For anyone wishing to join us on the journey, call this number 020 7565 7298 to book your ticket. Quote 'I KNIT LONDON@ and you will get 10% off the price.
See you on Sunday!
Gxx
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Happy Wool Week...and sock club news
This week is UK Wool Week, hurray! To celebrate we are having a Crafternoon Tea party this Saturday, from 12.30pm. As usual there'll be lots of cake - please feel free to bake a cake and bring it with you. There can NEVER to too much cake.We will also be lauching the third installment of the (not just) sock club. If you would like to collect your package please come to the shop on Saturday and stay for some tea and cake and chatting with some other gorgeous knitters.
See you on Saturday.
Gxx
Friday, September 02, 2011
Pan. The Dog.
Pan has a few nicknames. My favorite is 'chicken chaser'. She was given that name by a distraught Annabel, a friend in Devon, after Pan terrified her rather large chicken collection in her rather large garden.
Anyway, she is also Pan the 'wheel sniffer'. A woman just came into the shop with her two young children. One of the children was in a pram and Pan immediate lept off the sofa to investigate the pram. The young girl, not in the pram, was a little startled so I told them that she's interested in the wheels. She like the smell of the wheels.
Pan soon lost interest in the wheels and said hello to the people and the girl was soon in love with Pan and talked to her while her mum shopped for wool and stuff. As Pan sat on the sofa the girl picked up her scooter and raised it to Pan's nose, telling her mum, 'she likes the smell of the wheels, Mummy.'
Just thought I''d share
Anyway, she is also Pan the 'wheel sniffer'. A woman just came into the shop with her two young children. One of the children was in a pram and Pan immediate lept off the sofa to investigate the pram. The young girl, not in the pram, was a little startled so I told them that she's interested in the wheels. She like the smell of the wheels.
Pan soon lost interest in the wheels and said hello to the people and the girl was soon in love with Pan and talked to her while her mum shopped for wool and stuff. As Pan sat on the sofa the girl picked up her scooter and raised it to Pan's nose, telling her mum, 'she likes the smell of the wheels, Mummy.'
Just thought I''d share
London Transport Museum - a special offer!
London Transport Museum has asked IKL to offer a group of knitters a fantastic opportunity to knit at one of their special events.
On Sunday 11 September a Metro-land Heritage Vehicle Outing will 'transport you back in time along the Metropolitan Line.
The Museum's 1938 art deco Tube train and Engine No. 12, Sarah Siddons, the last operational Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive, will be running special journeys as part of the Amersham Old Town's Heritage Day between Harrow-on-the-Hill, Rickmansworth and Amersham.'
IKL have 10 free tickets for a group of knitters who can be part of the event to add a little craft craft excitement to the atmosphere. It is going to be a fantastic day, if you would like to be part of the knitting group call us on 020 7261 1338. We only have 10 free tickets so please call as soon as you can. There is a 10% discount for anyone else thereafter.
You can get more information from London Transport Museum.
On Sunday 11 September a Metro-land Heritage Vehicle Outing will 'transport you back in time along the Metropolitan Line.
The Museum's 1938 art deco Tube train and Engine No. 12, Sarah Siddons, the last operational Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive, will be running special journeys as part of the Amersham Old Town's Heritage Day between Harrow-on-the-Hill, Rickmansworth and Amersham.'
IKL have 10 free tickets for a group of knitters who can be part of the event to add a little craft craft excitement to the atmosphere. It is going to be a fantastic day, if you would like to be part of the knitting group call us on 020 7261 1338. We only have 10 free tickets so please call as soon as you can. There is a 10% discount for anyone else thereafter.
You can get more information from London Transport Museum.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
www.lisasstars.org.uk
I was sent a letter about Lisa's Stars last week and I thought I would share the information.
Lisa's Stars was set up in 2010 to make a difference to those people who are unfortunate enough to lose a child prematurely. Initailly the organisation supported a local hospice by supplying them with premature sized knitted blankets and hats so that any baby born too early would be wrapped in love until the time came to lay them to rest. They now support people throughtout the UK.
I know this is a very senative issue for many people but if you have time please visit the website, or the facebook group. The requests for help are varied. You can help by contributing knitting time - they have patterns, by contributing any spare yarn, even a monetary donation to contribute towards costs of delivery.
This is such a worthwhile cause that provides comfort, and support in exceptional circumstances, please help if you can.
Gxx
Lisa's Stars was set up in 2010 to make a difference to those people who are unfortunate enough to lose a child prematurely. Initailly the organisation supported a local hospice by supplying them with premature sized knitted blankets and hats so that any baby born too early would be wrapped in love until the time came to lay them to rest. They now support people throughtout the UK.
I know this is a very senative issue for many people but if you have time please visit the website, or the facebook group. The requests for help are varied. You can help by contributing knitting time - they have patterns, by contributing any spare yarn, even a monetary donation to contribute towards costs of delivery.
This is such a worthwhile cause that provides comfort, and support in exceptional circumstances, please help if you can.
