished the main bulk of my patterns, all the blankets and garments are done, but I still have 4 shawls and 6 scarves to do. I need to edit the 10 designs and remake the samples, so they are going to take a lot longer, probably longer than the previous 43 designs. </div>
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The first on the list is the much loved Angel scarf, I'm still being asked for the pattern nine years after I first designed it. I've misplaced the original sample, somewhere in one of our numerous moves, or maybe I gave it away it was so long ago</div>
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Anyway to celebrate my pattern rewriting achievement I've created 4 collections in my <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/amanda-perkins">Ravelry shop. </a></span></span></div>
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Each collection has a different selection of patterns.</div>
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Simply add 5 patterns from the same collection to your basket and you will receive a whopping 50% discount.</div>
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Happy Crocheting<br />
AmandaQueeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-19731230286600723262019-07-16T01:35:00.001-07:002019-07-16T01:35:34.799-07:00Etsy & my books<div style="line-height: 1.5em;">
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I have just removed all my books and blankets from Etsy and listed them all in my <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/shop">website shop</a></span></span></span> instead. I'm afraid this is the only place you will be able to buy books from me in the future.</div>
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The following rant explains the reason why.</div>
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Over the past couple of years Etsy has changed, it used to be all about supporting makers and giving them a platform to sell their hand made products, now its all about how much money it can make as a company.</div>
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There have been several changes the first one I remember was to change the price of listing items, originally it cost 20 cents per item listed, Etsy made a fuss about how they were going to charge us only 20 cents for a listing that contained as multiple items. It sounded like a benefit to shop owners, but what Etsy didn't emphasize was that when you sold one of the items they would charge you another 20 cents to relist it, so in reality nothing had changed.</div>
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Then this year (or maybe it was last) they implemented a payment account, meaning our customers had alternative options to paypal, it sounded like a good idea, but actually meant I don't get paid for several days or I could choose to wait a month and be paid a lump sum. </div>
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Earlier on this year Etsy decided to cut out paypal completely, they didn't give the sellers a choice they just did it, it means my earnings sit in their bank account earning interest until they decide to pay me.</div>
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The thing I object to more than anything is being forced to do something I didn't want to do.</div>
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Like a lot of Etsy sellers I'm a small seller earning a little bit extra money to help with household costs and having a little bit of extra money sitting in my paypal account gives me the comfort of knowing I have an emergency fund if the car breaks down or we have some other disaster.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago Etsy informed us that it would stop promoting sellers who didn't offer free postage and would drop their items to bottom of the categories, whilst promoting sellers who did offer free postage.</div>
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I feel this is another strong arm tactic to force sellers into doing something they don't want to do, obviously its all about Etsy earning more money for its shareholders, but I haven't worked out how yet, as they already charge us 5% on our postage costs.</div>
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I could either absorb the postage costs and carry on selling my books at the prices they are listed meaning that I would hardly earn any profit.</div>
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Or I could put up the prices to incorporate the postage costs, it would mean<a href="https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/product-page/rainbow-crocheted-blankets"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rainbow Crocheted Blankets</span></span></span></a> would cost 24 pounds, my UK customers would have to pay the same price as my US customers even though the postage is actually over 5 pounds cheaper.</div>
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Etsy used to be about homemade, artisan products, Etsy used to support their sellers, now its all about earning more money for its shareholders without any thought to the people who pay them.</div>
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I will continue to sell my pdf patterns on Etsy, until Etsy comes up with a new scheme how squeeze more money out of its digital sellers.</div>
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The books each contained 20 motif patterns, most of them already published for a motif club that I ran from 2008 to 2012.<br />
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My pattern writing and design skills have come along way in the last 7 years, so I have decided to write a new book called Desirable Crochet Motifs, the complete collection. It will contain all of the 40 original patterns, redrawn, rewritten and revamped, plus 20 new ones.<br />
There are a lot of crochet motif books on the market, I need to do something different to make it stand out, so the book will contain blanket patterns, I'm not sure how many yet, but hopefully there will be at least 3.<br />
The new Desirable Crochet Motifs book is going to take me a least a couple of years to finish.<br />
Each motif pattern will take about a week to write, I need to re-work the design, crochet several swatches, take photo's and draw charts.<br />
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I also need to design, make and write the patterns for 3 blankets, it normally takes me 2 to 3 months to design, make and write a blanket pattern.<br />
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I thought as the book is going to take so long you might get bored waiting, so I have decided to run a CAL/Club type thing, it will feature some the motif patterns. I'm planning to run it on Patreon, so you can decide how long you want to be in the club. There will be different tiers of membership, all including a monthly motif pattern, some include the blanket CAL instructions and the yarn and the book when its finished.<br />
I'm still working on the details, but will let you know as soon as the club subscriptions are open.<br />
However first I need to do a lot of work on the motif and blanket patterns.<br />
