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Hello and thanks for visiting my blog. I have been knitting on and off for 50 years and I recently learned to crochet. I love looking for wool bargains and making them into something useful. I mainly knit for charity. I occasionally knit for myself and family members if I find a really good pattern or if they ask nicely!!

Sunday 31 March 2019

Knit-for-Nowt competition


Calling all busy crafters....I'm advertising this competition on behalf of Knit-for-Nowt. I can vouch that this is a fantastic organisation that needs and will find homes for all your creations.

The monsters go to social workers who help traumatised children. It doesn't take long to make one of these and they are a great way to use up scraps of yarn and material.

(Sorry about the tiny font size at the end of my post. Whatever I try, Blogger will not allow me to make it larger.)


KNITTING/STITCHING LUCKY DIP COMPETITION 2019!

The charitable service Knit-for-Nowt announces a fun competition.  For a chance to win a prize, send in an item to donate to therapists working with seriously anxious children. Entries are welcome now from knitters, crocheters and stitchers.


1           Knit, crochet or sew a Worry Monster or hand puppet for the Knit-for-Nowt charity. You may enter up to 10 items.  Full details and patterns are on the website www.knitfornowt.org  Your monster(s) must have three or more of these features added to the basic pattern: hair, ears, hands, arms, feet, legs.  They must be in bright colours and must comply with all safety rules on the website.
2          Attach a label to each individual item, with your full name, email address and County.
3           Send to Knit-for-Nowt – for posting details please email knitfornowt@gmail.com   
4           2 lucky dip winners and 10 runners up will be picked out at random during the week beginning 17th June by a senior social worker.
5           All entries will be photographed by Knit-for-Nowt and put up on a new “Competition Gallery” on the website for all your friends and family to admire!

PRIZES: a £30 voucher each for two lucky winners, and ten x £10 runner up vouchers for the online knitting shop “Love Knitting” – go to www.loveknitting.com to browse the shop.  Winning entries will be featured in the Summer Knit-for-Nowt Newsletter, which is distributed to up to a thousand knitters.  Please note:  entries will not be judged, but picked out at random in our Lucky Dip.

CLOSING DATE BY WHICH ENTRIES MUST REACH KNIT-FOR-NOWT = 17th JUNE 2019 Please go to www.knitfornowt.org  for full details, terms and conditions, and safety rules.




2 comments:

  1. IT sounds like a lot of fun for a good cause.

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  2. Hi Una, this does sound like a wonderful thing to do. We have a similar organization in the US - the knitters make a simple pattern in the shape of a bear. The pattern may be simple but the creativity of the knitters (and crocheters) makes each little bear unique. They are used by first responders for children who cross their path in that work. Such a worthy effort.

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