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The Grans are back at the NEC this week. Here’s

The Grans are back at the NEC this week. Here’s first time show visitors Yvonne and Hillary with their beautiful needlfeltrd bees.

It may have been one of the smallest floats in the

It may have been one of the smallest floats in the Lord Mayors’s Show but its colourful canopy made by the Grans was hard to miss - outstanding even!! 😀 #lordmayorsshow #pollinatinglondontogether dontogether #gransonthemake

Thrilled to have been part of the Lord Mayor’s S

Thrilled to have been part of the Lord Mayor’s Show for the second year running with Pollinating London Together. The Grans were asked to make the canopy and bottom border to complement the grassy meadow supplied by @rochfordgardens. The sculpture Beetrice painted by @alexhirtzelartist looked magnificent, brightly lit in her new surroundings. #gransonthemake #pollinatinglondontogether #lordmayorsshow2022

Candle rolling with the Grans on the Make and @wax

Candle rolling with the Grans on the Make and @waxchandlers at rhe Creative Craft Show. Come and make yours on Stand C43 in Hall 11. #waxcandles #candlemaking

Buzzy bees at the Creative Craft Show. Stand C43 i

Buzzy bees at the Creative Craft Show. Stand C43 in Hall 11. Come and make yours! #cratfersofinstagram #needlefelting #thecreativecraftshow #gransonthemake

The Grans are back at the NEC at the Creative Craf

The Grans are back at the NEC at the Creative Craft Show with the woolly bee themed float made for the @waxchandlers which since creating a buzz! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Fab day @thecraftshows at the Birmingham NEC with

Fab day @thecraftshows at the Birmingham NEC with one of the @waxchandlers Sue Carter making rolled wax candles in aid of the @nationalhoneyshow.

It’s BEEn a busy weekend! This little bee made b

It’s BEEn a busy weekend! This little bee made by one of our lovely Crafty Critters group is buzzing off to the Birmingham NEC this week. Cradling a little blue and yellow friend it will be raffled for the Ukraine Appeal.

What an astonishing day that was. We were truly ho

What an astonishing day that was. We were truly honoured to be asked to create a float for the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. After working on it for months it was a thrill to see it in motion pulled and flanked by @ecargobikes fabulously decked out in beekeeping suits. Hives were supplied by @ehthornebeehives and the amazing candles made by Bromley Youth Group JustB who also walked with the float.
#lordmayorsahow2022 #ecargobike #savebees #sustainabletransport #crochetersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram #gransonthemake

Our preparations for the Lord Mayor’s Show in No

Our preparations for the Lord Mayor’s Show in November are going well but more knitted and crocheted bees are needed for the Wax Chandlers Livery Company float we are helping to build. If anyone has some time to make us some we would 🐝 very grateful! Patterns free to download at makeabeeline.uk. Please send to Pat Wilson 18, CT14 6LH. Thank you xxxxxx

Channelling my inner Blue Peter today making beesw

Channelling my inner Blue Peter today making beeswax candles out of cardboard, paint and bubble wrap! I can still remember the sheer joy of making Dougal from a Fairy Liquid bottle and lots of white wool when I was 9! Not sure why white but the Magic Roundabout wasn’t broadcast in the U.K. in colour until 1970 even though it was made in colour from series 2. Yarn has been a thing for a while!

#woolbeatthis keeping occupied in mindful pursuits

#woolbeatthis keeping occupied in mindful pursuits is going to be key in managing stress in the weeks and maybe months ahead. No surprise that knitting and crochet are therefore hugely beneficial. Feeling optimistic about the level of creativity that may come of all of this. How are you all coping? What do you have planned? #keepcalmandcrochet #crochetersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram

It’s Seamus Bee-gorrah! Happy St Patrick’s Day

It’s Seamus Bee-gorrah! Happy St Patrick’s Day. Thank you for my fabulous birthday gifts @mamyavril 🥃☘️🥃☘️#knittersofinstagram #crochetersofinstagram

Happy New Year to one and all! New year, new proje

Happy New Year to one and all! New year, new project! These fabulous bees arrived anonymously just before Christmas. If they were yours then please let us know. We will still be promoting the importance of pollinators during the summer working with the Wax Chandlers Livery Company where we picked up the DEFRA award on behalf of @parkview4u. Our new project called In Our Hearts will focus on dementia and raising awareness of this debilitating disease which affects so many. All information will be posted on our gransonthemake Facebook page over the next couple of days so please get in touch if you would like to contribute. #dementia #dementiaawareness #savethebees #happynewyear #2020 #fundraising

The Grans on the Make!! The end of the Beeline!! D

The Grans on the Make!! The end of the Beeline!! Didn’t we all do well! 👏👏👏👏

Fab day at the @defrauk Bees Needs Champions Award

Fab day at the @defrauk Bees Needs Champions Awards collecting an award on behalf of @parkview4u who submitted #makeabeeline as part of their application. Here we are with Lord Gardiner and Richard Pollard from @growwilduk. Richard is holding a Park View Bee!

Let’s hear it for the girls!! So lovely to have

Let’s hear it for the girls!! So lovely to have Julie and Rachel from @parkview4u join us in Birmingham today on our last day @thecraftshows Creative Craft Show. We have had such an amazing year and loved every minute of it. Map and all remaining bees have now flown off with them to Lytham where they will be sold to add to our total which has now exceeded £12k by quite some margin!! 🧡🐝🖤😍

83 people - all beginners - shown how to needlefel

83 people - all beginners - shown how to needlefelt at the Creative Craft Show at the NEC today! #itsmything #newhobby #sharingskills #powerofcommunity #makingfriends

Something for the weekend! Wreath made courtesy of

Something for the weekend! Wreath made courtesy of materials donated by Ross Paper on Stand C25 at the Creative Craft Show at the Birmingham NEC this weekend. Come along. There’s Cake too!! 😀🐝🐝

Boys needlefelt too. Here’s Jake, Eddie and Spen

Boys needlefelt too. Here’s Jake, Eddie and Spencer’s with their fabulous bees. Great stuff guys. Hope you keep it up 🐝🐝🐝👏👏👏😍😍😍 #boysneedlefelttoo #savethebees #needlefeltersofinstagram #makeabeelineuk

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