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Halifax Evening Courier: "Fancy A Pint And A Spot Of Knitting?" (19.08.10)
Click here to read about Halifax's knitting group
London: "Join Stitch London at the Natural History Museum 27th August from 6pm to 9.30pm" (17.08.10)
Stitch London has teamed up with London’s Natural History Museum to invite you to Stitch a Squid to celebrate the creatures of the briny deep on show in their Deep Sea exhibition as part of After Hours.
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BBC: "See How Berkshire Knitted For The War Effort" (12.08.10)
Click here for images of knitting in the war
North Wiltshire And Kennet Gazette And Herald: " Hats on in Wiltshire for the Big Knit" (12.08.10)
Click here for news of The Big Knit in Wiltshire
Oxford Mail: " Knitters Need To Help Elderly Keep Warm" (12.08.10)
Click here for news of The Big Knit in Oxfordshire and how to obtain a pattern
Daily Telegraph: "Amber Le Bon Is No Chip Of The Old Block" (12.08.10)
Click here to read how Simon Le Bon's daughter (a model) likes to knit in her spare time
London: Finsbury Park People: "Be A Knit-Wit In N4" (11.08.10)
Click here to read more about a knitting group in London who "aim to transfer skills, encourage sustainable clothing production, and build friendships by learning together'
Network Norwich: "Knitting Fundraiser For Norwich Care Home" (10.08.10)
Click here for news of a knitting project to raise funds for a care home at John Grooms Court. Squares are being knitted to form a Christmas tree
Wool Week 2010: "Rowan & Herdy’s Knit-Along" (09.08.10)
Click here for news of a special event in Grasmere, Lake District on 21st August, to raise awareness of Wool Week
Wool Week 2010: Rowan Issue Press Release Detailing Events (09.08.10)
Click here for details of events 11th - 17th October
Press And Journal: " Oyne Appeal To Celebrate Knitting Legend" (08.08.10)
Click here for appeal by Barbara Henderson, owner of The Woolshed, for samples of a special type of jacket for an exhibition about Elizabeth Zimmermann
The British Wool Marketing Board: "Wool In The Spotlight As Prince Becomes Patron Of Campaign" (05.08.10)
Click here to read details of events organised for Wool Week, which coincides with National Knitting Week, 11th-17th October
Carrickfergus Today: "Woolly Thinking Welcome" (05.08.10)
Click here to read about the launch of this year's The Big Knit in Northern Island
BBC iPlayer- Open Country: Fairisle Knitting (05.08.10)
Click here to listen to this interesting programme about the future of knitting on Fairisle
Lincolnshire Echo: "New Training Programme Aims To Ensure Survival Of Traditional Home-Crafts" (03.08.10)
Click here for news of knitting courses and a knitting group, new in Sleaford Lincolnshire
Wakefield: Knitting Graduate Gains 'First' In Animation (02.08.10)
Click here to view knitted animation
Network Norwich: "Christians Help Knit Norwich Pride Scarf" (02.08.10)
Click here to read all about Norwich Pride's giant rainbow scarf
Click here for further news of Norwich Pride success in knitting
Craftzine.com: " Knitting Basis 101: Basic Stitches" (30.07.10)
Click here for anyone who needs a friendly refresher course in basic stitches
Norwich Evening News: "Appeal Launched For Lift At Norwich Residential Home" (30.07.10)
Click here for local knitting for charity appeal. If you live in the Norwich area, contact details are given in the article if you would like to help
WalesOnline: "Caerphilly Woman Aims For £1m For Velindre Charity" (26.07.10)
Click here to read how Julie Smith has raised £900,000 while recovering from Hodgkins Lymphoma
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
Belfast Telegraph: "Belfast Bombarded By ‘Graffiti Knitters’ (20.07.10)
Click here for news of Yarn Bombing in and around Belfast
About My Area, Northamptonshire: "Craft Club Success At Greens Norton Primary School" (19.07.10)
Click here for news of a new Craft Club
Islington Gazette: "Susan Helps Knitting Revival" (17.07.10)
Click here to read about Susan Cropper and her renowned shop in London, Loop.
Times-Series: "Knitting Challenge Involving Innocent Smoothies And Supermarket Sainsbury's Kicks Off To Help Age Concern Barnet" (17.07.10)
Click here for news of the 2010 'Big Knit' on behalf of Age Concern
Quilts4London: Knit A Pennant, Update (15.07.10)
The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles is delighted to announce that under their umbrella, the projects “A Gift of Quilts” and “Quilts 4 London” has been granted the Inspire Mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme. The London 2012 Inspire programme recognises innovative and exceptional projects that are directly inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Click here to read more on 'A Gift Of Quilts' website
Click here to read more on 'Quilts 4 London' website
Culture 24: "School Craft Activities And Ideas With The Craft Council's Craft Club" (07.07.10)
Click here for write up of our new initiative with The Craft's Council
London: Knit Nation Summer Expo To Be Held At Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ 29th- 31st July 2010 (05.07.10)
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This world-class hand knitting and spinning Expo brings the best of independent designers, teachers, retailers, and distributors together in one place, enabling attendees to see and buy products, learn new skills or improve existing ones. Three days of dedicated teaching takes place over the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and the public Marketplace takes place over Friday and Saturday.
