We had thirteen entries for the craft as news competition. We’ve enjoyed going through them and seeing what news story inspired the pieces – and there are a range of influences and interpretations making this all-the-more interesting as a project. Huge thankyous for those that took part.
Laura from Robson and Mason (store :: blog) will be picking her favourite piece(s) to receive the books. You will be deciding who wins the
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Right- My vote goes to Daisies Boob. Having a tiny baby to feed is surely difficult enough without feeling ‘indecent’ nursing the little mite. People seem to really struggle with breasts having a dual purpose!
I hope Daisie wins with her wonderful boobie xxx
I’m a breast man myself so i’d have to vote for Daisie. No seriously, my wife breast fed both of our beautiful children and it was amazing, not to mention hard work at times but she stuck at it and i’m very proud of her. Shame on face book!
I have to agree with Nick, I’m a breast man. My little girl was breastfed and I’m very proud of my better half for it. My vote goes to Dasie and her beautiful Boob.
I vote for Fibrespace, though it was a tough call, I also liked Amanda’s bouquet and Amy’s shoe card :)
*crosses fingers someone votes for my bracelet*
The sexualisation of the female breast is the issue in society as a whole, social networking sites like facebook are, in Daily Mail speak, engendering the nanny state philosophy that all breast activity, even that which the breast was designed for, is “pornographic”. This is clearly ridiculous and doesn’t help empower new mothers to practice this even in cyberspace. Well done Daisie Davies! Knit another and we’ll have a pair!
I have to say JennyFlowerBlue and her cigarette cover. I would love to see burly old men hurrying to hide their purchase in a flowery disguise.
I vote for Nifty and the Clangers!!!
I vote for the Clanger from Nifty…because it’s got character!!
i’m going to have to vote the Daisy and her booby!
Being a breastfeeding peer supporter and having breastfed both my children for longer than the majority of society find “decent” i have to support the breastfeeding cause – hurrah for boobies!!!!
ooh, this was a toughie – i adored everything by oliver postgate and after the sad news of his passing, my other-half bought the bagpuss dvd – brought tears to our eyes! after much deliberation though, my vote goes to fibrespace for such a stylish response :)
NiftyKnits is my first choice-
then Fibrespace With this amazing wool art!
All are so talented, but my vote goes to NiftyKnits. If forced again to make a choice I’d say the clanger. Thank You!
I vote for the NiftyKnits Clanger! What a classic.
i vote for itsabee
vote no 4 nifty knits Morris dancers. I would hate to see them dissapear
My vote goes to pennydog,as blur rock!!!!!!
My vote has to go to Jenny for pure genius, who’d have thought that you could make a pack of smokes look all girly! Love the tongue in cheek of it! XXX
my vote goes to amanda’s money bouquet – such a clever idea! i love it. (also love quercus’ cufflinks too btw!)
My vote goes to PennyDog, for her cool Blur bracelet. I love decoupage, and this one looks really good.
Mmm, it’s a tough decision and I’m torn between NiftyKnits and Gillian.
I think Gillian gets my vote in the end because although I LOVE the Clangers, I’m also very fond of Bagpuss and it’s great to see Professor Augustus Barclay Yaffle, to give him his full name; not that I’m sad or anything ;) get his due. Jackie @ Forever Foxed
I vote for NiftyKnits! She is very talented!!!
My vote goes to SU. Lovely work!
The knitted boob came a very close 2nd!
My vote goes to SU. Lovely work!
The knitted boob came a very close 2nd!
My vote goes to SU. Lovely work!
The knitted boob came a very close 2nd!
My vote goes to Daisie and her lovely boobie !!
Breast feeding is amazing, well done.xxxx
To pinch a quote from the Bloodhound Gang (remember them?!), hooray for boobies. I vote for the knitted breast. :)
What a great competition, really interesting to see people’s takes. loved fibrespace as I love my woolen clothes but my vote is for Nifty for the Clanger, spot on!
I vote for NiftyKnits for the clanger and the morris dancers. I vote for both!
I vote for NiftyKnits for the clanger!
I vote for Morris Dancers by NiftyKnits
I cast my vote for the whimsical Clanger by NiftyKnits. Cool!
I vote for Morris Dancers by NiftyKnits !
I vote for lupin’s credit crunch sampler.
I’m voting for Pennydog because I love Blur and their reforming can only be a good thing. Yah Boo Hiss to Oasis!
I vote for Lupin’s credit crunch sampler too!
I vote for Nifty..the Morris Dancers.
My vote goes to Gillian. I loved bagpuss and would so love to own that bag!!
I vote for niftyknits clanger, I remember them well!
i vote for niftyknits morris dancers.
Aarrgh such tough choices. It’s between the Yaffle bag, the Clanger and the Credit Crunch sampler. I think I’ll go for the embroidery, it’s the perfect juxtaposition of traditional and modern. Brilliantly done, Lupin!
p.s. being from Manchester, I feel compelled to even up the Blur/Oasis rivalry – boo hiss to Blur! (but nicely done bracelet, all the same)
I just have to say that all the entries are fabulous but I totally love niftyknits’ Morris Dancers.
