This Saturday, 10 June 2017, is World Wide Knit in Public Day. Pretty much as it says on the tin, this is when knitters of all abilities, styles and nationalities take their needles and yarn out and about. For some people this means going to an organised Knit in Public Day event. A number of… Continue reading Why knit in public
June is Commit to Knit month, when we ask you to commit to knit or crochet at least one item for charity. So why should you get involved? Stashbusting A lot of the patterns in the special charity knitting supplement we have put together with the lovely folk at Simply Knitting (look out for it… Continue reading Three reasons to Commit To Knit for charity this June
Today marks the start of National Knitting Week, 5-11 October 2015. Although at UK Hand Knitting every week is about encouraging people to knit and crochet and share the love of everything yarnie, National Knitting Week is a time when we encourage other knitters, crocheters and yarn retailers to get on board and make a… Continue reading It’s National Knitting Week – get involved
Recently we asked you to nominate your favourite charity that takes knitted or crocheted items and we were amazed by the response. We were inundated with nominations and we have now contacted all the charities and voluntary organisations just to make sure they want to take part. The list for 2015 is now complete and… Continue reading Commit to Knit – Time to Volunteer
Do you have time to knit something for charity this Autumn? This year UK Hand Knitting is teaming up with Knitting magazine for a special campaign to mark National Knitting Week, 5th-11th October 2015. Because we know that knitters, and crocheters, are a generous lot, we are looking for 1,000 of you to help charities based… Continue reading Commit to Knit for charity during National Knitting Week
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