The first blanket will be a kaleidoscope blanket design, similar to the kaleidoscope blanket club I ran in 2014<br />
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The new blanket design has a different layout and rather than solid triangles motifs it will be made with 10 different motif designs. I'm not sure how its going to work yet, but the blanket design I have in my head is going to be amazing, fingers crossed I can make it work.<br />
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The CAL won't start until I have finished all 10 motif designs and written the blanket pattern. When I ran the Kaleidoscope club I was working on the blanket a month ahead of the club members, I did a lot of panicking and kept my fingers crossed that it was going to work and the members wouldn't run out of yarn. I want to be a lot more prepared this time, so far I've made and written 2 motif patterns, but they're not finished as I still need to crochet more stitches and draw charts.<br />
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If you want to stock up on some yarn before the CAL/Club starts I am using <b><a href="https://coopknits.bigcartel.com/product/coop-knits-socks-yeah-yarn">Coop Knits Socks Yeah 4 ply</a>, </b>its slightly thinner than the normal 4 ply that I use, but its beautifully soft and has an amazing stitch definition, plus comes in a beautiful range of colours, plus it comes in 50 gm skeins, which makes it easier to buy if you are on a budget.Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-33338649918522103242019-04-09T02:42:00.000-07:002019-04-09T02:42:02.300-07:00MagnusI've just logged on to write a post about my crochet motif project and realised I haven't told you the most important news of all!!<br />
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Following my last post about being a Grandma I am delighted to tell you I now have 2 blond, baby vikings in my life.<br />
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Magnus was born nearly three weeks ago, his birth was a lot easier than his brother's even though he was a massive 9lb 2oz baby.<br />
Magnus is very different to Bert, he sleeps and eats and occasionally wakes up and looks confused, Bert had a difficult birth and colic and cried a lot.<br />
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Even though Bert is slightly out of focus in this photo, you can see how proud he is to be allowed to hold the baby. I look forward to seeing their relationship develop and I can't wait to have them both running around playing together.<br />
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Magnus in his first blanket. I will at some time in the future write the pattern.<br />
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During career's interviews at school I lied and said I wanted to be an astronaut or F1 driver, however my memory is hazy, so I probably said something a lot more achievable, but what I wanted to say was that I wanted to be a mother.<br />
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These are the yearly photos, this photo frame is one of my most treasured possessions, as it shows how my family grew, it spans from 1986 to 2004. By 2004 I had stumbled on a career path and built my own indie dyeing business, I had ambitions, drove my business and certainly didn't even think about the possibility of grandchildren.</div>
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I see Bert most days (especially at the moment) and have watched him grow and turn into a inquisitive toddler. Its a completely different experience than motherhood, with my own babies I was too busy and too close to see each tiny development. With Bert, I can watch him learn, how to crawl, how to walk, how to talk etc He stacks duplo, reads books, plays with balls and loves dogs. This week he gave me a first hug, a proper intentional hug, which melted my heart.</div>
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<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-8914720979544794422019-03-01T05:01:00.001-08:002019-03-12T04:54:47.506-07:00Cross roadsI've come to a crossroads in my life.<br />
Do I follow my career as a designer fighting for success or do I sit back and enjoy a stress free life?<br />
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I've been part of the wool world for nearly 20 years. During that time I built a successful hand dyeing business and became an author of several successful books, but even though I've be successful its never been easy I've had to fight every day to earn a living.<br />
We are blessed with 3 beautiful creative children and 33 year old happy marriage, but the rest of life hasn't been kind to us. We've struggled from one disaster to another, redundancy, losing our house, being homeless for a year, another redundancy, moving into 5 different rented houses in 7 years<br />
I've finally reached a point where I have succumbed to mental exhaustion, I've lost my ambition, I don't want to fight anymore.<br />
I think its because I have reached a happy place. I'm live in an amazing, beautiful, unspoilt part of the country in a tiny flat with a tiny courtyard that I love, I have one grand baby and another due in a couple of weeks, who live in the flat above us.<br />
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I need to stop looking at my contemporary's and their successes, which will stop me feeling like a failure the whole time. Reading about everybody's CAL's and exciting crochet ventures makes me feel inadequate, so I need spend less time social networking.<br />
Looking at photo's of yarn shows makes me sad because I'm not there. I used to love shows, spending time with our woolly friends and meeting our lovely customers, but I hated the worry of whether we would sell enough yarn to cover costs, breaking down after the show, being exhausted from standing on your feet for 9 hours, so really I don't miss them at all.<br />
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Over the years I have been repeatedly told not to worry about everyone else's success and concentrate on my own, its very good advice if only I could of put it in practise.<br />
I want to put it in practise now, and only do the things that make me happy.<br />
I will never stop obsessively making art (blankets) and creating books which are a part of the process.<br />
But I want to stop feeling guilty because I'm not social networking every day, chasing publicity, chasing wholesale possibilities, trying to compete with the competition.<br />
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So I've chosen to take the path to relax and enjoy what I do guilt free, sit in the sun, drink cocktails by the sea, play with my grandbabies and run my dogs on the beach.<br />
I have a new motif project planned for later in the year that I'm so excited about. Once my grandbaby is born I can get a bit of head space back and do some serious designing and planning.<br />
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<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-16194411579520740232019-02-08T04:33:00.002-08:002019-02-08T04:37:02.570-08:002018 Books2018 was my year of the book.<br />
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After deciding to start self publishing my books I thought I'd better do a test run before I published a new book.<br />