I vote for PennyDog. The bracelet is awesome!
Good luck, everyone. All of the entries are really creative and amazing.
My vote goes to Lupin, I like how it involves craft & the news too (I know they were all crafted, but the theme is craft too!)
Well done everyone :o)
It’s a tough call, I love both of Nifty’s entries – she had such luck with the news!! I love Amanda’s clever entry, but I’m going with the womens’ rights issue, it’s boobs for me and Daisy’s entry!
I vote for Morris Dancers by NiftyKnits
After long and hard deliberation, seriously I look at everything many many times, I am going to vote for Fibrespace. That jacket alone in awesome. The skill that went into that doll is amazing.
It was sooo hard to pick as I loved them all.
I vote for Lupin! She nailed it!
I’m going to vote for No. 5 – Blur bracelet by pennydog
I’m going to cast my vote for the shoe story (Amy) because it is really intriguing. If the lottery is still throwing money at it I wouldn’t mind camping out there in the summer…well, maybe not LOL
I vote for Clanger by Niftyknits!
I vote for NiftyKnits for the clanger :)
I’m afraid it’s got to be the Morris dancers for me. I just think they are delightful and crazy.
As the wife of a morris dancers and the inspiration for Nifty’s customised dancers –it has to be the morris dancers for me!
my vote goes to Gillian for the Yaffle bag, fantastic!
Fantastic items, well done all of you and I really mean that.
My vote is for Amanda’s wedding bouquet, I think it’s a really unique idea and it looks lovely.
A BIG cheer for boobies from a mum who breastfed both her beautiful daughters and is sure it’s why they are so bright and cheerful!
Gillian’s Yaffle bag gets my vote
No. 4, Niftys Morris Dancers!
this is too hard! I really like hem all, i think i have to vote for thr Yaffle bag just because i want it! i really love the money bouquet too!
my vote goes to niftyknits – clanger!
I’m going for NiftyKnits no 3, i love clangers!
my vote goes to Gillian, I love the detail on professor yaffle :D
I vote daisies boobie Its fantastic.
I like the clanger but the boobie is great so i vote for daisie
Niftyknits #3 gets my vote!
I read the article in the guardian and was very angry that these photos were deemed pornographic. What an outrage! Boobies all the way for me. Well done daisie!
#6 for me – Daisie’s breast is best!
It has to be Nifty’s Clanger – because I still love the Clangers. Anyone for blue string soup?
vote for the boobie and ‘expose’ hypocrisy!
I vote for KniftyKnits….love clanger…and the name!
The Breast gets my vote. The blur bracelet is beautiful though.
I vote for NiftyKnits’s Clanger – I love Clangers!!!
it has to be gillian’s yaffle bag – fab work
I vote for Nifty Knits …….Morris dancers…..She is very talented with those needles…………
I vote for Jenny and her flowery fags! Just because my husband will be horrified at the thought!!
NiftyKnits Morris Dancers are enchanting! They are my favorite. Just looking at them makes me smile. I vote for them. :)
Tina
Much as I love boobs it has to be NiftyKnits to proove the Morris is still alive and kicking.
I am so so torn on this, it’s between Daisie’s boobie (as a militant breastfeeder myself!) and Pennydog’s Blur bracelet but I think Pennydog just edges it for me. Lovely work!
P.S. I don’t know about any of the rest of you but my nipples were certainly a darker shade than that after pregnancy! :p
my vote goes to fibrespace!
I vote for NiftyKnits and Clangers cause he is just cool!
My vote goes to Daisie Davies because it’s brilliant!! xxx
My vote goes to niftyknits…I think the morris dancers are amazing, they are soo cute! By far my favourite.
I vote for NiftyKnits #4
I vote for Daisie’s snuggly woolly boobie too. I wonder if bulls find udders provocative???
Fibrespace’s is far and away the most beautiful. It gets my vote.
I am torn between two………. I am going to vote for Fibrespaces beautiful doll as it is so intricate and just gorgeous…..
..the boob however came a close second as the story it relates to just made a me a little bit cross!! I also am a huge fan of breatfeeding my children (there are quite a few of us here aren’t there) and have fed my 3 for WAY longer than most too. I’ve done 46 months altogether.
I vote for Jennyflower. It’s beautiful and practical.
I vote for Lupin’s sampler as i love the little house at the end of the graph! Bee’s puzzle piece came a close second though…
I vote for PennyDogAccessories Blur Bracelet
lupin’s sampler – brilliant!
I’m voting for Pennydog as I love Blur. Really like the Professor Yaffle bag too though.
my vote is for itsabee,rhys jones was in my mind a lot this christmas.
