Christmas Lights Switch On

Saturday 21st November is the West Bridgford Christmas light switch on with special guests from Britain's Got Talent the wonderful 1940's inspired girl group "Irresistible" and Trent FMs very own Twiggy and Emma!

Situated on the croquet lawns will be the Craft stalls featuring lots of lovely and unusual gifts, why not bring your list and do all your Christmas shopping in one place! There will also the be the very popular farmers market with some mouth watering treats (mulled wine and mince pies are a must!)

Father Christmas is going to be there for the little ones to tell him how good they've been this year and there will be musical entertainment and choir singing on the Avenue from 2pm.

Last years atmosphere was magical, friendly and fun. Come and Join us Knot Just Jigs will be situated in the green tent decked in an obscene amount of tinsel and balloons! Hope to see you there!

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Here is one of their favourites, and ours this impressive wooden castle comes complete with towers, ramparts, working drawbridge, murder hole, portcullis, ladders and 14 wooden characters!

Nativity Costume Online Shop opens 5th November!

While Shepherds Watched is pleased to announce that their 2009 Online Shop will open on Thursday November 5th 2009. 'While Shepherds Watched' sells Handmade Children’s Nativity Costumes, and was set up and is run by Mum of two,Lucy Jiwa.

Lucy, who started the business in 2006, says "I am so pleased to be able to offer tunics made from Fairtrade Organic Cotton for the first time this year. After working closely with Bishopston Trading I now have a 'limited edition' range of Fairtrade certified cotton tunics that are just perfect for Shepherds, Joseph, Mary, Inn Keepers - just about any traditional Nativity role! I team these with appropriate head dresses and head bands, and you have distinctive, unusual and beautiful costumes for your little star.

The quality of these skilfully made outfits is unrivalled, which means the costume will last and last."'While Shepherds Watched' has always aimed to be the best place to buy affordable, great looking, handmade Nativity Costumes. Let them take one of the worries of the festive season away, and leave you free to enjoy seeing your little star shine!

Postal Strikes

Knot Just Jigs would like to announce that its business as usual during the proposed postal strikes and trading will remain unaffected. We will be trading as usual during the postal strikes and would like to remind our customers of our very competitive special delivery option which has been reduced in order to provide our customers with the most efficient service, and all orders over £70.00 remain FREE of charge and willl be continue to be sent by courier.

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Looking back

Today being so chilly has made me think about our up and coming outdoor fairs. I have treated myself to a new pair of ski trousers as i have lost weight since last year and towards the end of the winter fair season they were falling down!lol

Below are some pictures taken at the Beautiful village of Hickling and every year in September they hold an annual scarecrow festival. Ove 70 scarecrows were displayed outside the houses and building of Hickling and a quiz is handed out to all visitors on arrival to guess the origin (this years theme) Can you believe the weather! it was absolutely glorious. Just look at the sun shining. My view was pretty good too, the local public house!

That weekend i met lots of lovely customers that weekend who have also returned via our website and visited us at West Bridgford Fair. That weekend the winning product had to be our blue wooden letters, so much so we ran out of certain letters!

As usual i was next to my lovely friend Christine who makes the most devine chocolate, she makes the most amazing "dunking lollies" which are made from solid chocolate and are a must after a hard day at a fair. Christines website is http://www.choklet.co.uk/ is well worth a look.

The Moorgreen Show

The Moorgreen Show for me brings back fond memories of my childhood when we all visited as a family, my dad used to breed caneries so the marquee with all the birds in was his favourite. I also have vivid memories of sitting on straw bales around the arena watching the dogs shows and the horses but today the shows have been brought bang upto date with lots of fresh attractions such as digger dancing and falconary shows. This year see's the show's 160th event, which when you think about it is quite some achievement given some of the tough times we have been through.
Knot Just Jigs will be there, this our 4th year of attending the show and has always been one of our favourites! Its now one of my very own family traditions. Joining us this year are a couple of my friends and fellow crafters Lyndsay from www.prettybeautiful.co.uk and Christine from www.choklet.co.uk both very talented ladies who sell some gorgeous products!
If you get the chance to come along please dont be shy, come on over and say hello.

Show dates & Times: August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday - August 30th and 31st 2009.
Moorgreen Show opens to the public at 9.00am each day and entertainment ceases at approximately 5.00pm.


Admission Prices:
Adults:
£9.00
Accompanied children (up to 16):
FREE
Unaccompanied children (up to 16):
£2.00
Senior Concessions:
£7.50
Parking:
FREE

The Moorgreen Country Show is a showcase of the area's rich rural heritage. Come and enjoy the Moorgreen experience, two days of entertainment and education packed in to a 40 acre showground.
The provisional programme includes:
Unaffiliated Show Jumping
The Drakes of Hazard Sheep Dog & Duck display
Hucknall Rolls-Royce Amateur Radio Club 'Special Event Station'
The Dancing Diggers
Birds of Prey
Mechanicals
The South Notts Hunt Parade
Wildlife Zoo
Racing Piglets
Equestrian excellence
Chinese Vegetable Carving
Cattle, Sheep and Goats
Glass Blowing craftsmen
Flower & Vegetable Show
CAMRA's 9th Nottinghamshire Real Ale Festival
Craft & Gift Marquee
and much much more............Come along, we hope to see you there !

Very Windy Weekend!

Last week was Knot Just Jigs very first visit to Long Eaton High Street and we are very glad to report we had a very sucessful 2 days, although the high winds did make me feel like Dorothy in the whirlwind scene of The Wizard of Oz at times !

The gorgeous little tote bags you can see on the left of the picture were very popular and their cuteness drew lots of people over to have a look. We did have our lovely Toy Soldier Bunting displayed around the gazebo for a while but the wind kept tangling it up so we had to take it down, such a pity really as it is absolutely lovely.

We have some lovely co-ordinating laundry bags that could also be used as a storage bag or p.e bag for school.

My Lovely friend's Lyndsay and her Mum Jane also had a stall but they were, quite wisely due to the wind in the large Marquee. Pretty Beatutiful sell some absolutely gorgeous things such as a fabulous selection of dried fruit wreaths, lavender hearts, candles in cups and much more....

This has to be one of my favourites