Gxx
Monday, August 01, 2011
I Knit at Camp Bestival
Another brilliant weekend at Camp Bestival with another brilliant team! Meet, from top left, Heather, Lorraine, Tanya, Graham, Doug (aka Dig), Ros, Sara, Madeline, Deborah and Gair. I Knit at Camp Bestival 2011 was the best so far. This is due to the hard work of the volunteers above. We have taught so many kids and adults to knit and, new in this year, crochet (thanks to Ros and Medeline).
Finger knitting was the star of the show, again, this year. I took this picture in the final hour of the weekend. It perfectly shows the level of concentration from the children who became, for want of a better word, obsessed with finger knitting.
We were so inspired by the amount of energy and time some children were putting into their finger knitting that we had a competition. The lengths of knitting were stretched out in front of the tent on Sunday afternoon and the person who could walk furthest won! There will be a separate post on that tomorrow!
The Knitting Tent, packed all weekend, had changed location from the Magic Meadow to the Lower Kids Field and we noticed a fantastic change in the amount of people coming through the tent. We really were packed all weekend and the teaching shifts changed from 4 hours to 7 hours with an hour break. This has usually happened by default each year anyway but this year we really had no choice and I am so grateful to the brilliant team of teachers for their energy and enthusiasm. The ease with which every one of the teachers could happily teach so many people over the three days of the festival is inspiring, I love you!
We didn't just have the best dressed tent at the festival, I think we had one of the best locations with amazing views of the rolling hills of the Dorset coast. I'm still so tired, thanks largely to the energy of the people in our production camp site - they too should be honoured for their ability to work so hard to put together an amazing festival while on shift and party like it's 1999 while they are not on shift.
Finger knitting was the star of the show, again, this year. I took this picture in the final hour of the weekend. It perfectly shows the level of concentration from the children who became, for want of a better word, obsessed with finger knitting.
We were so inspired by the amount of energy and time some children were putting into their finger knitting that we had a competition. The lengths of knitting were stretched out in front of the tent on Sunday afternoon and the person who could walk furthest won! There will be a separate post on that tomorrow!The Knitting Tent, packed all weekend, had changed location from the Magic Meadow to the Lower Kids Field and we noticed a fantastic change in the amount of people coming through the tent. We really were packed all weekend and the teaching shifts changed from 4 hours to 7 hours with an hour break. This has usually happened by default each year anyway but this year we really had no choice and I am so grateful to the brilliant team of teachers for their energy and enthusiasm. The ease with which every one of the teachers could happily teach so many people over the three days of the festival is inspiring, I love you!
We didn't just have the best dressed tent at the festival, I think we had one of the best locations with amazing views of the rolling hills of the Dorset coast. I'm still so tired, thanks largely to the energy of the people in our production camp site - they too should be honoured for their ability to work so hard to put together an amazing festival while on shift and party like it's 1999 while they are not on shift.There is so much more to say about the weekend but I will leave you for now with a picture of one of my favourite knitters of the weekend. A young lady who conquered finger knitting and moved on to a the next stage, knitting herself a a purple headband.
Monday, July 25, 2011
I Knit with Amy Singer
Amy Singer, editor of knitty.com, will be with us at the end of October to teach a few classes and to meet of few more British knitters. The classes, on 28/29 October, will be held at The Union Jack Club, just around the corner from the shop on Waterloo Road. This means we will be able to celebrate all weekend long with lots of tea and cake and knitting at the shop.
This is Amy with Jan and Coral the last time she was at the shop. Amy is really excited about her classes and can't wait to meet more British knitters so please feel welcome to visit the shop even if you don't get to a class. Amy is particularly excited to be teaching her beginners spinning on a drop spindle. The silk and the drop spindle will be supplied by Amy herself which really is an extra bonus! Ann Kingstone and Jan Curchin are also teach over the weekend.
You can buy classes here>>>
Saturday 29 October afternoon at the shop will give us a chance to knit and chat with Amy at the Crafternooon tea. There'll be lots of cake and tea and loads and loads of yarn!
This is Amy with Jan and Coral the last time she was at the shop. Amy is really excited about her classes and can't wait to meet more British knitters so please feel welcome to visit the shop even if you don't get to a class. Amy is particularly excited to be teaching her beginners spinning on a drop spindle. The silk and the drop spindle will be supplied by Amy herself which really is an extra bonus! Ann Kingstone and Jan Curchin are also teach over the weekend.You can buy classes here>>>
Saturday 29 October afternoon at the shop will give us a chance to knit and chat with Amy at the Crafternooon tea. There'll be lots of cake and tea and loads and loads of yarn!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
I Knit or Dye, socks by Janet
My friend Lorraine sent me this photo by text message earlier today.
I love her legs even more than the rest of her now I've seen them clad in these fine hand knit socks! They were knit by her mum, Janet, in Cheshire using yarn dyed by yours truely! The sock pattern is also related - it's from my book, a pattern by Melissa! Her mum said that she loved the yarn. Of course she did! and she is now working on a scarf for Jane with some other I Knit or Dye yarn. Lorraine and Jane or very lucky Ladies!
I replied with a picture asking Lorraine if her mum needed any more yarn. Lemme know, Janet!On a completely non knitty note I have recently made friends with someone who was a good friend 20 years or so ago. It's been very nice facebook emailing him - he also knew Jane and Lorraine. We were all much, much younger at the time.
Gxx
PS Amy Singer on sale tomorrow!
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