Tag: Innocent Big Knit

Back For 1 Night Only!

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To raise money & awareness of the RSPCA week I’m holding a one off Make, Do and Mend to get the gang back together!

Tuesday 17th June 2014

RSPCA charity shop, 91 South Street, Exeter EX1 1EN

6pm -9pm

£3 (all money will go to Little Valley Animal Shelter)

Tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided.

We would love you to knit animals for our window display…. please bring your own pattern & materials

If you don’t fancy that just bring your own thing.

Don’t forget it’s all for the animals!

See you there.

September 2013 – The Big Knit

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Thanks to everyone who joined us on Tuesday. We made a total of 60 hats this year!!

big knit Collage big knit 2 Collage

Well done everyone!

But it wasn’t all about knitting

MDAN 3rd Sept CollageYou can always bring your own project if you don’t want to join in

Last month we were knitting for the Mare & Foal

Thanks so much to Juliette & Joyce….. I’ll be posting them on Monday

Mare & Foal CollageSo the Big knit is over for another year…… keep your eyes peeled for our hats in November!

Our next meeting is Tuesday 1st October & it’s all about poppies!!!

Once again we’ll be making poppies to support the British Legion, Jenny will be coming along to help us. Keep checking our website for more information & sign up to the mailing list for our newsletter

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See you in October!

Next Meeting Tuesday 3rd September

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The Big Knit is back!

 Dust off your knitting needles & join us for this charity event.
If you haven’t heard of the Innocent Big Knit you can find out more about it here including the pattern, just in case you want to get started!

The big knit 2

This is what you need to bring if you want to join in:

Any colour yarn
3.25mm or 4.00 mm knitting needles depending on your tension…. I will bring spares
Trim….. bobbles, beads, anything you fancy really!

How many will we make this year?

If you can’t knit or don’t wish to knit bring your own project.

Normal charge of £3.50 applies, tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided
PLEASE BRING A MUG!!!

August 2013 – Charity Knitting

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Many thanks to everyone who came on Tuesday

We had a mix bag of crafts

Make, Do 6th Aug Collage

If you want to continue to make animals for The Mare & Foal Sanctuary please bring them to our next meeting & I’ll post them off.

make, do & mend man Sept 13

Can you believe it’s nearly September all ready!

As normal our September meeting will be

The Big Knit

The big knit 2

You can find more information on their website here

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See you in September

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd April – Changes

I asked for your thoughts about Make, Do and Mend & you gave them to me!

Thanks so much to those who took the time to give me feedback

So you find the venue good, you think the price is good, you like the time …..basically you all enjoy coming!

However you would like to see more tutorials ….. so from April I plan to organise monthly tutorials again

Of course we will still have our old favourites for charity….. The Big Knit…. Poppy Appeal

I’m also hoping to come up with some Make, Do and Mend ideas……  after all this why the group started!

As always you can bring your own projects if you don’t fancy joining in.

The biggest changes will be the price & booking

Our membership is now cancelled.

This is due to some of the shops closing that gave us discount & also others forgetting we get discount!

There is now just one price £3.50

If your membership card is still valid I will honour the discounted price until it expiries 

You don’t have to book online…… just turn up on the night

So without further ado….

make, do & mend man April 2013

Learn to crochet!

Exeter Phoenix

Black Box

7pm -10pm

You will need to bring:

4mm crochet hook
Double knitting yarn

(a light colour is good while learning. You can bring more than one colour if you want to make granny squares)

A mug
Instruction sheets will be provided

Please be aware this is not a one-to-one tutorial…… there will be a few ladies helping you with the instruction sheet

You can choose to start with the basic stitches or if you know the stitches we can help you make granny squares

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