AB Knitting club - who's in?

[Smowball]

Ok, please sign up here, stating knitting experience and do you have any knitting on the go at the moment. if you can't knit at all then do the more experienced have ways of theaching them on here??

Am off to work now but will be back at lunch-time.

Also tips and hints as and when ladies.......

[albaqwerty]

Hello Seekz. Thank you for that, another one C&P'd.
Hope you're well xx

[Rose Maybud]

Hi guys, happy to help with knitting stuff if I can. I came back to knitting and crochet about 5 years ago and did a lot of charity items, so for those who are looking for organisations to distribute their knitting, have a look at these sites:

http://www.lovinghands.org.uk/ (Loving Hands also takes sewn items and has a wide 'clientele' so you are bound to find something you can do)

http://cuddles-uk.org/ (Cuddles supplies hospitals with all sorts of items for premature babies, including burial layettes)

http://www.csv-rsvp.org.uk/site/knitting.htm (CSV-RSVP is the national organisation and branches are very much county-based. Their only rule is that items must be given to the recipient and not sold).

Plenty of patterns on these sites :)

[Smowball]

Morning ladies : )
Welcome Rose. Have a whole pile of ironing in lounge, but knitting bag is calling me - what a dilemma!

[Smowball]

Where have you all gone?? lol

[Rose Maybud]

Forgot to mention the Sailors Society

http://www.sailors-so...s/Pages/WhoWeAre.aspx

They distribute woolly hats to sailors - sounds potty but a lot of overseas sailors arrive ill-prepared for the British weather. Also teddies - some of the overseas sailors are away from their families for months at a time and don't get a chance to take a present etc back to their children.

[albaqwerty]

Have book-marked the links Rose, thank you kindly.

Also a MASSIVE thanks to Starbuckone. xx

Am now starting on number 3, I know it's not a race. Thank goodness :-)

[boxtops]

Gosh, I had no idea that there were so many charities distributing stuff in this way

[Smowball]

Anybody have a UK address to send fish n chip baby knitting?? Googling doesnt come up with anything.

[albaqwerty]

It's rather well hidden Smow, but from the Knit For Africa website. if you email Dawn Phillips at
[email protected]
she'll give you an address where the items can be posted.

[tearinghair]

Have only just noticed this thread...yes please! Currently knitting hats for the local hospice fete to finish up oddments of wool, but my favourite thing is lacy shawls. Will soon be starting on Christmas puddings, and thought I might try using the same pattern to make snowballs.

[Smowball]

Welcome tearing hair(novel name!)

[tearinghair]

Describes me fairly well, smowball!

[tinkerbell23]

Still trying my hardest ....my tension is AWFUL....its too tight i think, then my needles arent far enough apart & i get to my second row and i cant get the needle in cos its tight!

Doh! Tried 3 sizes of needle aswell.....and different wool! Going to keep trying!!

Also bought a crochet hook, think its a tad small, prob need a bigger one as a beginner! I managed a row no problem.....getting onto a second row was the problem...

Ive unravelled it all about 10x tonight ....grr! Lol x

[MarkRae]

Keep at it, Tinks!