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The Guardian: "The Knitting Exhibition That's Good Enough To Eat" (02.07.10)
Click here to see pictures of knitting artist Kate Jenkins' new knitting exhibition, which is at the Rebecca Hossack gallery until 24th July
London: Prick Your Finger Exhibition; Salon Bench London (02.07.10)
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Salon Bench London is being made through a collaborative process led by Rachel Matthews with local knitters. The bench is being made using a 100% British Herdwick that has been genously donated by The Herdy Company for the project. The Herdy Company is based in Cumbria and they actively support the sustainability of the Herdwick sheep breed by making good use of the wool in their home furnishings. They buy their wool directly to make sure the farmer gets a fair deal and use local processors, spinners and weavers.
Click here to read more about Salon Bench Exhibitions around the UK
Bristol: Yarn Bomb hits Aspects and Milestones Headquarters (01.07.10)
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Employees and clients of Bristol-based charity, Aspects and Milestones Trust, turned up at work on 29 June to find their offices had been hit by a yarn bomb. Staff turned up in the morning to find the pillars by the entrance wrapped in knitting, and some of the brickwork covered in knitted bricks. Knitted butterflies festooned the bushes, and little clumps of knitted flowers and toadstools had sprung up in the greenery. Many of the service users and staff across the Trust like to knit. Inspired by the work of other ‘yarn-bombers’ worldwide, they formed a covert collective, meeting and working in secret. “We wanted to make people look again at the ordinary things around them they take for granted and see them in a different way. We hope to make people smile!” said KnitTGritti, a member of the group. “Knit Graffiti enables us all to participate on an equal basis; everyone has a part to play, big or small, and it allows what can be a solitary medium to become a very public one.” Another member, Eddie Longstocking, added, “The combination of knitting and graffiti is a brilliant contradiction. The soft, tactile medium of textiles combined with hard, edgy street art is a really exciting idea to be working with”.
The Knitiffi group hints that they have more plans up their woolly sleeves, particularly for the Trust’s major arts event, Expressions 2010, which will be held at the Paintworks Exhibition Space from 5-9th October.
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National Knitting Week Now Launched: 11-17 October 2010 (01.07.10)
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Click here to read all about the 6th National Knitting Week
Cornwall: Knit Wits At Penzance Plan 'End To End' Sweater In Aid Of Help For Heroes (01.07.10)
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Matt and Julia’s sons; Guy (16) and Tom (15) asked if they could spend a fortnight of their summer holiday 2010 cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of Help for Heroes. Matt thought it was such a fantastic idea he wanted tocycle with them. The plan is for the entire family to leave Penzance for John O’Groats on July 9th and then leave John O’Groats for Land’s End on July 11th. Julia will be driving the backup campervan and knitting an 'End To End' sweater while she waits for them each evening.
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News & Star Cumbria: "Woolfest Weaving Its Magic Spell Again In Cockermouth" (26.06.10)
Click here for full write up
Blog Iceland: "Experimental Knitting Hits Reykjavik Museum" (24.06.10)
Click here to view some unusual knitting
Leighton Buzzard Today: "Get On Track For Leighton Knitting Marathon!" (24.06.10)
Click here to read how local knitters produced a blanket the length of the town's narrow gauge railway track to raise money for charity
Horse & Hound Online: "Norma Hopes To Become A Shreddies Knitting Nana" (24.06.10)
Click here for news of a Pontypridd grandmother who is in the running to be the face of Shreddies
Leeds Goes Knitting Crazy on Worldwide Knit in Public Day (16.06.10)
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It's been a long while since sheep have been sheared in Leeds City Centre, but that was just one of the attractions at the the city's first ever Big Knit, to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day. Hundreds of people came down to the newly re-developed Granary Wharf, once the centre of wool distribution round the world- to learn how to knit, crochet, spin and dye, demonstrated by artisans from around West Yorkshire.
Organised by Leeds wool shop baa ram ewe, the day had a team of volunteers decked out in luminous pink t-shirts offering to pass on their skills to young and old. Otley based hand dyer Kirsty Clarke was hand painting yarn made from Banana Fibre, Leeds based Daniela Kloppman from Felt Studio UK was spinning the freshly shorn fleece from sheep in the square in to yarn on her spinning wheel, and Keighley's Helen Jordan from Thread of Life had a giant crochet hook to share her craft in a truly unique and visible way. Centre stage were the sheep and shearer Mike who demonstrated his shearing prowess, and even let volunteers have a go too.
