New Minister for Charities remarks ill-informed with sexist overtones Brooks Newmark’s remarks about “charities sticking to knitting” were interesting in a stupid sort of way. He clearly denigrates knitting as a marginal, outdated activity, to keep women in their place. By associating charities with knitting he sought to diminish their role. As a leading ‘knitting’ charity, Knit for Peace, has mobilised over 10,000 knitters to volunteer to help others, through…
Knit for Peace invites you to take part in our Cosy at Christmas campaign. We are asking people to knit or crochet squares and make them up into dressing gowns as a warm alternative to the usual blankets. Let’s spread the warmth this winter! This project is a great opportunity for knitting groups to get together and to create something beautiful from scratch. You could even start up a group and…
As the weather gets colder requests for warm clothes are pouring in. Particularly needed are baby clothes: jackets, sweaters and cardigans. We always get a good amount of hats because they are quick to knit. There are lots of patterns for baby clothes on our newly re-designed patterns page. We have been able to help by supplying warm woolies to people in Kenya, Malawi and Sierra Leone, and to many…
Join Knit for Peace and LoveKnitting this year, as we take over the Flat Planet Café in central London to celebrate World Wide Knit In Public Day. The event runs from 10am – 2pm on Saturday June 21st and is open to all. We hope to teach curious passers-by to knit, as well as welcoming more experienced knitters to join in the fun. The plan is to get everyone knitting squares that will be…
Our Great Yorkshire Wool Hunt was a fantastic opportunity to make new friends, try some great food, grow our yarn stash and buy unusual, designer yarns at discounted prices. Here is a lovely account of the holiday from one of our trip-goers, Ruth: We had a wonderful time on the Great Yorkshire Wool Hunt. After settling in at our hotel we all met in the lobby and were quickly whisked…