Really GREAT stuff x x wow! But it has to be GILLIAN with YAFFLE – there is no more beautiful programme ever made for a crafter / vintage hoarder / book lover … than bagpuss and yaffle x x x x
A vote for Daisy’s boobs, on orders of my wife too!
Lupin, a perfect message for the times!
I’d like to vote for Lupin’s credit crunch sampler – a modern twist on a classic idea!
My vote goes to Lupin’s sampler! She didn’t only handcrafted it, but incorporated the whole craft theme into the crunch!
I vote for itsabee
I vote for lupin – very clever!
I would Like to vote for number 10, Su’s cufflinks
Gillian’s Yaffle bag gets my vote! Fab.
i vote for jennyflowerblue! brilliant idea!
I vote for NiftyKnits Morris Dancers! THey look like they are ready to get up and shake it!
I vote for
Clanger!!!Clanger!!!Clanger!!!Clanger!!!
Tooo cute!
I vote for the cufflinks! They are smart. Like so many Americans, I am counting on him to bring the change our government needs!
I’d like to vote for Dasie with the soft pink single boob. Breastfeeding isn’t obscene!
What creative entries everyone has!
Daisy’s boob takes the cake…er cup?….er….
well , I just vote for the boob…
Wow! All these items are lovely but my vote goes to NiftyKnits Morris Dancers!
Lupin’s sampler. I love it!
how ridiculous to make us choose a winner from these … I refuse to do it … it’s too hard!! … aaagh … oh okay then … Gillian’s Yaffle bag … There you are, I went through untold mental anguish and chose one … happy now? ;-)
Well done to all the entrants for making it almost impossible to choose a favourite :-)
I vote for Lupin’s sampler! It’s just great, I love the idea of commemorating the crunch in such a pretty way!!
Such a hard choice as niftys are both so great but blur wins it for me! I vote Pennydog
I breast fed my child for 25 months and truly believe that it is the most natural thing to do, I guess the people who complained on facebook were bottle-fed synthetic chemical milk. My vote goes to Daisie and her magnificent boob!
I vote for Amandas money bouquet.
I think NiftyKnits morris dancers should win. My mum was a morris dancer and these little treats are just devine! I think i might actually buy her one for her birthday!
hmmm, well, it has to be gillian’s yaffle bag for my vote. the use of different stitches and material made for a great way of creating the 3D effect. “charming, quite charming”, as the distinguished old woodpecker himself might have said!
Dasie’s boob gets my vote. Love them all, though!
I absolutely love Gillian’s yaffle bag. Beautifully made and presented.
I vote for NiftyKnits, long may all these costumes be seen.
My vote goes to niftyknits for clanger. I think he is just adorable. :)
It has to be Niftyknits with Clanger for me.
I love Clanger so my vote is for NiftyKnits. .
I vote for NiftyKnits for the clanger!
I vote for niftyknits for the clanger!
I vote for Nifty Knits and her valiant attempt to gain Morris dancers some much needed positive publicity. And those little Morris dancers are sooooo cute!!!
i vote for number 3
I vots for nifty knits the clanger is a classic and my second choice would have to be the good old morris dancers
Hands down, nobody else is close, I vote for NiftyKnits with her custom made Morris Dancers.
My vote goes to Fibrespace’s entry. Love the outfit!
Gillians Bag gets my vote! Brilliant effort everyone.
Dasie Davies’ breast! Hands down =]
That is so difficult!! I have to go for the clanger though as that is simply my favourite programme from my childhood!
we should a few votes more per person! my only one goes to Pennydog`s bracelet… but if I had two more they would go as follows: Dasie`s breast and Bee`s piece of jigsaw…
This was such a toughie, but I finally made up my mind! I vote for number 3, much kudos to Niftyknits for her awesomely cute clanger! Reminds me of chilldhood tv watching in pj’s. :)
My vote goes to daisies wonderful boobie. Go girl!
i vote for daisie’s boob
I vote for NiftyKnits and Clangers!
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I definitely vote for NiftyKnits and Clangers!
I vote for Pennydog’s Blur Bracelet!!
Love the clangers too!!
NiftyKnits and Clangers!
voting for NiftyKnits and Clanger.
Love the clangers by NiftyKnits!
Love the clangers by NiftyKnits most!
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Clangers by NiftyKnits!
All very clever but I vote for Daisie’s boobie!
Voting for Clangers by NiftyKnits!
Like the clanger and the Professor Yaffle bag, but as the husband of a staunch lactavist I must vote for Daisie’s breast (and shame on Facebook).
I vote for itsabees jigsaw puzzle.though i do love the sampler.
As a lactating mother my vote has to go to Daisie and her amazing knitted breast!!
I vote for the Morris Dancers. They are adorable!!
I think all the entries are great, but my vote goes to Gillian’s Yaffle bag, I adore Bagpuss, I love nostalgia and I have a complete weakness for bags :)
My vote goes to PennyDog. Love it, and blur.
yes, the boob is good too.
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