"It was just a truly fantastic day" said Verity Britton, who organised the event and is owner of baa ram ewe. "We wanted to give people the opportunity to come down and learn how to knit or crochet for free, and to see some of the fabulous crafts and skills still alive in this county today".
Click here to contact Verity for all further information
London: Loop Is Moving To New Address: 15 Camden Passage, Islington, London, N1 8EA (16.06.10)
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Loop re-opens on Saturday 19th June
Click here for all further details
BBC News: "Berriew Knitters Make Teddies For Child 999 Patients" (14.06.10)
Click here to read how a group of Welsh knitters have been knitting teddies to reassure distressed children
BBC News: "Flying The Woolly England Flag In Devon" (10.06.10)
Click here to read how Alison Murray has knitted an England Flag to support our World Cup football hopes
BBC News: "There's Nothing Woolly About Marathon Knitter Alison" (10.06.10)
Click here for news of the first showing of Alison Murray's Above And Below The Waves
Redditch Advertiser: "Get Knitting With New Group At Redditch Library" (10.06.10)
Click here for news of a new knitting group in the West Midlands
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
Times LIVE South Africa: "Gogo's teach Danny and David to knit" (04.06.10)
Click here to read how the Gogo Trust knitting circle engaged the industrious hands of Danny K and David Tlale to assist them in creating the world’s largest soccer support scarf
Blyth News: "Blyth Library group get knitting for charity" (03.06.10)
Click here for news of a knitting group knitting for the special care baby unit at Wansbeck General Hospital
Bromsgrove Advertiser: "Residents Chance To Learn How To Knit" (02.16.10)
Click here for details of this event on Tuesday 15th June
Leeds: Baa Ram Ewe Plan Mega Knit In Public Day Extravaganza (01.06.10)
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Gloucestershire Gazette: "Knitting Enthusiasts In Westerleigh Raise Funds For Help For Heroes" (01.06.10)
Click here to read how a group of villagers are raising money for this charity
Yorkshire Evening Post: "Leeds Knit Girls Aim To Bring Craft Back In Fashion" (01.06.10)
Click here to read about an event organised in Leeds by Baa Ram Ewe to celebrate Knit In Public Day
Worldwide Knit In Public Day: Saturday 12 June 2010 (01.06.10)
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I Knit London is taking to the streets of London for its annual knitting Treasure Hunt.
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This is Local London: "A Knitting Mum From Flackwell Heath Breaks Into Retail On BBC show" (01.06.10)
Click here to read how Beryl Brewis from London appeared on BBC television and secured a deal with Jigsaw to sell her hand knitted scarves
You Tube: "How Knitting and Crocheting Make Us Better" (29.05.10)
Click here to watch a video posted by Lion Brand: "We asked our customers how knitting and crocheting makes them better, and the answers were amazing..."
Bristol: "Knitting 4 Heroes .... Patriotic Knitting Exhibition" (29.05.10)
Click here for news of a knitting exhibition in Bristol which aims to raise money for Afghanheroes and the Riflemans fund
The Press Association: "Mother's Union Knits Woolly Breasts" (27.05.10)
Click here to read how A Mothers' Union has taken a break from knitting baby clothes and blankets to fulfil a special commission from the NHS
Quilts4London: Knit A Pennant (26.05.10)
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Traditionally in sport, competitors exchange Pennants as a sign of friendship. To continue this tradition, and as a memento of their participation in this event, we are undertaking a project to make a Pennant (or ‘mini’ quilt) for each athlete. The project gives quilters, felt makers, embroiderers, textile artists and knitters the opportunity to express their support, through the medium of fabric, fibre and stitch, and become part of the whole Olympic event in London 2012.
Click here if you would like more information about providing a knitted/crocheted quilt for an Olympic Athlete and to see 200 completed pennants
BBC: 'High Street Dreams' Promotes Knitting Entrepreneur (24.05.10)
Click here for further details of tonight's show BBC 1 9.00pm
Community News Merseyside: "Knitting Group For Young And Old Wins National Award" (20.05.10)
Click here to read how an intergenarational knitting group taught knitting to local school children as part of a project to teach wartime crafts
The Shetland Times:" Trio Of Councillors Fail In 11th Hour Bid To Retain Knitting Lessons In Schools" (19.05.10)
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Shetland: Fiddle Frenzy 8 - 15 August (19.05.10)
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Shetland’s contemporary textile culture has grown from the continuous creative development of our Shetland knitting techniques. Attend workshops to learn the basic structures of knitted Shetland lace and colourful Fair Isle and their applications for creative textiles.
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TV: UK's First Knitting Channel Is Launched (18.05.10)
Click here for brand new website
London: Singer Sia Needs Knitters To Knit On Stage On 27th May (18.05.10)
Sit on stage whilst Sia is performing and knit a patch during the show. The patch will be added to a huge patchwork blanket, which will be auctioned off to Sia’s favorite charity.
