Charity Archives - Shinybees https://www.shinybees.com/category/charity/ The Multi-Award Winning Knitting, Comedy and Yarn Podcast Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:08:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 122193119 Episode 100: The Great Shinybees Hexipuff Amnesty https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:03:43 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3422 Intro Here we are folks and who’d have thunk it: A tonne! From my South African garage to my Wigan spare bedroom – with a couple of amazing awards in between – over the course of 4 years.  A heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for all the support. A couple...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/feed/ 3 3422 Episode 81: Re-Rewind https://www.shinybees.com/episode-81-re-rewind/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-81-re-rewind/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:25:08 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=2988 Listen Here Intro This week I follow on from last weeks sing-along with a bit of Craig David, including a quick biograghy (for those who missed that 15 minutes of the noughties in the UK) and an eyebrow homage… The original… David does Bieber… Merrion does David… I am also giving a gentle reminder to...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-81-re-rewind/feed/ 2 2988 Episode 19: Octopussy https://www.shinybees.com/episode-19-octopussy/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-19-octopussy/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:45:34 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=1861 Image Details: ‘Octopusses’ by nonelvis, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to Episode 19 of the show, which has nothing whatsoever to do with James Bond and everything to do with friendly cephalopods. Listen here Introduction Flat peaches in Scotland! Amazing. Image Details: ‘Peaches’ by Audrey H, via Flickr. Knitting News Unwind Brighton takes place this...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-19-octopussy/feed/ 4 1861 Pennies Per Hour of Pleasure (P/Hop) Knit and Crochet Along. https://www.shinybees.com/pennies-per-hour-of-pleasure-phop-knit-and-crochet-along/ https://www.shinybees.com/pennies-per-hour-of-pleasure-phop-knit-and-crochet-along/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=1680 ‘New Cranfords.’ Image shared with kind permission of Jane Lithgow, probablyjane on Flickr. For those of you who don’t listen to the podcast, I thought I would let you in on the new knit and crochet along we are starting in the Ravelry group for the show – the P/hop KAL. Inspired by the recent...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/pennies-per-hour-of-pleasure-phop-knit-and-crochet-along/feed/ 9 1680 Episode 10: Travelling Light https://www.shinybees.com/episode-10-travelling-light/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-10-travelling-light/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:42:55 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=1657 Image Credit: ‘Potjie’ by s_mac, via Flickr. Hello everybody and welcome to episode 10 of the podcast: Travelling Light. A warm welcome to all new and returning listeners, as always. Listen here Intro The main focus of the jibber jabber this week is that of travel knitting. How do you do yours? Are you strictly...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-10-travelling-light/feed/ 4 1657 Episode 5: Poppy Pickers https://www.shinybees.com/episode-5-poppy-pickers/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-5-poppy-pickers/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:51:34 +0000 http://shinybees.wordpress.com/?p=1264 Image Details: ‘Poppy’ by Mark Bridge, via Flickr. Listen here Welcome Hello and welcome to Episode 5 of the Shinybees podcast. This week, we have a run-down of recent happenings, a re-attack on the C word from Episode 3, we chat about F.E.A.R, Wippin’ Piccadilly is back as well as a trip to Stellenbosch and...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-5-poppy-pickers/feed/ 1 1264 Episode 3: The C word https://www.shinybees.com/episode-3-the-c-word/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-3-the-c-word/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:29:28 +0000 http://shinybees.wordpress.com/?p=1239 Image details: ‘C’ by chrisinplymouth, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to episode 3 of the podcast: The C Word. This week we are definitely not going to be talking about Christmas knitting, it is a different kind of C. There will also be the Wippin’ Piccadilly section as usual, along with a bit of travel...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-3-the-c-word/feed/ 10 1239 Lest We Forget https://www.shinybees.com/lest-we-forget/ https://www.shinybees.com/lest-we-forget/#respond Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:36:16 +0000 http://shinybees.wordpress.com/?p=722 Image Details: ‘Lest We Forget’ by macspite, via Flickr Today is Remembrance Sunday, which isn’t anywhere near as big an occasion in SA as it is in the UK. I have some great memories of selling poppies as a teenager. Getting to the Legion as soon as the doors were open so we could get...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/lest-we-forget/feed/ 0 722 D-Day https://www.shinybees.com/d-day/ https://www.shinybees.com/d-day/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:06:27 +0000 http://shinybees.wordpress.com/?p=646 I’m not talking about WW2 D-Day, although I am reasonably sure I could tenuously link something to do with craft to this event if need be. The D-Day I am referring to is ‘drop-off day’, which was Thursday gone for me and my Volvo full of swag. Yes, it’s true, we have a Volvo. Not...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/d-day/feed/ 3 646 The Spirit of Christmas https://www.shinybees.com/the-spirit-of-christmas/ https://www.shinybees.com/the-spirit-of-christmas/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:07:40 +0000 http://shinybees.wordpress.com/?p=473 Image Details: ‘christmas tree explosion (day 9 of 365) EXPLORED!!!’ by stephenvance, via Flickr I know, I know, I can’t believe I am writing a blog post about the ‘C’ word either. In September. It hasn’t even been Hallowe’en yet, not that it makes much difference to the retail industry, who are already trying to...

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