So I re-wrote, edited and formatted Madder Triangles which was originally published as an e-book for The Natural Dye Studio in 2013, I even gave it a new name because search engines have no idea what Madder Triangles are, so it became Crochet Madder Triangles.<br />
Producing the manuscript for a book to be printed was a huge learning curve, but worth the effort, its nothing like producing a pdf pattern and takes a lot more work and attention to detail.<br />
I published it in May 2018 and am proud of the result, I learn so much in such a short space of time and it was amazing to see it in print as a proper book.<br />
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It features 8 crochet patterns, 3 blankets, 3 scarves and 2 shawls and you can find it <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crochet-Madder-Triangles-including-variations/dp/1539490823/ref=la_B01M0M1XDJ_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526896748&sr=1-7">HERE</a></b> on Amazon either as a paperback or the kindle version.</div>
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The second book is Bert's Crochet Baby Blankets and was published in December 2018.</div>
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I'm so proud of Bert's book, I learnt even more about producing a manuscript, there are a few things I would do differently, but it's almost perfect, no doubt when I publish my next book I will look back on it and find mistakes, but for now I'm happy with it.</div>
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Bert's book contains 8 crochet blanket patterns, plus size and colour variations giving you 80 designs to choose from. You can find it you can find it <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Berts-Crochet-Blankets-amanda-perkins/dp/1726322238/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/260-6782528-1012169?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1726322238&pd_rd_r=dbd9dee8-2b99-11e9-a1a1-4f2cd90424c2&pd_rd_w=M7xW4&pd_rd_wg=xCuF7&pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&pf_rd_r=S0JA9Q4919CB4RPWCEM7&psc=1&refRID=S0JA9Q4919CB4RPWCEM7">HERE</a></b> on Amazon either as a paperback or the kindle version.</div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-5320392407303115502019-01-30T02:31:00.000-08:002019-01-30T03:11:47.644-08:00Re-post Anxiety & Depression<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Originally posted in December 2018 on my website blog, which has since become a news page. <a href="https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/blog">https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/blog </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel this is an important post to re-post before I delete it from my website as it charts a couple of years of my journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a cathartic outpouring that a need to
write so I can move on, so you can stop reading now if you don't want to read
doom and gloom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm very
anxious, but excited at the same time, I invest a lot of time and emotion in my
books and have come to realise writing books makes me anxious and depressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">July 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cried
for the last 6 months of writing Rainbow Crocheted Blankets, at the time I
thought it was due to having to shut NDS and found it very difficult working
with an editor who made changes to my manuscript I didn't like, I felt out of
control as I was powerless to do anything about the bits I didn't like as the
editor had the last say. Don't get me wrong she was a lovely girl and doing the
best she could with a difficult author and produced a beautiful book, but
it wasn't exactly the book I would of published.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December
2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The day
the final manuscript went to print was the day the world became a better place
and I stopped crying. After the experience I vowed never to write another book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I self
published a couple of booklets of blanket patterns and in October Rainbow
Crocheted Blankets was published, it was a huge success, by this time I'd
forgotten how depressed I'd been and started thinking about a new book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January
2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was
approached by an agent and started making blankets, the new book was going to
be called Watercolour Crochet Blankets and focus on the colour blending
technique I used in my blankets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple
of publishers weren't interested, but a third publisher was really
enthusiastic and I went to a meeting. The meeting was fantastic, the
publisher was excited and keen to work with me, she wasn't keen on the
watercolour idea, said I should make blankets I want to make rather than try
and stick to a theme, so the new version of the book became Circles
Crochet Blankets. I came away feeling rejuvenated and full of new ideas. The
only down side was the final decision would be made by the US office and they
wouldn't have a commissioning meeting until September.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">September
2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bert was
born and my life took on new meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December
2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">September
came and went, October came and went, November came and went, all without a
decision. The US office had the meeting in December and loved the book, the UK
office started planning photo shoots and layouts, but still no decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this time my beloved Billy cat died, I was heartbroken and retreated into
myself a little.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January
2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After
long negotiations with my agent the publisher decided not to go ahead with the
book because even though I'd sold over 30,000 copies of Rainbow Crocheted
Blankets the numbers didn't add up and they weren't prepared to pay me the
price I asked for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February
and March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My agent
approached several more publishers including my existing publisher, they were
all keen and made offers, BUT none of them would improve on the deal I already
had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This left
me feeling worthless and empty that no one considered that my book was worth
investing in. But I was not prepared to work for a pittance to pay for some
else's skying holiday while we struggle to make ends meet, so I turned all the
offers down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April
2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided
to self publish on Amazon, I did a test run with Madder Triangles, which I
renamed <u>Crochet Madder Triangles</u> so the search engines would pick it up.