Click here to find out more
The Guardian Cardiff: "Yarn And Yarn Celebrate Cardiff Knitting" (18.05.10)
Click here to read about all the different knitting groups in Cardiff
BBC Devon: In pictures: A Woolly Look Above And Below The Waves" (17.05.10)
Click here for recent images of Alison Murray's Above And Below The Waves due to be showcased at The Appledore Arts Festival in early June
The Shetland News: "Joint Venture To Save Fair Isle knitting" (14.05.10)
Click here for the latest about knitting classes being axed in Shetland schools
Shetland Times Online: "Letter: What On Earth Are They Thinking Of?" (13.05.10)
Click here to read the outrage of Vivienne Rendall who is concerned that Shetland may lose its identity if knitting and music lesson cease in local schools
West End Extra: Theatre Review: - Me, As A Penguin At Arcola Theatre (13.05.10)
Click here for review of a new play based around the emotional crisis of Stitch, a knitting-obsessed, shy 22-year-old gay man
Shetland Times Online: "Conference On Knitting To Be Held At Museum" (11.05.10)
Click here for news of “In the loop 2: knitting origins and evolution” to be held at Shetland Museum is being organised by University of Southampton 1-5 September 2010
Click here for online booking from 17th May 2010
The Guardian: " Dr Luisa Dillner's Guide To . . . Improving Memory" (11.05.10)
Click here to read how knitting can help improve your memory
UK Handmade: "Simple Knitting" (09.05.10)
Click here for review of Erika Knight's latest knitting book
Scotsman: "Shetlanders Fight To Save Traditional Art Of Fair Isle Knitting" (08.05.10)
Click here for new comment from the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes
BBC News: "School Knitting Tuition Ended By Council Cutbacks" (07.05.10)
Click here for the sad news about knitting in Shetland's Primary schools
This is North Devon: "World's First Extreme Knitting Club" (07.05.10)
Click here to read how Alison Murray's latest project is taking place, Above and Below The Waves will have its first outting at Appledore Arts Festival, 3-6 June 2010
Bridport News: "West Dorset: How Knitting Helped Stroke Victim Rebuild Life" (06.05.10)
Click here to learn how knitting has helped Nessie Dear to recover from a stroke and she now plans to open her own shop
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.
Rochdale Online: "Knit One, Purl One" (05.05.10)
Click here for news of an exciting new knitting exhibition currently on show at Touchstones Gallery, The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AQ
Scotland's Knitting Only Show: Saturday 15 May 2010 (05.05.10)
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Scotland's Knitting Only Show is now in its third year and promises to be bigger and better than last year! Between 10.00am and 4.00pm there will be a fun packed day including a fashion show, lectures and demonstrations
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Shetland Times Online: "Knitting Lessons In Primary Schools May Be Cut To Save Council Money" (04.05.10)
Click here to read how Knitting lessons could end in Shetland’s schools if councillors go ahead with budget cut of £130,000
WalesOnline: "Guerrilla Knitters Aim To Cause Woolly Mayhem Around Wales" (02.05.10)
Click here to watch video featuring Swansea-based Yarnachists
Scotsman: "Islanders Fear Losing The Stitch In Time" (01.05.10)
Click here to read how the art of Shetland knitting is under threat as the local authority prepares to end free classes in the craft across the island schools
Click here for a second article from The Times
Fast Company: "Let the Wind Knit Your Next Scarf" (29.04.10)
Click here to watch a video of a knitting machine knitting in London powered by wind - amazing!
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Earth Day 2010: "Are You Knitting Green?" (22.04.10)
Click here for news of a new book for the eco-friendly knitter
Interweave Knitting Daily: "Join Us for the Knitting Green Challenge!" (22.04.10)
Click here for find our how to make yarn from fabric
Shetland Times Online: "Special Exhibition To Mark Textile Museum Move To Böd Of Gremista" (20.04.10)
Click here to read about a special event being help 1st - 4th May 2010
Women's Weekly: Cupcake Knitting Pattern (20.04.10)
Click here for two cupcake patterns
New Name And Logo For Stitch And Bitch London: 'Stitch London' (14.04.10)
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In June 2010 Stitch London is teaming up with London's Science Museum to celebrate the relaunch of their Who Am I? gallery. The exhibition looks at identity and how the wonders of science are helping to show us what we're really made of. Your scientific stitching challenge is simply to Stitch Yourself.
Click here to find out more
This Is Cheshire: "Loving hands make light work" (16.04.10)
Cick here for news of a knitting group at Lymm Methodist Church, on Eagle Brow, who meet once a fortnight. Their knitting helps people from Lymm to Honduras
Keighley News: "Elderly Knit For Dignity" (14.04.10)
Click here to read how residents at Oakworth Manor Care Home knitted 24,000 inches of finger knitting and raised £400 in sponsorship money
London: Mrs Minniver And The Plateaknits Exhibition At 'Prick Your Finger' (09.04.10)
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If you are visiting London during April, pop in to 'Prick Your Finger' where Ingrid Murnane has a knitting exhibition during April.
