Simply Knitting!

Good morning Happy Knitters!

Sorry I haven't updated for a couple of weeks but things here at Loving Hands Headquarters are very busy right now. Thanks to all of you for the wonderful donations of yarn and knitted items that are now coming in on a very regular basis - you have all been working so very hard! :0)

This month's edition of Simply Knitting has featured a letter from myself which has already generated several e-mails and the editor has asked me to keep in touch with what we are doing!

BHKC have added us to their list of charities on their website which is great news too - the more places we are seen the better!

Thanks also to Do and Anne over on the Isle of Man -they are passing out flyers to lots of places and have also contacted the local WI and Hospices to join in as well. Thanks to these lovely ladies it looks like we might end up with a growing group of lovely knitters and crocheters on the Island. We are still trying to track down a means of moving all the items donated to Anne by a local shop that was closing down. I have tried the local newspapers website and sent a message to the Letters to the editor page but I don't think they have published it yet. We are hoping that a carrier from the Island could bring the bags over to Dunfermline, Perth or Edinburgh for us so that we can pick them up from there. Anyone with any ideas we would love to hear from you????

Thanks also to Fynn - our Liver bird - she has sent us in some scarves and extra yarn - keep up the good work Fynn!

We have had several other donations of yarn given anonymously this month too - some in the post and some handed in by lovely locals - thank you all - your donations mean so much to us.

We are considering having a challenge for everyone in the lead up to Christmas - we will be putting our heads together at the group meeting this afternoon to see where we feel the greatest need is at the moment - then we will challenge you all to make a certain number of something in time for Christmas! Watch this space for details.......

Any ideas to help with fundraising to get these parcels moving faster would also be appreciated - the post is certainly not cheap!

I was also wakened the other morning by a reporter for an Aberdeen newspaper who is doing a feature on rehabilitating drug users and wanted input about Loving Hands - she wondered if knitting would be good therapy for people trying to keep clear of addiction - I said it depended on the addict! :0) Obviously knitting is wonderful therapy for the right people - for others maybe woodwork or metalwork or cooking might be a better choice. What do you guys think?

Hopefully I will be off down to Tommee Tippee with all these Boobs for Avril in the next fortnight - they are really needing them for some events that are coming up. If any of you have any finished ones please send them in asap so I can get them all ready to take down. Don't worry if you don't want to stuff them - I can do that at this end no problem - I know they are cheaper and easier to post unstuffed!

The other major need at the moment are 14" to 16" prem baby cardigans and hats - these are the most needed sizes and are always running low. The top down one on the Stoke 'Ray of Hope' site is the one I have been using recently - it knits up to 14" and is so easy to do - you only have to sew up the sleeve seam and add the button band to finish it! (If you don't have a printer and need any of our patterns just e-mail with your 'snail mail' address and I will send you some out.)

Remember all finished items are to be sent into headquarters:-

Loving Hands Charity Knitting Group,
18 Clentry Crescent,
Kelty,
Fife.
KY4 0LG.

Talk to you all again very soon! :0)

Keep up the good work (sorry if you have donated and I forgot to mention you - this old brain is not as agile as it used to be :0)