Jenjie

weeeeeee chocolate, coldplay & take that :D

Millions of mums in poor countries get low-quality health care, or are forced to go without it altogether. Every minute a woman with no medical care dies in pregnancy or childbirth – a mum who would have cared for her baby, carried on being a friend, a sister, a daughter, a wife – and a mum to her other kids. Oxfam are campaigning to raise awareness and funds to stem this tide – and they've been doing it with knitting. Over the last six months thousands of knitters have created 14,000 squares, each one representing a mum who is no longer alive to care for her baby. The next part of the campaign is the big stitch up: sewing the squares into blankets. Oxfam are looking for volunteers to help with the making up. The blankets will be exhibited aroudn the UK on International Women's Day in March and will afterwards be sold in Oxfam shops and at festivals to raise money for Oxfam's work to fight poverty. Want to get involved? Contact Alice Delemare, Oxfam campaigner, by emailing [email protected] or calling 0113 394 4293. Give details of your name, group name, an address and the number of blankets you are willing to sew together and Alice will arrange for squares to be sent to you. Each blanket will be 48 squares large and will need to be returned to Oxfam before the beginning of March. Alice says: “We need the help of enthusiastic groups of people who can sew! Everyone can get involved in the fight against maternal mortality, especially members of knitting circles, community or religious groups.” So give her a ring, and see if you can help a fellow knitting fan out with a bit of making up. Posted by Elizabeth Bagwell Wednesday December 17, 2008 http://www.simplyknitting.co.uk/?catname=/Knitting%20for%20charity

the overwrite function is there so that Murphy can laugh at me when I happily type away and then realise I mis-hit the key and have made nonsense of my lovely typing

I had this one lurking on the computer, a quick trip to photobucket & tada :D

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, your winner, with a fantastic 33 points is............. Texasluvsjonny GRATZ ANGIE

nope, hasn't won, just a special mention before the winner gotta make the most of it :D

Next up a special mention for G o A, who was the only person to get all the answers correct on 1 question. No-one else managed this on any question. CONGRATULATIONS

still an idea. we'll have to set up a "Postcards From Far Away logo" style thread sometime soon I think

sssssssssssssssqqqqqqqquuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeee which is why leaving the back customisable is a good idea. then people can choose. if that's how you want to customise the back of your shirt then fine :P I was talking about doing an easy print run for the front. so the front's all look the same yup indeedie :D I think ordering a front print from cafepress & leaving it upto individuals about customising the back. then can be marker pen, stitched, fabric pen, or shop done (the sports shops over here do lettering for the back of football shirts, and as they charge per letter, I'm sure they would do it on a t-shirt you brought in) I like :) hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :laugh3: how much is the car park? and how long from Basingstoke to Wembley? If we're driving I don't fancy trying to park near Wembley.

not long really :\

HAPPY NEW YEAR :D

Congratulations to both of you :D

Congratulations to everyone, you all did great. To those of you who were worried about not reaching double figures, there was no need, you all made it. And so to the results.... The runners-up were....................... ApproximatelyInfinite with 27 points and............................ Chavi with 29 points.

its not just those things. have you seen the sudden increase in Top Gear related DVD's which all carry the BBC logo? BBC Worldwide distributes all those sort of things so would be doing very nicely off the back of them

the spambots didn't :p they rejoiced :laugh3:

Results will be announced in this thread

Soooooooo the answers were: 1) Name the Top 5 people associated with Coldplay (not including band members) Top: Andy Franks (Franksy) - tour manager Other 4: Phil Harvey, Dave Holmes, Debs Wild/Oracle, R#42/Miller 2) Name the Top 5 Coldplay songs beginning with 'S' Top: Shiver Other 4: See You Soon, Strawberry Swing, Sparks, Such A Rush 3) Name the Top 5 online media haters (Sources, not individuals) Top: New York Times Other 4: Holy Moly, The Independent, The Times, The Telegraph 4) Name the Top 5 cities Coldplay are likely to tour. Top: New York Other 4: London, Paris, Milan, Philadelphia 5) Name the Top 5 Coldplay "Influences" Top: Echo & The Bunnymen Other 4: Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk 6) Name the Top 5 Coldplay "freebies" Top: Seat Upgrades Other 4: Mince Spies, Violet Hill, Today Show VIP tickets, Confetti 7) Name the Top 5 people who wouldn't be seen dead attending a Coldplay gig. Top: Liam Gallagher Other 4: Joe Satriani, Dani Filth, Corey Taylor, Andy Gill 8) Name the Top 5 people you would not be surprised to see at a Coldplay gig (not including the four band members!) Top: Gwyneth Paltrow Other 4: Phil Harvey, Jay-Z, Simon Pegg, Pete Lusby (Oxfam) 9) Name the Top 5 bands least likely to support Coldplay Top: Creaky Boards Other 4: Radiohead, Joe Satriani et al, Slipknot, Cradle Of Filth 10) Name the top 5 festival venues that Coldplay might play. Top: Coachella Other 4: V Festival, Glastonbury, T In The Park, Isle Of Wight

Thanks to everyone who entered the Coldplaying Christmas Quiz 2008. Before we get onto the serious business of telling you who won, I just wanted to share some answers with you. There was some amazing phraseology, and a very sensible answer amongst all the answers given! Some of my favourite answers included: Name the Top 5 people who wouldn't be seen dead attending a Coldplay gig.: JOE "gimme me all your money Chris Martin" SATCHRIANI; Slipknot dude; The paparazzi beat-down by Chris Martin. Name the Top 5 people you would not be surprised to see at a Coldplay gig (not including the four band members!): ME; Angie: TexasLovesJonny (just kidding ...my fourth person is Blythe Danner) Name the top 5 festival venues that Coldplay might play: GLASTO!!!!! please please please Coming up shortly: the winners & results

nah! :lol: counting & checking was done on Excel as we went along. :D I had a lovely big dinner to eat at my Mum's house first :P

yes I do knit :D and the bottom picture is crochet. which I struggle with, alot. apparently its difficult to learn one once you've learnt the other. although my Mum can do both.

Happy New Year I didn't :( I got the pictures from the patterns on this site: http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/flowers.php

difficult to organise. much easier ..... yellow t-shirts with BIG BLACK COLDPLAYING.COM ON TOUR :D

balllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss :D

Did you see their budget is getting cut? Was reported yesterday but can't find the article on the Beeb at the moment. Apparently Jeremy's solution is to blow the budget on 13 out of the 14 shows & then have one rubbish show at the end of the series!!!

easy because they're small scale, and because I pick the easy patterns (they're not super fancy ones :lol:)