Click here to visit Ingrid's blog to find out more about this exciting new exhibition
Skegness Standard: "Get Knitting At Skegness Library!" (09.04.10)
Click here for news of a new knitting group which meets on Saturdays 2.00pm-3.00pm
Denbighshire Visitor: "Rhyl Woman Knitting For Charity" (07.04.10)
Click here to read how many knitted chicks Jane Cunnah has made for North Wales Superkids over the last eight years
Wiltshire: New Shop Opens In Craft Village Near Swindon (04.04.10)
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Abby Evely has just opened a new wool shop called Crafty Yarn at Studley Grange Craft Village in Wroughton, near Swindon. The shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays - Sundays 10.30am-4.30pm. A Knitting Group is held on Tuesday and Thursday and Abby plans to run workshops in the near future.
Click here for further details
Buckinghamshire: New Shop Opens In Milton Keynes (02.04.10)
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Elaine Leech has recently achieved a life long ambition of opening her own wool shop in Milton Keynes. The Knitting Basket, opened on the 1st March and is situated upstairs at Threads and Patches, 15 Watling Street, Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Milton Keynes. MK2 2BU. Elaine will be holding weekly kniitting groups from Monday 12th April, 10:30am to 12:30pm and an evening club starting on Tuesday 13th April, 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
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USA: Natural Gas Advert (01.04.10)
Click here for video of inspired 'un-knitting'
Cockermouth Cumbria: Woolfest: 25 - 26 June 2010 "Celebrating Nature's Finest Fibres" (01.04.10)
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Now in its 6th year, Woolfest promises to be even bigger and better this year. New for 2010 is a new connection with Higham Hall in Cumbria for this year’s workshop programme.
Click here for all further details
Penrith Press: "Knit Up A Storm At Penrith Library" (31.03.10)
Click here for details of a thriving knitting group at Penrith Library
Banffshire Journal: "Donna's Capital Success" (30.03.10)
Click here for a knitting success story; Donna Wilson a UK Hand Knitting Association Knitting Artist considers a return to her roots
Stourbridge News: "Fundraising knitters launch appeal for wool" (28.03.10)
Click here for news of a knitting group from Kingswinford who are in urgent need of donations of wool to help their fundraising for Midlands Air Ambulance
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
Kent Online: "Heather Pipped At The Post In Harry Hill Knitting Competition" (23.03.10)
Click here for news of a runner up in Harry Hill's K Factor
London Community Website: "Easter Chicks For Trinity Hospice On Sale At The Britannia" (23.03.10)
Click here to read how knitters of the Brittania pub in London are knitting a giant egg cosy to help support Trinity Hospice's Easter Chick campaign
Bristol Evening Post: "Our Knitting Gambol Paid Off For Lamb" (16.03.10)
Click here for news of how new born lambs are being knitted their own woolley jumpers to keep them warm
ChronicleLive: "Guerilla Knitters Drape Work Round Newcastle" (14.03.10)
Click here to read more about Guerrilla Knitting as part of Newcastle Sciencefest
Salisbury Journal: "Guides Knit Blankets For Care Home Residents" (14.03.10)
Click here to read how a group of Girl Guides from Redlynch have knitted a 100 multi-coloured squares
Croydon Advertiser: "Croydon Teacher Is The Man Behind Knitted Star Of Harry Hill's TV Burp" (12.03.10)
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Click here to read how Andrew Hunt, a teacher at Whitgift School, has found fame by creating Peter the Duck, the star of a spoof on The X Factor, on Harry Hill's TV Burp
Click here to read more Andrew and his love of knitting
Click here to see video of The K Factor final
Times & Star: "West Cumbrian Craft Club Members Keep On Knitting" (12.03.10)
Click here to discover the knitting achievements of this Distington Village group
Newcastle ScienceFest '10: 12-21st March (10.03.10)
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Knitters in Newcastle celebrating their ScienceFest week turn their hand to Guerrilla Knitting
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London: Susie Hewer To Run Three Marathons For Alzheimer Research (08.03.10)
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Susie is famous for knitting while running marathons and hold the Guinness World Record for knitting the longest scarf while running a marathon. This year she plans to run three marathons, making a total of 20. Brighton Marathon on 18th April, the Virgin London Marathon on 25th April and the Three Forts Marathon (which is actually an ultra marathon of 27 miles) on 3rd May.
