Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Knit for Winter

I've been asked to knit something for a charity campaign, "Knit for Winter", which aims to provide small woolly items that will be distributed to elderly and vulnerable people next winter by the Salvation Army.   The organisers have sent me a pattern for a cowl, and the yarn to knit it with, in a lovely blue/green mix.  I have decided to start it straightaway, because I'm going to Glasgow tomorrow, to speak at the Knitting in Wartime study day, part of the Glasgow University Knitting in the Round project.   The train to Glasgow takes 4 hours each way, so I should be able to get a good part of the cowl knitted before I get home again - it's chunky yarn, knitted on 9mm. needles.  So far, I have done a tension swatch, to check that the suggested needles are right before I leave - what a disaster to embark on 8 hours of knitting and then find you had the wrong needle size!  




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4 comments:

  1. Helena25 March 2015 at 22:53

    Please could you share details of "Knit for Winter"? I should like to knit for charity but have not known how to ascertain what is actually needed, or who collects and distributes items.

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    1. Barbara26 March 2015 at 08:56

      I think the main project starts later in the year. I'll find out more and let you know.

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  2. Dr Christine Crawley28 March 2015 at 08:10

    What a lovely idea to Knit for Winter. I quite often make children's hats for the shoeboxes that go to Eastern Europe with Link to Hope. I'd love the details too.

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    1. Barbara1 April 2015 at 22:35

      It turns out that the cowl I was asked to knit might have been sold through one of the charity's shops, rather than being given directly to someone who needed it. That is not what I originally understood, and I have decided not to carry on.

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