I wish I could say it was a huge success, but it hasn't been, so even though it
didn't fill me with joy I was really happy with the book its and proud that I
produced it on my own. So I started work on the manuscript for Circles Crochet
Blankets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">May 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My
beloved Loki dog died and we were/are still devastated, I still can't look at a
German Shepard without crying, his death has broken us all. I didn't realise it
was possible to grieve so much for a dog, but like Billy he had been with us
through all our trauma's of the past. Probably the worst part was watching
Tinks grieve, she didn't understand and had lost her life long companion, she
stopped eating, playing, didn't run anymore just lay on the sofa and sighed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were
told our house was going to be sold and couldn't afford to buy it so needed to
find a new home, this broke me even further, but I kept writing the book, often
through tears and anxiety that we wouldn't be able to find somewhere new.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">June 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We found
and moved into our new flat and even though I miss my big garden its perfect
for the 2 of us and has a south facing courtyard, my mood lifted a bit and I
enjoyed the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I watched
Bert trying to pick the circles up off one of the blankets and realised that I
should be making a book for him. So Circles Crochet Blankets was split in 2, I
only had 8 blankets which wasn't enough for two books, so I chose eight of my
existing patterns (four for each book) which fitted with the themes of the two
new books, which are Bert's Crochet Baby Blankets and Moorland Crochet Blankets
which will be published next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We
brought home Oberon (Ron) our new lurcher puppy, Tinks hated him, 3 months
later she's still not that keen, but when she's not snapping at him they play
and run together and best of all she isn't grieving anymore. Ron has brought
new energy into our life, he'll never be loki or Billy, but he helps fill
the gaps they left and given us someone new to love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Beast
my beloved land rover died. I know most people won't understand why I feel sad
about a car, but I've always loved driving and my cars are an extension of
myself, plus the Beast was one of the few things I had left of NDS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By this
time I'd almost stopped social networking, I haven't talked to several close
friends for nearly a year, I've buried myself deeper and deeper in my pit of
self doubt and depression.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have
nothing new or interesting to say, why would anyone want to buy the book? I'd
decided to publish Bert's book and the Moorland book and then give up writing
patterns completely, maybe edit a few of the old ones, but quietly fade into
obscurity, no one would notice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December
3rd 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is
the day I upload the manuscript and press submit on Bert's Crocheted Baby
Blankets, I can already feel the world is a brighter place, even though I'm on
my second attempt at uploading the file, the first pdf writer I used corrupted
the file ....grrrr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe its
helped writing this blog post, maybe I've cried all the tears I have
left, maybe its because 2 years of disappointment and heart break are
over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel
the fight is still within me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have at
least another 2 books in me after Moorland Crochet Blankets, I need to rewrite
and re-publish Desirable Crochet Motifs and Bert is going to be a big brother
in March so I will need to do another baby book for my second grandchild.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Moorland
Crochet Blankets isn't going to be anywhere near as big an emotional
roller coaster that Bert's book has been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the
past year I've watched Bert grow from a tiny baby into a naughty but charming
toddler,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've
always been surrounded by my loving family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have naughty
Ron to love and cuddle (even though he's all legs and going to be a lot bigger
than we thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a
tiny flat I love and am really happy in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And we've
got another ridiculous car that drinks petrol, this one doesn't have a name,
but goes very fast and is totally unsuitable for life on the moor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-84982132251180722832019-01-29T04:51:00.000-08:002019-01-30T02:52:22.100-08:00Back again & 2018 update.Dear Followers<br />
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I have decided to start writing this blog again and turn my website blog into a news blog for grown up business posts. But don't worry there will still be a lot of crochet here :-)<br />
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So much has happened since my last blog post back in November 2017, this is a long recap post, I was going to add my crochet updates at the bottom, but have decided to do a second blog post.<br />
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When I last wrote I had a 2 month old baby grandson, now I have a 17 month old toddler grandson and am expecting a new grandbaby in the next few weeks, I can't wait to meet Bert's baby brother or sister, the arrival of new life is so exciting especially when its your own flesh and blood.<br />
This is Bert, his mummy & baby sibling bump on our visit to the tallest tree in England yesterday<br />
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In the foreground there is a strange looking dog, who is our new puppy Ron.</div>
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We lost 2 of our beloved pets within 6 months of each other, firstly Billy the Maine Coon cat died just before Christmas 2017 and then Loki our beautiful GSD died in May last year, I still can't think about them without tears welling up in my eyes.</div>
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So at the end of August last year we brought home a tiny 8 week old lurcher puppy, he has the same Dad as Tinkerbell our existing lurcher, but his mum was a greyhound x. We were expecting him to end up as a bigger version of Tinks, instead of which it looks like he is going to grow up to be pseudo greyhound, he's a lot bigger than he should be and has a smooth coat rather than the rough coat we expected, plus he moults!! But we love him regardless.</div>
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Bert really loves Ron, Ron really loves Bert, together they are a nightmare bundle of chaos with 6 legs, 2 hands and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth.</div>
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Ron has grown so much in 5 months, he's still got a lot of growing to do, hes going to be massive, he's also impossible to photograph as he's a camouflage sort of brindle colour</div>