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Cornwall: New Wool Shop Opens Friday 5th March In Launceston, Cornwall (05.03.10)
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' The Cornwall Yarn Shop' 1 Madford Lane, Launceston Cornwall PL159EB, will be holding regular workshops and has a knitting group which meets weekly
Click here for details of workshops
Click here for details of the knitting group
Manchester Journal: "Yarn Shop Knits For Charity" (03.03.10)
Click here for news of how you can help knit for charity by visiting 'Yarns for Your Soul' in Manchester during March
Treehugger: "Knit A Tea Cosy And Save Energy" (02.03.10)
Click here to learn how you can make a pot of tea and save energy
Devon 24: "Barnstaple Coffee Shop Gives Hospice A Boost" (02.03.10)
Click here to read how knitters from the Sip 'n' Stitch club at the Boston Tea Party joined groups across the region in aid of North Devon Hospice
AboutMyArea Cheshire: "Stockport Celebrates National Science And Engineering Week (01.02.10)
Click here to find out how you can take part in Giant Orbital Knitting Sunday 14th and 21st March at Stockport Art Gallery
Liverpool: New Show; Make And Do And Knit 27th-28th March 2010 (01.03.10)
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March 2010 sees the launch of this exciting event in the knitting and craft calendar, being held in the beautiful surroundings of the historic Grade II listed Bluecoat School in the charming and lively suburb of Wavertree in Liverpool. This exciting two day, knitting and making fair will have a vintage feel, echoing drapers of yesteryear where one could buy everything one needed from under one roof, offering visitors the opportunity to purchase from a wide selection of high quality knitting, spinning, dressmaking and haberdashery supplies. Fashion shows will run throughout the two days in the historic, circular stone chapel with its glassed domed ceiling. The chapel also offers visitors the chance to “knit in the round” and relax in this awe inspiring setting. Textile exhibitions will also be on display in the school, including the completed Knitted Poem from the Poetry Society.
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Northwich Guardian: "‘I Never Thought Knitting Could Be This Much Fun’" (27.02.10)
Click here for thoughts on a recently attended knitting workshop
Times Online: "Self-Taught Scot Has Designs On World Domination As She Knits Her Way To Fame" (27.02.10)
Click here to read how Ysolda Teague cannot produce designs quickly enough for her fans to knit
Daily Mail: "Knit One, Cluck One: Somerset Craft Club Keeps Bald Rescue Hens Warm By Knitting Woolly Jumpers For Them" (26.02.10)
Click here to learn how battery hens in Somerset are being kept warm with knitted jumpers
Daily Mail: "Knitting Helped Me Survive The Agony Of Divorce" (24.02.10)
Click here to read about the therapeutic aspect of knitting
Irish Times: "Why Is That Tree Wearing A Jumper?" (22.02.10)
Click here for news of guerilla knitting in Dublin
Daily Mail: "Everyone's doing it:Knitting In Pubs" (22.02.10)
Click here to read about the current trend of knitting groups meeting in pubs
Devon News: " Knitters Wanted To Create A Herd Of Woolley Donkeys" (22.02.10)
Click here to read how a Devon-based Donkey Sanctuary is calling on keen knitters to help create a herd of woolly donkeys to raise money for the charity
Click here to find out how you can help
The Times: " How Knitting Became Trendy Again" (16.02.10)
Click here for more about the current trend of making things by hand
Lancashire Evening Post: "Knit One, Purl One, Roof One For Haiti" (16.02.10)
Click here to read how Rachael Cottle, a teacher from Kirkham is knitting to help raise money for the people of Haiti
Norwich Evening News: "Knitting Scarves - For Justin Fashanu Campaign" (16.02.10)
Click here for news of how football fans in Norwich are knitting pink and black scarves to help launch the international 'Football v Homophobia' campaign
Exeter: KNIT Expo - Devon On Saturday 17th April (15.02.10)
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Click here for information about a brand new knitting show in Exeter, Devon. KNIT EXPO will bring to life the myriad creative art forms of knitted textiles including film, text and sound using knitting as inspiration.
Oxford Mail: "Witney Knitters Get Together For A Gossip" (13.02.10)
Click here for news of a new group in Witney
Essex Echo: "Super-Knitter Carolyn’s Baby Blankets Challenge" (13.02.10)
Click here to read about Carolyn Davies, who is busy knitting blankets for babies born at Basildon Hospital
Loughborough Echo: "Chance To Get Involved In Charnwood Knitting Project" (12.02.10)
Click here for news of how you can take part in an exhibition of knitted pockets
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Aberdeen Press and Journal: "Saving The Gansey" (12.02.10)
Click here to read how competent knitters are being sought from the John O’Groats to Fraserburgh area in Scotland, to take part in a gansy project
BBC: "Giant Wales red scarf knit-a-thon goes on and on" (11.02.10)
Click here to view video about knitting a huge scarf to show support for the national rugby side during the Six Nations
Click here to view video about knitting a huge scarf to show support for the national rugby side during the Six Nations
Yorkshire Evening Post: "Knitting's just not in my character" (09.02.10)
Click here to read Debbie Leigh's thoughts on knitting with reference to the recently launched K Factor on Harry Hill's TV Burp
Leeds: "Leeds Knitters Team Up For This Weekend’s Winter Olympics" (10.02.10)
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As the world’s athletes prepare to race down the mountains of Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics, A team of Leeds knitters have their very own mountain of knitting to climb! The group - based at new knitting shop baa ram ewe in Headingley- are competing in the 2010 “Ravelympics”, a global event involving thousands of knitters which lasts for the duration of the Winter Games and where knitters race to complete projects to try win a coveted Ravelympics medal. And, just like the Olympics, there are different events to compete in. Baa ram ewe team members are represented in various categories, including the Mittens Moguls, Sock Hockey, the Single Skein Speed Skate and the Designer Biathlon!
