Join Shaun At 'The Great British PicKnit'

Shaun the Sheep © 2006 Aardman Animations Ltd

Visit the 'The Great British PicKnit' At The Following ICHF Shows:

Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Westpoint Centre, Exeter, 25 -28 Sept 2008
Fashion & Embroidery, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, 3-5 Oct 2008
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff 30 Oct-1 Nov 2008
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, The Brighton Centre: 6th-8th February 2009
Creative Stitches, Creative Stitches,SECC, Glasgow: 5th-8th March 2009
Sewing for Pleasure,NEC, Birmingham: 12th-15th March 2009
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: 24th-26th April 2009

Aardman Animation's hero, Shaun the Sheep, has now got his very own series on the BBC and what better way to celebrate than leading a brand-new countrywide knitting campaign!"Shaun The Sheep's PicKnit Challenge" is supported by Aardman together with the UK Hand Knitting Association, Simply Knitting magazine and ICHF exhibitions.

We’d like you all to get involved in knitting something towards a life-size picnic – let your imagination run wild and recreate your picnic memories. Sunshiney days with frisbees, beach balls and ice-creams or kites, rugs and windbreak reminiscent of the more breezy occasions. Our less than predictable weather never stops us having fun! Work in progress will go on show in the special PicKnit area of Creative Stitches and Hobbycraft Shows this Autumn (see list below).

The PicKnit area (formerly the Knit'n'Natter area) also provides the perfect opportunity for you to join in the knitting frenzy or to learn to knit on a one-to-one basis for free. Just as the life-sized Knitted Garden was a huge success last year, we're hoping that as many people as possible will join in the fun and contribute a woolly sarnie or cake or two!

How You Can Get Involved:

If you're a member of a Knitting group, or you own a wool shop or you just love knitting - we'd love you to organize special picnic events across the UK from now until the end of the year, each destined to be a ‘grand day out’. Bring your needles and yarn and a real picnic and you can get cracking on your own creations towards the mega Knitted Picnic whilst socialising and raising money for the Wallace & Gromit Children’s Foundation at the same time. (The foundation raises funds to improve the quality of life for children in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK.)

Click here for NEW dates for PicKnits and photos of past events

Click here for hints and tips on how to plan your event

Click here to print off poster for you to use

Click here for ideas of what to knit

Click here for patterns of sandwiches and cakes

Click here for address of where to send knitted items

Click here for details of where to send the money you have raised

PicKnit Launch:

We’ll bring you latest details on all PicKnits on this page. You'll find hints and tips on how to plan your own event as well as lists of planned events nation-wide as soon as they become available. We'll also provide ideas of things to knit. If you're arranging an event yourself get in touch with the details and we'll promote your event too

Click here to email us about your event

Meet The Characters

Shaun
Bitzer
Timmy
Pig

On View:
The completed Life-Size PicKnit, with a life-size knitted Shaun the Sheep in the midst of the knitted mayhem, will be exhibited at the ICHF Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts shows in Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009.
Your own PicKnits this Spring and Summer - please get involved and get in touch!
PicKnits will replace the Knit'n'Natter areas at the following shows (but we'll still be welcoming lots of volunteers to help pass on their skills)

Dates for your diary:

PicKnits at ICHF Shows:
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Westpoint Centre, Exeter, 25 -28 Sept 2008
Fashion & Embroidery, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, 3-5 Oct 2008
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff 30 Oct-1 Nov 2008
The Brighton Centre: 6th-8th February 2009
SECC, Glasgow: 5th-8th March 2009
NEC, Birmingham: 12th-15th March 2009

Click here if you require any further information

Click here for Shaun The Sheep website

Shaun and Bitzer enjoying The Great British PicKnit