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In June last year we moved house again!</div>
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I was heartbroken to leave our big roomy house and large garden, but didn't take long to fall in love our new small ground floor flat and south facing courtyard.</div>
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The courtyard is long and thin, I decided I wanted to turn it into a Mediterranean courtyard, so as it was my birthday soon after we moved and I was given a olive tree, a grape vine and fig tree, they were so beautiful......</div>
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In October my beloved Beast died, I know most of you will read this and think why the fuss, its only car, but to me a car is so much more than a big metal box. I genuinely love my cars, they are kind of big metal pets. </div>
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So we had a new (old) car, which was a slinky and speedy BMW, but it didn't feel like our car and as it drank petrol every time you accelerated we couldn't afford to keep it. So last week we traded it in for a Mercedes, which is the poshest car we've ever owned, but quite old so not as expensive as it sounds. We took it on a road trip to Cornwall at the weekend and fell in love, its big, middle aged, not lumbering, only very slightly broken, with surprisingly good fuel economy and very very posh, so we've named it the Posh Beast.</div>
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Emotionally I have been up and down like a yo yo, so much grieving and sadness, but so much new joy, I'd really like 2019 to be calm and stable.</div>
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I had written a cathartic post about being my traumas and being depressed on my website blog, but I've deleted it and re-posted it <a href="http://amandascrochetblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/re-post-anxiety-depression.html"><b>HERE</b></a></div>
Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-87021204899285667582017-11-23T02:04:00.000-08:002017-11-23T02:04:54.532-08:00Dear Followers & new blogYou may wonder where I have been for such a long time, let me assure you I've been here.<br />
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Unfortunately I've had a serious sign in problem and haven't been able to access my blog for several weeks, however I was able to access someone else's.<br />
As you can imagine its been a nightmare, especially has Google has no interest, no customer service and no phone number or e-mail address.<br />
But as you can see I've finally managed to access my account.<br />
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However in the meantime I've opened a shiny all singing, all dancing website and I love it :-)<br />
It's got a blog attached and a mailing list.<br />
The site still needs a lot of work, but the basics are there, it has everything I need and I'm really enjoying building it.<br />
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So here it is<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/">https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/</a></span></b><br />
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From now on all my blog posts will be on my new blog, I've already started blogging and you can find information about the new Ravelry GAl I'm taking part in.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/blog">https://www.amandasperkinscrochetblankets.com/blog</a></span></b><br />
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If you want to carry on following me you can find a "Join mailing list" form on the homepage<br />
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I look forward to you joining me in my new website home<br />
love AmandaQueeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-88498129984533005432017-09-26T04:39:00.000-07:002017-09-27T03:40:12.757-07:00Yarn Thing & Queenies SquareI've got two exciting things to blog about today.<br />
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The first is that I'm delighted and excited that I am going to be interviewed by Marly Bird on her podcast today.<br />
I should of told you ages ago, but the baby got in the way. If you miss the live podcast you can still listen to the archived version.<br />
All the details are <b><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/yarnthing" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
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Second is that I have published a new blanket pattern, its called Queenies Square.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When my daughter Daisy first told
me, she was pregnant in December 2016 I decided that I needed to make my first
grandchild a granny square blanket. I haven't made a granny square blanket for nearly 15 years, and even though granny squares hold a very special place in my heart I just couldn't get inspired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I tried </span>all sorts<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of variations, but eventually gave up and </span>decided<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to use a slightly more complicated motif instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to make my </span>grand-baby's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> blanket with The </span>Natural<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Dye Studio yarn, but knew that not many people would have the yarn as NDS has been closed for over 2 years and it would be very difficult to match the colours, so I made two blankets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first is made with Fyberspates Scrumptious, John Arbon Textiles Knit by Numbers, Drops Alpaca and Cascade 220 fingering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I chose colours that would be suitable as a unisex blanket, as I didn't know what sex the baby was going to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The design is bold and geometric as new born babies can’t
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ideal to help develop their eyesight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second blanket is The Natural Dye Studio version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You might not have heard about NDS, it was my hand dyed yarn company that ran from 2002 to 1025. We dyed luxury natural yarns with plant dyes, it started off very small I dyed a little bit of yarn in my kitchen at home, but the demand grew so quickly I had to move it out into its own premises in 2006. NDS kept growing and eventually my husband Phil and daughter Daisy came to work with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few years after we moved to Exmoor Phil was offered a grown up job, so left us to carry on without him, Daisy and I struggled on until I started writing my book, then the workload became very stressful and unbearable, so I decided it was time to close the business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When NDS closed I kept quite a lot of yarn, but blankets take a lot of yarn and </span>nearly<span style="font-family: inherit;"> all the blankets in Rainbow Crocheted Blankets were made with my </span>stash. </div>
