Well, we won! Tom and I travelled down to London yesterday and last night at the QEII centre in Westminster were awarded the title of Microbusiness of the Year, 2016! Here I am with two Tims receiving my award: on the right is Tim Lazenby, head of FSB insurance (who sponsored the award), and on the left is Tim Campbell, founder of the Bright Ideas Trust (who compered the evening brilliantly). If I look a wee bit shell-shocked, that’s because I was.
We had a wonderful time, meeting some really interesting and inspiring people, and celebrating the UK’s many innovative small businesses such as Fisherton Mill (family business of the year), Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm (Start-Up of the year) and the 918 coffee company (who won the best overall business of the year award for their pioneering work developing zero-waste technology).
The evening was very thought-provoking, and I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it later, but for now I just wanted to share the news, say a big thankyou to the FSB and Worldpay for the award, and another massive thanks to all of you for your support.
Well, I’m off to relax and knit, while Tom investigates the ins and outs of having the words MICROBUSINESS OF THE YEAR emblazoned loudly on our van.
love to you all
Kate x
KDD & Co 
Wonderful! Congratulations! It’s been a long, tough road–so happy about your success!
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Congratulations! Nice to see that you won the award.
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Congratulations!
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Wow! Congratulations! You certainly deserve every bit of it!
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Congratulations to all of you for the work, commitment and creativity that this win recognizes. Just imagining what you’re up to keeps me energized in my own efforts and I tap into the website regularly for knitting news. Great touch by the way re the van as herald and hats off to Britain for having such awards.. I have purchased things from a few smallish businesses in Britain, most notably Seasalt, the Little Green Sheep, Natural Mat and of course our own Kate Davies Designs; in every case the service, courtesy and concern about my satisfaction over the fact of the sale has been exemplary. All best, robin
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Congratulations to Kate, Tom and Bruce. We saw it born and watched it grow. Mighty proud in Vermont.
Karen
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A big congratulations.
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Well done and well deserved, be proud
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Wonderful news and I’m so extremely happy for you and Tom. Well deserved recognition award for your excellent standards, work and creativity. ♥ Bask in the glow. ♥♥♥
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Excellent news, congratulations to you both!
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Bravo, well deserved!
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Maybe others have already done so but I posted the direct link and congratulations on my Facebook page. Well deserved!
https://events.fsb.org.uk/fsbevents/frontend/reg/tOtherPage.csp?pageID=4106&eventID=4
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Congrats! Well deserved.
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Congratulations. I love following you from half way around the world!
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Huzzah! Well done, all of you! I echo everyone’s comments — it feels like a win for all of us knitters & you look fabulous in your wedding cardie. Please post a photo of the van when its update is finished.
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That’s awesome. Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations Kate, Tom, and Bruce! Like many here, I have been reading your blog, eagerly collecting your patterns and books, and now purchasing your yarn for years now. How wonderful that your careful attention to history, quality, beauty, and craft have been rewarded in this way. Well done–I’m sure we all look forward to your next project(s)! Me–I need to get started on my Deco kit that arrived this week here in New Jersey!
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What a wonderful way for the Universe to confirm you’re right on track! So very happy for you 3( Bruce counts too).
So wonderful and well deserved.
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O, how great. Congratulations!!!
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Well done, indeed. And instead of painting the van, why not have one of those giant magnets made that you can affix to the van now, and place in a frame for a wall at a future date, as a lovely remembrance.
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well done to you both and well deserved kate xx
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Wow, well done after all your hard work it was well deserved.
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How lovely and thoroughly well deserved. Congratulations!!
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This is just wonderful, congratulations! You’ve come such a long, long way since finding you on Needled blog 7 years ago. :)
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Congratulation! Fabulous news and a well-deserved winner. Enjoy the glow. Much love, Susie xxx
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Congratulations ! What a wonderful reward and encouragement to go on. Enjoy and I’m sure it’ll be a huge boost for future creativity.
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Fabulous news and so well deserved! Congratulations. You are truly inspiring and innovative – and you have a great support team around you. Big pat on the shoulders to all of you. It sounds you are living the dream. Doing what you love and loving what you do…
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It seems that you guys are the only ones remotely surprised that you’d win! We were all convinced of it. Congratulations to you and the team. A very well deserved honour.
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Kylie and I are so very very happy for you all! A very well-deserved win and I hope it opens up many new possibilities for you. Congratulations!
