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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.
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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
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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
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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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