When: Saturday 13th February, 9.30am - 10.30am Where: baa ram ewe workshop, 85 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3PS
Click here to contact Verity Britton for further details
Time Educational Supplement: "Today's Youth Answers Its Call To Knit" (05.02.10)
Click here to read how volunteers from the WI taught Year 5 pupils in Walsall to knit. The club was organised by The Crafts Council and the UK Hand Knitting Association
Shetland Times Online: "Taking Shetland to London" (04.02.10)
Click here to read about students from Shetland College and how they are hoping to raise money for their degree show in London
BBC News: "Needles out for Knitting Expo in Exeter" (03.02.10)
Click here to find out about a new Knitting Show in Exeter on 17th April 2010
Macclesfield Express: "Catch The Thread Of World Record Bid" (03.02.10)
Click here for news of a World Record Attempt to knit the World's Biggest Cardigan
Newcastle Upon Tyne: "Knitting At Nero's News" (02.02.10)
Click here to read how a group set up to knit for charities is about to celebrate its first anniversary
ITV: Harry Hill Launches Knitted Character Competition (01.02.10)
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Each week Harry Hill features his 'knitted character' toy in a new situation and the audience have to spot him. Now the programme has launched a weekly competition to find the 'K Factor' knitted item. Viewers can send in their knitted creation and those short listed are voted for each week. The the overall winner will win a coveted 'K Factor' trophy.
Click here for more details
Cambridge News: "Prince Arrives To Help 'Give Fleece A Chance'" (26.01.10)
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Click here to view short video of Prince Charles launching 'The Wool Project' which aims to rejunvenate the wool industry in the UK
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
Yorkshire Evening Post: "Debbie Leigh: Getting The Needles" (26.01.10)
Click here to read how journalist, Debbie Leigh is learning to knit at The Wool Shop on Whingate Junction in Leeds with other young people
This is Nottingham: "Students Knit Clothes For QMC Babies" (25.01.10)
Click here to read how Nottingham's Students Union's Knit a Soc group spent hours making hats and cardigans for premature babies the Queen's Medical centre
Farnham Surrey: 'unravel 2010', 27-28 February (25.01.10)
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Following the success of unravel in 2009, this year's festival will be taking place over two days, Saturday 27 February and Sunday 28 February 2010. unravel 2010 will be bigger than ever, with a wider variety of stands, giving everyone a chance to see, hear, share and wonder at all things woollen. Activities will include a marketplace, talks, demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions and a knitting surgery
Click here for all further details
Art Daily: "Mark Newport Explores Modern-Day Heroes In Laumeier Exhibition" (25.01.10)
Click here for news of an exhibtion in America of hand knitted superhero costumes. "Mark Newport is a man who knits like no other."
Cockermouth Cumbria: Woolfest: 25 - 26 June 2010 "Celebrating Nature's Finest Fibres" (25.01.10)
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Now in its 6th year, Woolfest promises to be even bigger and better this year. New for 2010 is a new connection with Higham Hall in Cumbria for this year’s workshop programme.
Click here for all further details and put a note in your diary now
This is Wiltshire.co.uk: "Knitters in Hilmarton fashion a house of yarn" (24.01.10)
Click here to read about a group in Wiltshire who are knitting houses to raise money for their local church
Sunday Telegraph: "Photos On Sunday: Relaxation Winners" (24.01.10)
Click here for winning photograph of a young girl knitting - proof that the age of knitters is getting younger!
Switched (blog): "Knitted Pixel Sweaters By Artist Jim Drain Appear At Top NYC Boutique" (22.01.10)
Click here for another success story about a man who knits
Wetherby Today: "Knitting Sicklinghall Nun Nets £9,000 For Bosnia Orphans" (20.01.10)
Click here to read how a 90 year old nun knitted for 24 hours to raise money for Bosnia orphans
Islington Gazette: "Knitting Shop Boss Wins Business Prize" (20.01.10)
Click here for news of Susan Cropper, owner of Loop receives a business prize
The Guardian: "How To Make Mittens" (19.01.10)
Click here to find out how Perri Lewis made a pair of gloves from an old jumper
The Telegraph: "Knitting As A Portable Delight To Beat Daily Stress" (16.01.10)
Click here to find out what we already know - but in picture form!