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Congratulations well deserved
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Many congratulations, you must be pleased and deservedly so. Well done. What’s next? Macro business of the year?
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations! Well deserved and earned. You and Tom are amazing (and pat-pat to Bruce)!
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Congratulations!! The award just validates what we all know, Tom, Bruce (of course the dog gets some credit) and you are the best!!
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What a wonderful achievement, Congratulations and keep designing for us!
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Congratulations to both of you. After the hard road you have had since your stroke this must feel as if you hard climbed that mountain.
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What wonderful news. How exciting. Congratulations on a well-deserved honour! I have read your blog for a long time and seeing you change tack after your stroke and make such a success of your endeavour is inspiring.
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Massive congratulations! Let’s hope Bruce is not going to try to chew the award! Bravo to all the Kate Davies Designs team.
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Congratulations to you and your team! Thank you for sharing this lovely news. Love your outfit!
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Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations Kate for your Microbusiness award. Amazing, your deserve it.
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Excellent news, many congratulations to both of you and everyone involved in your team. It is very well deserved.
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Wonderful !! Thoroughly well deserved – enjoy!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations! You were already a winner in my book!
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Congratulations! Very well deserved. I so admire what you and Tom have built.
(And I’m glad it wasn’t just me who noticed your hair – I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo of you with it down, either!)
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Well done! Onwards to the OBE I’m sure ;)
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hip hip hurray!!!
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Definitely emblazon the van! It will inspire others — even non-knitters — to take the plunge and believe in their own ideas.
You are impressive, and have built a business that makes the world a more beautiful and happier place.
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A fantastic boost for the world of all things knitterly! Well done Kate. This is richly deserved.
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So deserved! Congratulations!
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Well – honour where honour is due! Congratulations, dear Kate!
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Congratulations dear Kate!!!!!
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Congratulations! You continue to inspire in so many ways, I’m grateful you have chosen to share with us.
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Congratulations!! Good for you.
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What a wonderful win for you – and for all knitters everywhere. You have endeavored to make our efforts more visible through your business and I am so incredibly pleased for you!
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Fantastic! Congratulations!
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Congratulations! :D
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Congratulations – truly deserved in every possible way!
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Really well deserved, congratulations to you and the whole team. We love what you do! I expect the van will look splendid!
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Congrats from the Netherlands! 💜
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Hurrah!
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Kate
So thrilled for you. Congratulations, celebrate in style!
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Congratulations! Your work is a joy to me. Thank you for taking a difficult journey and finding your way to where you are. I’m very happy for you.
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Vous suivant depuis quelques années et tricotant vos modèles, je suis très heureuse que vous ayez gagné ce prix ,une fan de France près de Paris . Nous attendons encore des merveilles de vos aiguilles bien à vous Dominqie
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Congratulations on a well-deserved honor, Kate. I couldn’t be more pleased than if it were my own business.
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Wonderful, and so very well deserved ! xx
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Congratulations! You deserve it. I’m so happy that you won.x
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Very very cool and well deserved love from your New Zealand fans in Leigh!
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Your news made me so happy. Well done, completely deserved.x
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A just reward for a fabulous achievement – genuinely thrilled for you. Congratulations to you and your team xx
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Congratulations! I’m happy for you!!
Carolin
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Well done to you and all of the team. You are a very inspirational lady.
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Congratulations!
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That’s great news :-)
Congratulations!!!!!
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HUGE congratulations, well-deserved – I squealed with delight! Really, really well done :) (BIG grin here!)
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Brilliant! So very pleased for you and your team around you. Have just received my first Buachaille skeins, love them and the detail of the black and white ties. It’s details like those, and the passion put into the production, research and patterns that led to that win. Deepfelt congratulations.
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Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!!! Congratulations!!!!
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YEAH!!
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Congratulations, justly deserved.
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Congratulations! Well deserved
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Congratulations!
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Well done to you and you, Tom and Mel ( who have I missed?). Lovely to be recognised for all your hard work and ingenuity.
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Congratulations!!! Very well deserved.
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Congratulations on winning.
You are now a healthy, successful businesswoman, with good creative ideas for knitted garments as well as your idea of selling your own brand of wool.
Now you can continue your life without the stress of your former profession and can leave your stroke behind you.
I am looking forward to your next designs and maybe some different kind of wool?
Cheers
Jeanie
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Congratulations! Your journey is such an inspiration!
