Knitting right through to November 10th

 

We’ve been amazed so far by the generosity and talent of Ireland’s knitters and with time ticking away,  we’ve decided to extend the innocent Big Knit’s big deadline so we can get even more people knitting and reach our goal of 80,000 little hats.  We’ve listened to the very useful feedback from the folk sending in their creations, especially those in knitting groups. “Why the hell,” said they, only they were much more polite about it, “are you running a knitting campaign in the summer?”  Turns out, knitting groups don’t meet in the summer, schools that want to contribute aren’t in session, and even the most avid knitter doesn’t like to think about winter woollies when they’re enjoying our annual glimpse of the sun.

Anyway, we’re extending the innocent Big Knit deadline to November 10th - so all of you who’ve mentioned that knitting is more of a long, dark evening kind of thing,  you’ll have cosy autumn and winter nights to break out the knitting needles.  Remember,  Age Action is a great cause , it’s a lot of fun and, as ever, tips and inspiration can be found on innocentdrinks.ie/thebigknit. 

Comments

[Rebecca]

I was just wondering, I'm a very bad knitter, but I want to help. is it okay if my hats are boring and follow the pattern and aren't crazy works of art or anything? I'm using interesting colours at least!!
In other news, my cat's name is Hats.

[Helen M at innocent]

Hello Rebecca, thanks so much for getting involved. We love the basic hats too. We've a big target to hit of 80,000 hats so the more the better. The simlpe hats are perfect. We like the sound of your cat called Hats.