Knitting In School In The News

Below are listed recent newspaper articles about school's knitting clubs.

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The Press, York: "St Oswald’s CE Primary School Pupils Knit Protest Scarf For Prime Minister David Cameron" (24.07.10)

Click here to read how children from a York school made a statement about education available to children in Africa

About My Area, Northamptonshire: "Craft Club Success At Greens Norton Primary School" (19.07.10)

Click here for news of a new Craft Club

Cotswold Journal: "Blockley Children To Knit Up A Storm" (08.06.10)

Click here to read how two school knitting groups recently set up by Kirsty Derson will be knitting as part of World Wide Knit in Public Day this Saturday

The Northern Echo: "Knit To Help Disaster Victims" (05.05.10)

Click here to read how children from Grove Primary School, near Consett are knitting to help people involved in disasters abroad.

Worcester News: "Knitting Club Has It Covered!" (27.03.10)

Click here to read how Perdiswell Primary School in Worcester is knitting blankets for a children’s centre in South Africa

Belper News: "Knitting Launch For Belper Kids" (26.01.10)

Click here to read of a new Knitting Club just launched at a school in Belper, Derbyshire

London Genesis Housing Group: Genesis Community's Knitty Noras Share skills With Schoolchildren (10.07.09)

Click here to read how nine women from a Genesis Community-funded knitting group called the Knitty Noras held a knitting workshop with eight- and nine-year-olds at Scotts Primary School in Hornchurch, Essex. Genesis Community is part of Genesis Housing Group

Warrington Guardian: "Pupils Form A Tight Knit Group" (21.05.09)

Click here for news of a school knitting group in Great Sankey

Doncaster Today: "It's A Wrap" (09.05.09)

Click here to read about Owston Park Primary school knitting club that has been very busy knitting blankets for people in Hungary, Romania and the Ukraine as part of a Salvation Army appeal

Ipswich Evening Star: "Keen Youngsters Get The Needle" (29.04.09)

Click here for news of an enthusiastic knitting club at a Primary school in Kingsfleet near Ipswich

Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds: "Harewood Pupils Knit Their Way To £10,000 Prize" (31.03.09)

Click here to read how pupils at Harewood's Gateways School knitted their way to a £10,000 prize

Campaign Series - Caerphilly: "Knitting For Charity" (23.02.09)

Click here to read how pupils at a school in Trethomas have knitted more than 200 chickens to help raise money for charity

Reading Evening Post: "Pupils Square Up To Knitting Challenge" (16.02.09)

Click here to read about a School Knitting Club in Wokingham knitting a blanket for people in Zimbawe