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Congratulations! I am so happy for you and Tom and the crew you all deserve this so much.
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Kate, I am over the moon happy for you! So well deserved. Congratulations!
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Well done! All your grit, perseverance, dogged hard work, vision and passion is reaping well-earned rewards. You are an inspiration!
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I am not surprised in the least! Congratulations!
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Congratulations. You looked awesome, nice to see the wedding cardi get another special day out.
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Absolutely thrilled to bits for you both, what wonderful news.
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Absolutely wonderful! I can’t wait to see you both do next!
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O.M.G.!!!!!YES!!!!!!
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Hi Kate and Congratulations. I mean, CONGRATULATIONS!
The award is well deserved — you and Tom are amazing.
One quick thought on emblazoning the van (you’ve likely thought of this yourselves, so I share it “just in case”): reference the year so that you don’t have to retrofit the emblazoning next year. Something along the lines of “2016 FSB Small Business of the Year Winner.”
Wishing you well and loving every success you achieve,
Susan
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Well deserved! Congratulations!
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I am so excite…I feel like I won something! And as knitters we all won along with KDD.
So chuffed for your team!
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Congratulations! Yay!
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Congratulations, Kate! It’s well deserved!
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So totally thrilled for you and your team! I am so grateful for the inspiration you bring to my world.
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Literally could not have gone to a more deserving or talented group of people! It’s a pleasure to be associated in the most random, faraway manner as possible. :)
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Congratulations !!! You are an inspiration to all of us – I’m just so proud to be your customer and blog-follower!
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Enormous congratulations to you and Tom for recognition of your wonderful work!
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I am thrilled for you! You have worked very hard and are most deserving. You looked lovely accepting the award!
Joyce
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Many, many congratulations, so we’ll done.
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AMAZING!!! Congratulations – you deserve it!
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WOW! Congratulations Kate and Tom. You have created a fabulous business and you are both such an inspiration. Well Done!
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Well…huge CONGRATULATIONS …what an incredible honour, and well deserved….
Go Tom…emblazon your van…big and bold as you can…:):):) <3
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Hooray for you both – well deserved – we have all enjoyed your work and can see that you really work very hard indeed.
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Congratulations but so well deserved an amazing business with a wonderful philosophy,a quality product and an inspiration
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Doing a lil victory dance in Oregon! Congrats to you and Tom and your great team, including Head Supervisor/Quality Control/Guard Dog Bruce!
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Along with so many others– CONGRATULATIONS on this well deserved award!
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We all know why you won! Not a surprise to your customers and biggest fans. Congratulations to being the success that you are. Your creative soul is a dream to all of us. I look forward to your next steps!
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I knew you would win! who could possibly be better? It’s wonderful to watch you grow and prosper.
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Out of heartache comes VICTORY!!!! It is indeed a privilege to watch your ideas blossom, come to fruition and expand into what you and your team have accomplished! The glory is well deserved!!! Enjoy!!! …and long may it continue to grow…
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Oh so proud of you! Congratulations
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Well deserved and a chance to wear that beautiful cardigan again!
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Congratulations!!!! You deserve it most definitely!!!
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Great to see that the wider world can appreciate what we knitters have known all along. Well done Team Kate!
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Congratulations to you and your team! I love your yarn and designs.
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Fantastic! And to think that you started this business during a dark, difficult time of your life. P.S. Is that your wedding cardigan that you are wearing for the awards ceremony? Lovely.
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OMG, Tears of JOY!!! how wonderful. Microbusiness of the YEAR indeed…….ON THE VAN :) Well deserved.
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Congratulations! What a wonderful validation for all your vision and hard work. Brilliant news.
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Congratulations Kate!!
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Huge Congratulations! This is so well deserved and surely another significant waymarker on your journey – you continue to inspire me and I’m really happy for you and your team.
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Congratulations!!! You deserve it after all the hard work!!! First of many awards I think :-)
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Congratulations – thoroughly deserved after all your hard work.
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Congratulations Kate, Tom, and your team!
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Congratulations! It is a fantastic news!
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brilliant and so well deserved, Congratulations!!
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Brilliant, well done! You may not have expected it, we all did! You have brought us so much pleasure, given us so much food for thought, you have won your personal battles, you have found in Tom your perfect husband (and Bruce your perfect labrador!), you deserve it, you deserve it, you deserve it! xxx
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Congratulations. Cheering loudly from Down Under!🎉🎉🎉
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Congratulations, I have been thinking of you and hoping for a wonderful outcome. You pay your customers the ultimate compliment of involving them in your progress and decision making. You certainly have come a long way since your stroke and change of vocation. Good on you.