Manchester: "Join A Big Knit For The Homeless On Sunday 24th January 2010" (13.01.10)
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The Big Knit will be held at the Nexus Art Cafe 2 Dale Street,
Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1JW on Sunday 24th January. The event has been organised to knit scarves/hats/gloves for the homeless people who sell "The Big Issue" on the cold streets of Manchester. This is a really good oppurtunity to come and meet fellow knitters and also give back to the community.
The Knit will begin at 2.00pm and continue until 8.00pm
Click here to read more about Knitting For The Homeless in Manchester
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The Guardian: " A Knitting Pattern For A Winter Hat" (13.01.10)
Click here for Perri Lewis' 'fun to knit hat'
Art Daily: "Andy Holden Displays a Giant Knitted Rock at Tate Britain" (13.01.10)
Click here to read all about the Pyramid Piece
Colchester, Essex: The UK Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Exhibition; 9 January - 10 February (13.01.10)
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Schools Week -
Monday 25 - Friday 29 January: Bring your school and get involved in a Craft Club Project
firstsite Gallery are dedicating one week of the exhibition to schools! Craft Club is a new national campaign to provide children and young people with the opportunity to learn craft skills. It is a new initiative by the Crafts Council in association with the UK Handknitting Association and the National federation of Women’s Institutes. There are 10 free sessions available
Click here for events planned in January where you can learn to crochet and contribute to the Coral Reef
Click here for Craft Club website
London: Knit Nation Summer Expo To Be Held At Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ 29th- 31st July 2010 (12.01.10)
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This world-class hand knitting and spinning Expo brings the best of independent designers, teachers, retailers, and distributors together in one place, enabling attendees to see and buy products, learn new skills or improve existing ones. Three days of dedicated teaching takes place over the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and the public Marketplace takes place over Friday and Saturday.
Click here for more details
Wiltshire Times: "10-Year-Old Knitting Club Makes Appeal For New Members" (11.01.10)
Click here to read how a knitting group in Corsham in Wiltshire is desperate for new members to help make hats for children in Mali, West Africa
The Telegraph: "Tate Show Reveals Artist's Pyramid Theft" (10.01.10)
Click here to learn why Andy Holden knitted a giant boulder. This is now on display at the Tate Britain in London
This is Nottingham: "WI Swaps Jam And Jerusalem For Knitting Needles" (09.01.10)
Click here for news of the he Ruddington Women's Institute the Ruddington Women's Institute who have knitted woolly hats for troups in Afganistan
Sidmouth Herald: "Knitting Course Venture In Sidmouth" (07.01.10)
Click here to read how Marjorie Jarvis who keeps a flock of Angora goats, has arranged for Ruth Morris to run the five week course at Grants Brasserie, Sidmouth, from Tuesday, January 12
Birmingham Mail: "Erdington Group Knits Thousands Of Blankets For African Women" (07.01.10)
Click here for news of Birmingham's Townswomen Guild's knitting efforts
News From ukhandknitting.com: Craft Club Website Now Live! (05.01.10)
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We are pleased to announce that the Craft Club website is now live, a co-sponsored project with the Crafts Council and the UK Hand Knitting Association to pass on knitting and crochet skills in schools and clubs across the UK.
Knitting and yarn crafts are the focus for the launch and will continue to develop, even when other crafts are introduced in future years. With your help we are keen to introduce knitting and crochet skills into schools and youth clubs throughout the UK. On the Crafts Club website you will find a list of the initial volunteer training seminars and we would be very grateful if you could pass this information to anyone that you think might be interested in participating in this scheme. We are working with the WI and many other volunteers who have expressed an interest about getting involved in their local community to pass on yarn craft skills.
Please sign up and contribute to the forum and the galleries with patterns or tips for knitting or running a club.
Click here for Craft Club website
The Times: "Yak Hair Is No Yarn" (05.01.10)
Click here to read a letter from Craig Carruthers of I Knit London
Stitch And Bitch London: First Meeting of the Year Monday 4th January (04.01.10)
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Click here for further information. If you're new to knitting and live in the London area, don't miss this event which takes place at The Royal Festival Hall (ground floor), South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
East Sussex: "Close-knit community emerges at Risingholme Court" (04.01.10)
Click here for news of a Knit and Natter group in Heathfield who knit for charity and have run out of wool. Do you live in East Sussex, can you help?
ITN: Interview With Editor Of 'The Lady' Magazine, Rachel Johnson (03.01.10)
Click here to watch video 'Showbiz Knitting Trend Set To Catch On'
BBC: "Edinburgh Knitting Project Attracts Ex-Cons" (02.01.10)
Click here to read about Greyfriars Community Project scheme in Edinburgh
Shields Gazette: "Exhibition Shows The Wonder Of Wool" (01.01.10)
Click here for details of how to visit a knitted Victorian room. Exhibition open until January 10th
I Knit London Holds Annual "New Year's Knit-In" at The Royal Festival Hall, London Tuesday 5th January 2010
Click here for further information
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