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Eventually I decided to only use it for very special blankets and keep it as a memory to love and look at.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Albert (Bertie)was born on
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The blanket is named Queenies Square because Bertie already had a great Granny (and a great Grandma and Nanny), so I decided to be his Queenie which is my nickname, both on-line and in the real world.</span></div>
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You can find the pattern <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/546768372/queenies-square-crochet-afghanblanket" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> on Etsy</div>
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And <b><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/queenies-square-blanket" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> on Ravelry, I've set up a special discount in my Ravelry shop that runs from now until October 1st 2017, just add <b>Bertie </b>to the code box at checkout and you will receive a 50% discount on the pattern.</div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-26225883072639884392017-09-19T03:37:00.001-07:002017-09-19T09:54:17.731-07:00Drops Alpaca Colour Pack's & Bertie Update<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you might of guessed by now I have a lot of yarn, this is just the tip of the iceberg. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I try and keep it in order of the colour wheel as the colour wheel is my main palette</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So you can imagine I was delighted when I was invited to create a yarn pack for <b><a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=615993&v=5626&q=305025&r=403805" target="_blank">Dermores</a></b>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've chosen Drops Alpaca as its my favourite budget yarn. Its soft, crochets beautifully, comes in a range of beautiful colours and is amazingly good value. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The colour wheel pack is perfect as blanket starter collection, I chosen colours that I love, use and go well together. You can find it in my shop on Deramores - <b><a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=615993&v=5626&q=305025&r=403805" target="_blank">Here</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Life is not really back to normal, I didn't realise how much a tiny grandbaby would disrupt our lives.....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plus Dais had to have an emergency c-section so needs constant attention to stop her doing too much too soon, so I'm spending quite a lot of time with her cuddling Bertie :-)</span></span></div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-84180792641447155692017-09-04T02:17:00.000-07:002017-09-04T02:17:07.059-07:00Albert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My first grandchild Albert Theodore, 7lb, 7oz, was born 33 minutes past midnight on the 1st of September 2017.</div>
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<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-31142514528761190962017-08-29T05:16:00.001-07:002017-08-29T05:16:52.822-07:00Waiting for the TuffI should be writing blog posts and doing my normal daily social networking, but I am very absent and really struggling to concentrate.<br />
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I'm waiting for the tuff to arrive, the tuff is due in a couple of days and I can't wait to meet my new Grandbaby in the flesh for the very first time :-)<br />
Here's the tuff yesterday, with its mummy on our walk through the Valley of Rocks to see the North Devon Mini Rally.<br />
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<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-35885906868155028842017-08-14T02:58:00.000-07:002017-08-14T02:58:17.530-07:00Pin boardsAt over 12 years ago I used to have a proper studio and a pin board, since then we have moved 5 times and I haven't had a suitable studio space or wall to place a board.<br />
In those days I embroidered, painted and made patchwork art quilts, plus a small amount of batik, the board gave me the chance to pin out designs, move bits around and make sure I had the right colours.<br />
It saved a lot of unpicking time.<br />
I used to spend a lot of time looking at my board, just thinking.<br />
(The photo's below aren't very good, they were taken with a old fashion point and click camera and then scanned into the computer, long before the days of the Iphone)<br />
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I've really missed having a board, and have had to rely on photographs, which are good for checking colour and design, but rubbish when it comes to moving pieces around to get the right layout.<br />
I've done an awful lot of frogging :-)<br />
So as you can imagine I am delighted and relieved to have a new pin board in my new wool room (studio), fingers crossed the days of constant frogging are over.<br />
The piece on the wall below maybe be a blanket one day or maybe it won't, but I can guarantee I'm going to spend a lot of time looking and rearranging :-)<br />
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You may have heard me mention that I'm going to be a Grandma for the first time in the very near future.<br />
The bump is called Wigglytuff and named after a Pokemon character.<br />
I'm very honoured and lucky to have been able to watch Wigglytuff grow every day and watch & feel it when it wiggles in its mummy's womb.<br />
If its on time in just under 4 weeks I will get to meet it in person, so as you can imagine I have been crocheting in the background like a mad woman, trying to make some special secret things to welcome it into the world.<br />
This mobile is the first thing, I can show you now, as I gave it to Adam and Daisy last night, they are decorating the nursery at the moment so the mobile needs to be in place ready and waiting.<br />
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Making a mobile is a huge step away from a blanket and I had to work it out as I went along, so the pattern was a challenge.<br />
Its made with 6 padded stars, each with a bell on the end, hanging from a metal ring.<br />
There were so many steps that I had to work out, so rather than write pages and pages of what I've done, I've added step by step photo's as well.<br />
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<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-6389931372729015192017-08-02T04:08:00.000-07:002017-08-02T04:28:07.007-07:00Ten years of endlessly writing crochet patterns.I seem to be constantly writing patterns, I have a big list to work through, for example at the moment I have 6 old patterns to be revamped, 3 secret blanket patterns and 5 unmade designs that I need to work on. It can take me anything up to 6 weeks to write a pattern so you can understand just how long its going to take me to work through them all and why my patterns might seem expensive.<br />
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The queue is endless and exhausting, as soon as I've finished one I move straight onto the next one.<br />