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Just brilliant news, so very chuffed for you all. Well deserved!
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Fantastic! Congratulations! Well deserved. Now you can revel in your success and really know how great your business is! 🎉🍾
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Congratulations Kate! I am so happy to see you won the award!
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Many congratulations to you, a thoroughly deserved win!
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Congratulations and well done. You both deserve this award for alot of forethought, hard work, and a great quality product.
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Just Wonderful and well deserved!
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So well deserved – congratulations and nice to put your feet up and relax doing the very thing that you are so good at.
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From an admirer across the pond. Congratulations!! Well deserved and wonderful! Love seeing the wedding cardi again and hope you are knitting a fantastic new design and wish Tom lots of luck with the van business.
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Wonderful news Kate! And congratulations–first on following your passion, and then on the bonus of having your skill and hard work recognized so publicly.
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations!!! Well deserved. So very happy for you both.
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How wonderful! Congrats to the both of you, well deserved! Cheers!
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Congratulations! A well deserved accolade.
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So happy for you, huge congratulations!!
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If ever you were going to have a sign from the gods that you made the right decision leaving academia and setting up your own knitting design business…this was it! Congratulations.
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I agree. A real endorsement of your hard work, courage and wonderful talent!
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My sentiment exactly!!
x x x x x x x x x x x x
teri
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Congratulations! Very well deserved!
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Congratulations! So happy that you and your team are being recognized for your talent and your diligent and careful work. Well done!
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Felicitations à vous et à Tom! Je suis très heureuse que vous ayez été récompensés pour votre magnifique travail.
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Congratulations – well deserved!!!
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Well deserved!
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Congratulations…just looking at the messages above, one can see that you have had a significant influence on people. I love your work. Sorry the circumstances that took you down this path, but, boy, are we glad that you found this path and are making such a difference!
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Well done. Truly deserved.
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Hurrah hurrah hurrah
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This is such wonderful news! Huge congratulations on a well deserved award.
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Congratulations! Bravo! How wonderful to be recognized for allllll of your hard work. Thank you thank you.
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Congratulations!! I feel so proud… is if my sister or best friend just won! :)
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Congratulations! You are an inspiration on so many levels.
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Congratulations!!!
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Well done Kate! Wonderful news indeed.
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Congratulations Kate,
You are truly an inspiration to all!
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Let the champagne flow! Hearty congratulations.
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Congratulations! Well deserved. Now on to even more awards for all of you!
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SERIOUSLY good news. So *odd* to see creative, grounded work so thoroughly acknowledged. Congratulations!
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Congratulations, well deserved.
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Congratulations! Wonderful achievement and very well deserved.
I’m a very longtime reader and it has been really inspiring to watch your journey from academia, through stroke to knitting micro-empire.
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Congratulations All! Never any doubt.
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Congrats, Kate! I am extremely proud of you 😀🌻
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Congratulations, guys! You definitely deserve that! So happy for you!
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Fabulous! Many congratulations, Kate and Tom, and all the team. Well deserved!
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Well Done!
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Congratulations Kate! Such wonderful news :)
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Many congratulations, you are very worthy winners!
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Many Congrarulations and well done all of you – so well deserved.
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Well done !
Congratulations and am so pleased for you , you so deserve it
Enjoy
Lorraine x
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Congratulations ! So well deserved for so many outstanding achievements :-)
Delighted!
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Congratulations!! So well deserved and so exciting for you x
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Congratulations!!!!
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I could never express how happy this news makes me. Congratulations over and over again are in order. It means so much when an award is given for hard work and dedication and one which is so much deserved. Enjoy every minute of this new level for all of you. I wish I could see the van passing by emblazoned with the new logo. Well done to everyone! xx
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Well deserved and earned. Congratulations!
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Dear Kate and Tom, Congratulations for receiving this award. Love, Margreet Pieksma – Brulleman
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That’s fantastic! Congratulations!
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Well done and very well deserved all your dedicated hard work has been worth it xx
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Great news cannot wait to give you both a hug. Wish we were with you give Bruce a pat from us it’s a pleasure to have met you both we are richer for knowing you & Tom by
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Congratulations, you deserve it!
