NEW items update

Here at Knit and Sew we're always looking for new and exciting items to add to our online stores...

We have new wool ranges available from Sirdar, Stylecraft and Wendy...
Check out Sirdar's Baby Snowball, a gorgeous pompom yarn in yummy colours for little ones with a range of patterns to choose from.

Stylecraft has introduced new colours in their Life range, including Clover, Zing, Melon and Aqua.

New from Wendy is Sorrento - a 45% cotton yarn with the perfect range of shades for spring & summer.Colours include Vanilla Sauce, Sheer Lilac, Cobble Stone, Wet Slate, Jersey Cream, Blue Sky, Reef Waters, Scuba Dive, Cornflower Blue, Pale Pink, Soft Whisper and Snow White.

We also have a range of exciting cross stitch kits - Popcorn the bear and friends. With kits for every occasion including, love, birth, marriage and more, Popcorn and friends offer the perfect solution as a gift or to enhance the rooms of your own home. Meet Souffle the Duck, Biscuit the Dog, Blueberry Bear, Coconut Bear and more! The character alphabet letters are a perfect way to personalise a nursery for a new baby.

The Big Knit

It’s time to get knitting to help older people stay healthy this winter.

Fancy helping older people keep healthy this wintertime? Then dust off those knitting needles, find a ball of your favourite yarn and cast on to help make this year’s Big Knit the biggest ever.

It’s a sad fact that in the UK, 1 in 10 people over the age of 65 are malnourished. So when it’s nippy outside, it’s even more important for older people to look after themselves and make sure their bodies are in tip top shape.

Innocent has joined forces with Sainsbury’s again to raise over £250,000 to support Age Concern and Help the Aged healthy living and healthy eating projects during the winter months. And we need your help to knit lots of little hats for our bottles.

For every behatted smoothie sold, innocent and Sainsbury’s will give 35p to Age Concern and Help the Aged. The monies raised will then be used to fund projects and advice centres offering information on healthy eating as well as cooking clubs and get-togethers where older people can sit down and enjoy a meal in each other’s company. Hot Christmas dinners all round.

There’s lots of knitting tips, patterns and pictures on Innocent's web pages to help you get started. And when you’re done knitting, just send finished hats to: The innocent Big Knit, Fruit Towers, 1 The Goldhawk Estate, Brackenbury Road, London W6 0BA (remember to include your name, address and number of hats you've knitted).

Upload your latest hat photos onto the Big Knit 2009 flickr group and the most creative ones could end up being our hat of the week (starting from September).

Deadline for hats is Friday 16th October 2009 and hats will be in store from 4th November 2009.

Happy Knitting.

Just arrived - Fashion Flower Corsages

Now in stock, Flower Fashion corsages in a variety of styles and colours. Choose from a range of fabric finishes including silky, organza, linen and sinamay.

Each flower is complete with a brooch pin on the reverse ready to attach to a special outfit, hat or bag.

From £4.01 each...

New Stylecraft Wools and Patterns

Knit and Sew is pleased to announce the arrival of a new selection of Stylecraft patterns and yarns.

Stylecraft Chunky Signature is a gorgeous new yarn available in a range of colours with a selection of supporting pattern leaflets for ladies including unusual cardigans, jackets and sweaters. Also there are new patterns in Stylecraft Life DK.

There is also a range of babies and children's patterns in Stylecraft Wondersoft DK, including gorgeous sets of cardigans, dresses, hats, shoes, socks and boots.

Knitting Marathon

The following article appeared in the Scarborough Evening News on May 26th, 2009

By Laura Crothers

A TEAM of Mother's Union members showed stamina and determination as they endured a marathon of the woolly kind.

Six keen knitters spun the yarn around the clock as they took part in a 24-hour knitting marathon as part of the Sailors' Society's annual Woolly Hat Campaign.

The marathon started at noon on Friday at St John's Church in Filey, and continued until Saturday lunchtime, with other knitters joining the group throughout the course of the day to show their support.

Jenny Jordan, of the Mother's Union, said: "We had six knitters who came from all over the East Riding who endured the full 24 hours. A lot of other people came at various times over the 24 hours and joined in the knitting which was a huge help.

She added: "It was actually a lot easier than we thought. We had a lot of fun and ate a lot to keep us going. I can't even count the number of cups of tea we had.

"Overall the event went really well. We managed to stay awake, and fortunately our fingers weren't too sore at the end of it."

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