Thank you! Thank you to all of those who have sent us yarn. As well as the Tombola and Raffle, we have used a substantial amount to provide yarn to those who might otherwise find the cost of knitting prohibitive. For example, those in prison, in women’s refuges, in schools, community centres and care homes. We are particularly grateful to Love Crafts for their donations of yarn. We couldn’t do…
Fancy a treat? We’ve found the perfect place We are very excited to be organising our first Knit for Peace holiday of 2021. We will be spending 3 nights at the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage site New Lanark, in Scotland, arriving on the 12th October and leaving on the 15th October. If you would like to be a part of this holiday, click here to read all about it or…
Sponsor a sack for Mother’s Day With Mother’s Day only two weeks away (March 14), why not honour your mother or grandmother who taught you to knit by sponsoring a sack in their name? Your money will help us ship knitted goods to those in need and we will attach a message of your choice to one of the sacks of knitting we send out. Click here to sponsor your…
February Update We are continuing to operate despite the national lockdown, as the need for warm clothes and blankets remains. There are now just two staff working from the office, Ria and Sofia. We’re enormously grateful to them for their hard work. Feedback Thanks to your support we’ve been sending out yarn kits to care homes, prisons, women’s refuges and isolated individuals so people can continue to knit. One prison…
Happy New Year!We would like to thank all our knitters for their continued support throughout 2020, a year that proved to be challenging for everyone. Despite the difficulties we faced, we were able to provide more than 100 charities, community hubs, refuges, homeless shelters and care homes with your wonderful knitted creations. None of this would have been possible without our dedicated knitters. The Knit for Peace team wish you…