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How wonderful! So affirming! Keep up the good work!
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Congratulations! Well deserved! I love all that you do for the world of knitting.
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Congratulations! Well deserved!
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Congratulations! You are definitely a winner.
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So excited for you! Congratulations!
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Well done! Marvellous news. What a wonderful tribute to your efforts over the last few years.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
How wonderful after all the hard work. You are a fine team (all three)
You are simply the best.
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Congrats to you and Tom!
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Well Done!! Congratulations!
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Bravo Kate , tu le mérites :-)
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Congratulations – such great news!
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Congratulations ! Toutes mes félicitations !!! You deserve it.
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Congratulations to Bothe You and Tom and of course, we can’t leave out Bruce. I hope he can have a tatter or two, for his steadfast love, and just being a great an all around great companion. You do have a bit of shell shock going on but your the Prettiest Shell Shocked Woman I’ve ever seen! You look just wonderful in that fantastic Skirt, and of course, your Sweater! Glad your taking a bit of time regrouping and just enjoying a bit of down time. Again, , I real happy for Y’all!
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Well deserved, and a big congratulations!
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Congratulations, well deserved!
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huge congratulations you deserve it after all your hard work.
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Well done. You have achieved so much, not just for your business, but also in promoting Scotland and her beauty to knitters all over the world.
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Brilliant! Now even more people will be able to see what we, knitwits, have known for years! You are amazing!
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so happy for you, you deserve it !
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Congratulations to all three of you. This is a well deserved award for an incredible micro business
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I know you just won an award celebrating your achievements as a businesswoman – and call me shallow, but all I can think is: the wedding cardi! the lovely loose hair!! The dress!!! Oh never mind – who says clever businesswomen can’t look stunning? Congratulations on a stunning achievement as well! I love the sound of the word ‘microbusiness’, sounds like something you can fit in your pocket ;-) WELL, WELL done, and here’s to a bright future for you and your business! xx
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Congratulations! =)
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Congratulations on a well deserved award.
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Fantastic! – bet you are both over the moon
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Congratulations :)
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Congratulations! Well deserved.
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Congratulations!!!!
Well done and deserved..
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This is wonderful! I am so pleased for you. I posted why you are one of my favorite knitters and designers on my blog just last week! You are an inspiration.
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To two people who have brought happiness and inspiration into my life in Canada, congratulations. You deserve that award. You continue to make me raise the bar to better knitting and you really helped me when I had a very bad fracture a couple of years ago.
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Congratulations! You inspire the rest of us knitters with your energy and vision. I’m so delighted for you and Tom, and, of course, Bruce.
By the way, your Loch Lomond tree was the Reader’s Photograph on the letters page of the Herald a few days ago. Not quite as good as your photos!
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Wow! Well Done and Very Well Deserved! How wonderful for you all xxx
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Wow! You deserve the award; you’ve done an amazing thing, going from the academia to entrepreneurship. And you’ve put both knitting design and the wool industry in the spotlight. Well done!
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Congratulations!!
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Wonderful news! Congratulations to you and all your ‘team’ . So happy for you.
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congratulations! so glad you won- you deserve it! :)
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Congrats you are a massive inspiration!
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How fantastic for you! Really thrilled for you both. xx
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Congratulations to you both! Did you ever think that your interest in knitting would take you here? Stop and ponder and be oh so very grateful.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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Absolutely brilliant news, and very well deserved!
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Congrats! so happy to be a part of the Microbusiness of the Year! You were already one of my favorite pattern and yarn suppliers. Thanks for all you do!
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Congratulations Kate, you thoroughly deserve your award. Very best wishes, Marie.
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Wow! Fantastic news….well deserved!
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Well deserved!! Congratulations:)
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Well done! Well deserved! Congrats!
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Fantastic ! Congratulations …you thoroughly deserve this x
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Wonderful news! Enjoy the moment muchly 😊
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Congratulations Kate, you’ve worked so hard you truly desereved to win. You’re a wonderful designer and such an inspiration x
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Congratulations!! I knew you would win! You, Tom and team have a professional work ethic combined with your incredible creativity which is a recipe for your success. I’m very excited for all of you!
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That is fantastic. Many congratulations.
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Wow! Congratulations!
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A big congratulations to you both! You certainly deserve this.
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WHOO! WHO! I knew you would win! CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve always been one of the very best. It could not have happened to a nicer group of people.
