Let\'s Knit - UK (2019-12)

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knitted

moments

“My favourite baby

set I have made. It

was my irst time

working mitred

squares on the

blanket as well.”

Beth Hancock

“A 2ply shawl!

This is the

second one I

made, the irst

one I made

for my last

granddaughter in

2013, I may need

to do another

to put away for

future great

grandchildren”

Julie Preston

“I started making this

cardigan, but I got

to the right

front piece

and I realised

that I don’t

normally

wear

anything

with horizontal

stripes. So,

I decided to do

vertical zigzag

instead! I made the

pattern up as I went along”

Dianne Lee

“My shawl/wrap that

I knit without a

written pattern. My

irst own design!”

Sam Renwick

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“Entrelac,

and it is so

easy once

you get

started.”

Elly Maguire

Whyte

“Fair Isle knitting! After years

being told by family how diicult

it is and that only one auntie has

mastered it. I gave it ago and

really took to it, I’ve deinitely

been bitten by the bug.”

Ellie Hewitt

“I never

thought I would

master crochet

then started

holding hook

and yarn in

same hand and

I was away, no

stopping me.

Also, Tunisian Crochet but I

got some hooks and a how-to book

for Christmas and made this Sampler

Afghan blanket.”

Alison Dempster

ou!

“

When your son at

age 11 tells you that he

loves your knitted

jerseys because when he

is having a bad day he

puts it on and it makes

him feel better as he

feels I surround him.

”

Marion Phillips

“Knitting my irst

pair of socks”

Tracey Bull

“Teaching myself

how to knit with

both hands (English

and Continental) to

make Fair Isle

easier!”

Carol Ellis

“I made 650 little

hats for AgeUK/

Sainsbury’s.

These are just a

few of them”

Suzanna Barnes

“Crochet! Never thought I’d be

able to do it. I only learnt few

months ago after lots of failed

attempts and I’ve been knitting

for at least 40 years”

Ros Bruce

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“I-cord on double-pointed needles.

Gave it a go and discovered how easy it

is! The possibilities are now endless!”

Senga Wishart

“A competition was run

to replace the teacosy

on the Irish Gogglebox

and I entered Bosco,

a character all Irish

people of a certain

age know! Mine was

one of seven

auctioned live on

television and it

raised €120 for the

Alzheimer’s

association!”

Sylvia Whelehan

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