While endlessly drawing charts I have time to think and have realised that I've been writing crochet patterns for over 10 years. In the very early days my patterns were very simple and not very informative, they contained a photo, motif chart and written instructions.<br />
I've come a long way since then, not only have my blanket designs developed and got better so have my patterns.<br />
I want to make them as beautiful and easily understandable as possible.<br />
I thought I'd write this blog post to show you how far I've come :-)<br />
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I still make my blankets using very simple basic stitches (ch, dc/sc, htr/hdc, tr/dc dtr/tr), I think of my motifs as jigsaw pieces, so need to keep them simple or the finished look of the blanket will be blurry. I'm too lazy to learn complex stitches and the basics make the effect I want, plus I don't want newbies to be scared off.<br />
The stitches haven't changed, they are still the ones I used 10 years ago, but everything else has.<br />
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My motif patterns are written in UK and US terms and all of them have charts and stitch abbreviations, also in UK and US terms.<br />
The charts have developed and become more professional, in the early days they were hand draw with a mouse, believe it or not the one below is actually one of the better ones.<br />
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I draw complex numbered colour charts to show you exactly which colours are used in each motif, which correspond to a layout chart, these charts can take 6 or 7 days to draw.<br />
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-52406497486134229492017-07-25T02:43:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:22:37.249-07:00A little bit of knitting and a lot of love & happinessThose of you who have followed me since the NDS years will remember Daisy my daughter who worked with me dyeing yarn.<br />
You will be delighted to know Daisy got married last Friday to her wonderful Viking, she's given me permission to share some of the photo's with you, so without further ado here are some of my favourites..........<br />
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Dais, her new brother-in-law & Baby Collier, (you will notice the wedding car is slightly unusual - :-)</div>
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Dais with her Daddy waiting to walk down the aisle</div>
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Mr & Mrs Collier's first kiss, as you can see from the window it rained quite a lot in true Devon style.</div>
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The two family's plus our assorted dogs on the bridge at Lynbridge.</div>
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The flowers were done by the two mummy's (Myself and Jo)</div>
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The little bit of knitting is stunning wedding shawl made by Daddy Phil, who had to take 3 days off work to finish in time for the big day</div>
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And finally if you are wondering about the AC/DC badge, its because <b><a href="https://www.jarbon.com/yarns-wools" target="_blank">John Arbon Textiles </a></b>surprised us all by giving one to everyone, it took a little while to realise that AC/DC actually stood for Adam Collier/Daisy Collier.</div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-64205561945464148972017-07-13T03:09:00.000-07:002017-07-13T03:09:39.799-07:00Ravelry Summer Pattern SaleTwo blog posts in a week - wonders will never cease!! :-)<br />
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Today's is to tell you about my Ravelry Summer Pattern Sale.<br />
All my patterns (including the books) on Ravelry are discounted by 25% until August 31st 2017.<br />
To receive your discount follow the steps below...<br />
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1 - Visit my Ravelry pattern shop <b><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/amanda-perkins" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
2 - Choose the patterns you want to buy, add them to your cart.<br />
3 - Go to checkout and add the following code SUMMER17 and Ravelry will work out the discount for you.<br />
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Love AmandaQueeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-7531165458918985022017-07-12T02:59:00.000-07:002017-07-12T02:59:37.913-07:00Zigzag yarn pack As promised in the previous post here are the details for the yarn packs for Zigzag<br />
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You can find the packs on Deramores <b><a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=615993&v=5626&q=305025&r=403805" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
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If you can't wait or would prefer to buy the yarn one or two balls at a time, I've made a list of the recommended yarns. Deramores stocks all the yarn, so follow the link above :-)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Orange <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dark Purple 4400<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">15<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Orange <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2915<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Petrol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 926<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">16<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rust Mix <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2925<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Teal <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2919<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">17<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Red <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3620<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scheepjes Invicta Extra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1463<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">18<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scarlet <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3620<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">6<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dark Turquoise 2918<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">19<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Deep Pink <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2922<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">7<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Baby Merino<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vibrant Green 31<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">20<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pink <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2921<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scheepjes Invicta Extra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1466<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">21<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fuschia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">787<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">9<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Olive