Knit Today

Believe it or not, it’s time once again to get your needles out for The Big Knit, which is how innocent smoothie bottles suddenly appear with little woolly hats when it starts getting cold outside. The hats are made by knitters nationwide, and help raise money for Age Concern and Help the Aged. Big Knit organisers hope to have 800,000 hats, which will raise over £200,000!

If you have some spare yarn and fancy turning it into a little hat, visit  www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/thebigknit to find patterns, the back story behind The Big Knit, tips on how to knit and even pictures of what other people have sent in so far.

Also, keep an eye out for any Big Knit events going on around the country – for intstance, Age Concern in Peterborough wants to have 100,000 hats to send to innocent. Visit www.acpeterborough.org.uk/Fundraising.htm to find out more.

Have you participated in The Big Knit before? Write to knittoday@originpublishing.co.uk to tell us about it!