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Congratulations to you and your fabulous team KDD! A very well deserved award! Thanks for all you do, Kate!
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How wonderful! Congratulations to you both!!
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Congrats! Well deserved.
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What fabulous news! I am delighted for you and the award is so well deserved! Your work has brought so much pleasure to so many people worldwide who now delight in knitting beautiful things with proper yarn!! X
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Brilliant news, I am so pleased for you all. Congratulations on your well-deserved success.
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That’s fantastic, Kate and Tom! A very well-deserved award and an inspiration to many others. Very, very well done :-)
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Congratulations Kate, Tom and all your helpers especially Mel. With your ” Seven skeins ” you have got me knitting again after a gap of 20 years. Thank you for your all your inspiration
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OMG! Will we have to curtsy? Congratulations to all of you, including The Bruce, who certainly had something to do with this, as well as all the wooly ones who contribute so generously!
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Well deserved!
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Congratulations and a well deserved cherry on top for all that hard work! Cheers, Johanna
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Wonderful news and you so deserve it!!!
Congratulations from a big fan in Canada, and looking forward to hearing more about it.
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Congratulations! You look appropriately betimmied 😺
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Congratulations to you. It is good to see your wonderful business succeed and be recognized.
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YAH!!!
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Congratulations! Well deserved :)
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Congratulations!!
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Fantastic news – congratulations! An award well deserved, I know.
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Congratulations!😃👍🏻💐
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You look lovely! Congratulations to you, Tom and team!
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I think you *should* have “Microbusiness of the Year 2016” emblazoned on your van – absolutely!
In about five years, you will be an MBE – or is it an OBE? (I’m from the USA, so please forgive my ignorance of your honours).
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Hooray! What a well-deserved acknowledgment from an incredibly creative and hard-working team! Well done, Kate!
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Many congratulations, Kate! Such wonderful news. All best wishes for continued success.
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Good going Kate!
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Congratulations! You are very inspiring!
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Congratulations, and WELL DONE!!!!
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I love it when good people have great things happen to them!
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You deserved it! Congrats! Ha ha, good luck with the van-thing!
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This is just so cool to hear!!!
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Hearty Congratulations to you and Tom ! this is quite a prestigious award. You deserve it. Just relish in all the wonder of the winning. Mel
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Should have mentioned your lovely outfit and the fact that I’ve never seen your hair loose until this photo.
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Fantastic! Congratulations on this well deserved award! Enjoy!
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Wonderful news! Congratulations on a very well-deserved honor!
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How fantastic – congratulations Kate and Tom!
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Congratulations! All the best to you!
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!! I’m delighted for you and the rest of the KDD team, great recognition of everything you have put into it, and a thoroughly well-deserved accolade. I’m also delighted to see the wedding cardie again, it must be positively overflowing with special memories.
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Fantastic! Congratulations! Well-deserved, entirely! Looking forward to a photo of the van (-:
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Very many congratulations!
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This is such wonderful news Kate and so well-deserved. I am doubly thrilled as I live directly opposite Fisherton Mill which won the Family Business of the Year and within it’s studios is Born2Knit which is my LYS!! Winners all around.
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So well deserved! I’ll have a wee dram to celebrate – laphroaig or lagavulin?
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Congratulations!!
We knew you would though! :)
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Absolutely amazing!. So happy for you and so well deserved. Congratulations!
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Congratulations, so deserving!!! You look so beautiful, love your hair!!!! Wishing you more success….is a win- win for all of us knitters out here!!!
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Congratulations! What a lovely recognition of your knitting enterprises.
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That is really fantastic news! and very well deserved. I have been an admirer of you and your business for some time now and I am so pleased that you have the recognition you deserve for all your hard work. Well done.
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Congratulations, I could not think of a more worthy winner!
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Many, Many congratulations!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I’m so happy for you!! Tears of joy for you!
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Because You’re worth it!!
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Many many congrats we had all the faith in you’s so proud to know you both wow the van will look grrreat in car park!!! Hope we can have a wee catch up next time we are up? Well done again wait till your neighbours know!!! We are both chuffed to bits xxx
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Dear Kate,
I am so, so happy for you! You deserve it. I have been a part of your fan club and watching all of this unfold from my small corner of the world in western Massachusetts and all I can say is BRAVO!
Keep up the great work!
Kindest regards,
Jen
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Congratulations !!! You should be so very proud!
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