Mix <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">7233<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">22<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scheepjes Invicta Extra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1461<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">10<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dark Lime <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2916<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">23<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dark Pink<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3770<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">11<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Drops Alpaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Goldenrod 2923<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">24<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Violet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1534<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Wendy Merino 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Saffron <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2399<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">25<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Emperor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">906<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.2pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">13<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 136.75pt;" valign="top" width="182">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Scheepjes Invicta Extra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.6pt;" valign="top" width="91">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">1465<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="16">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.0pt;" valign="top" width="56">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Border<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 125.0pt;" valign="top" width="167">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 217; mso-border-left-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 217; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 217; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 217; mso-border-top-alt: solid #D9D9D9 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 217; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.75pt;" valign="top" width="144">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Emperor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">906<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-8543615668823974102017-07-04T03:04:00.002-07:002017-07-04T03:04:15.786-07:00Impatient ZigzagI was going to wait to publish my Zigzag crochet blanket pattern until the Deramores yarn pack was available, but I finished the pattern at the end of last week and was so excited I couldn't wait and published it on Friday instead :-)<br />
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You can find it on Ravelry - <b><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zigzag-crochet-blanket-2" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
And Etsy - <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/539881665/zigzag-crochet-blanket-pdf-crochet?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I
love seeing all the colours of the spectrum together, so I started experimenting
to see if I could use them all together in the right order, Zigzag Crochet Blanket
is the result. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My
blanket contains 25 colours in total, plus an extra one which creates the
zigzag effect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Zigzag measures 45 x 52 inches.</span></div>
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Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-3900466856692781322017-06-23T02:35:00.000-07:002017-06-23T02:35:32.660-07:00Marsh Violet Crochet BlanketPhew!!!!!!!<br />
I've been offline all week due to all the computers in the house refusing to be connected to the internet.<br />
I had intended to publish this pattern on Tuesday, in fact it should of been published a long time ago, but its the most un-photogenic blanket in the world and I've taken hundreds of photo's trying to get some good ones. I'm still not completely happy with these photo's, but they will have to do for now :-)<br />
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So without further ado here is Marsh Violet<br />
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Marsh Violet was inspired by the colours of the Marsh Violets that grow on Exmoor.</div>
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550 gms of 4 ply fingering yarn.</div>
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The blanket is made using a collection of violet, lilac, pale magenta and pale copper colours. </div>
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I have used 15 hand dyed colours in total, the colours don’t need to be from the dye lot, so its the perfect blanket to use leftover oddments from your stash</div>
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You can use any 4 ply yarns of the same or similar meterage, Alternatively if you would prefer to buy yarn I recommend the following yarns - Drops Alpaca, John Arbon Textiles Knit by Numbers 4 ply, Fyberspates Scrumptious & Vivacious 4 ply/fingering. Knit Picks Palette, Cascade 220 Fingering, King Cole Merino Blend.</div>
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Crochet hook in size 3 mm, or size needed for your tension.</div>
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The blanket measures approx. 46 x 40 inches.</div>
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Written and charted Motif instructions in US and UK terms. </div>
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You can find the pattern here....</div>
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Love Amanda</div>
<br />Queeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221324125150864388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958018879127896447.post-30950362918416881842017-06-16T02:20:00.000-07:002017-07-05T02:08:06.729-07:00Deramores Shop & Blanket KitsI'm really excited to tell you that the lovely people at Deramores have given me the chance to have a designer shop on their site.<br />
At the moment its in the early stages of being built, but eventually my shop will contain lots of patterns, kits and yarn packs,<br />
This means you will now be able to buy kits for a lot of my blankets,<br />
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I normally use several different yarn brands in a single blanket as I like how the different textures work together, so I have selected a variety of different yarns for the kits and yarn packs.<br />
I know a lot of people struggle to find the right colours, so being able to buy a collection of the recommended yarns and colours is a perfect solution.<br />
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The first blanket kit available is Kissing Circles, the kit contains a collection of colours from King Cole, Rico, Rowan and Debbie Bliss, all at a very reasonable price. :-)</div>
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