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winner of the Brae Shetland wool shawl kit

And the winner is Poppy with her name ''Shetland Tundra''

we love Shetland and we love the Tundra so it had to be 

Thank you poppy and Thank you to all who took part !

We had a very hard time picking the name as there were so many great entries.

My next blog entry and giveaway is for a Shetland wool Sampler blanket to be posted in a few days

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