Irish Crochet Lace Workshop, The Constant Knitter, Dublin

 

Rosemary Murphy

The Constant Knitter

88 Francis Street

Dublin 8

087 996 7197

info@theconstantknitter.ie

www.theconstantknitter.ie

Lace Inspired Exhibition, Kenmare, Co. Kerry

http://kenmarelacefestival.ie/

Irish Crochet Workshop, Dublin

Rosemary Murphy

The Constant Knitter

88 Francis Street

Dublin 8

087 996 7197

info@theconstantknitter.ie

www.theconstantknitter.ie

Innocent Big Knit 2014!

 

www.thebigknit.ie

We are really excited to announce the launch of the innocent Big Knit 2014. For the past few years innocent Big Knit supporters have knitted thousands of little woolly hats for our smoothies, with money from every bottle sold going towards supporting older people during the chilly winter months.

Since we started the Big Knit with innocent we have raised over €100,000, so if you've ever picked up your needles and knitted a hat for us or bought one of the smoothies that was wearing one, thank you very much.

We're doing it all again this year, and 30c from every hatted innocent bottle sold will go straight to Age Action to help older people stay well and stay warm this winter. So stretch out those fingers, get your needles out and untangle that wool. It's time to get your knit (or crochet) on.

The deadline is December 12th 2014 

and our target this year is 65,000 hats!

How it works

Knitters from across the land send us their little knitted hats between now and December. Innocent put them onto the bottles by hand and send them off to store. For every hatted bottle sold, 30c is donated to Age Action.

Over the years knitting groups, schools &loads of lovely people all over Ireland have generously knitted for the innocent Big Knit. We'd love people of all ages to get involved from novice knitters to champion clickers, so please spread the word within your local community. If you don't fancy knitting yourself, wool and needles can be donated to Age Action to help others reach their target.

Your hats will help fund Age Action's work with older people in Ireland. While many older people live healthy, happy, fulfilling lives, some older people need a little support to continue to live with dignity.

The innocent Big Knit funding will help Age Action's winter warmth public information campaign to enable older people remain well and warm in their own homes. It will also go towards their home visitation and DIY teams which assist thousands of older people each year.

For more information and knitting patterns click here:

http://www.innocentdrinks.ie/thebigknit

http://www.thebigknit.ie/patterns

http://www.ageaction.ie/big-knit

ANYA - To Russia With Love

I recently came across this little gem on Twitter. To Russia with Love, a charity that works with orphaned and abandoned children across Russia, has teamed up with Brown Bag Films, one of my favourite Irish animation companies, (makers of Octonauts, The Secret of Kells and Give up Yer Ole Sins).

Their new initiative, ANYA, is a four minute animation charting 20 years in the life of a Russian orphan. 

"Originally approached to produce a short advert to highlight the work we do with abandoned and orphaned children in Russia, the Dublin based studio decided a short film would work much better.

Writer/director Damien O’Connor explains ‘the idea was simple, we make a piece of entertainment and if people like it, they show their gratitude by donating money directly to To Russia With Love. In a way it’s ‘visual busking’, we’re used to charity singles and calendars, so we applied the same approach to an animated film instead".

If you would like to donate to the charity, simply text HUG to 50300 to donate €4 to the charity.

So, where is the textile connection? There has to be one! 

I read a blog post by Brown Bag Films about how they got 53 Pasha bears sent from the USA. Pascha is the teddy bear in the animation. Read the blog post, its a wonderful story about how Allison Hoffman, an amigurumi maker in the US, saw the animation, contacted Brown Bags and asked if she could make the bears. (Read her blog entry). Amigurumi is a Japanese crochet techniques for crocheting teddy dears and dolls

Allison has written up a lovely crocheted pattern for Pascha The Bear. To Russia With Love is now asking for people to make the bears, for two reasons. Firstly they could be ambassador bears, take pictures of the bears, put in a high profile locations, in waiting rooms, workplaces, etc with information about the charity. Or you could take pictures of Pascha, and share the information on social media. All this will help in the campaign to raise funds for the children of Russia. 

Secondly, To Russia with Love are asking for people to make the bears, to give to each of the children in Russia. They are all very familiar with the animation, and a Pascha each of their own, would be fantastic.

For more information contact To Russia with Love 

Seaview House, 

192 Clontarf Road, 

Clontarf, 

Dublin 3, 

Ireland

Tel:  +353 1 8532919

       00353 1 8532920

Email: info@torussiawithlove.ie

http://www.torussiawithlove.ie/

By Hook or By Crook, Knot making + Plastic Yarn Workshop, Dingle, Co. Kerry

Irish Crochet/Clones Lace Workshop, Dublin

Maire Treanor was born and educated in Armagh. She completed a degree in Irish Studies at the University of Ulster in Coleraine. She came to Clones in 1988 and fell in love with the story of its lace.

Maire has taught Clones Lace all over the world. Her book, Clones Lace, The Story and Patterns of an Irish Crochet, is in its second edition


When:     11am - 5pm, Sat, 9 November 2013

Where:    The Constant Knitter

Cost:      Euro 50

For more information or to book contact:

Rosemary Murphy

The Constant Knitter

88 Francis Street

Dublin 8

087 996 7197

info@theconstantknitter.ie

www.theconstantknitter.ie

Crochet Classes in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary

6 Week Course starts Monday 14th October 

(mornings 10.30am – 12.00pm) or (evenings 7.30pm – 9.00pm)

Crochet is fun and easy to learn! Once you have mastered a few stitches you are well on your way to making your first granny square.

Whatever stitch is taught during the class, you will have an opportunity to make a small project using the newly learnt stitches to take home. Basic stitches i.e. (sl st, dr, tr, htr etc) rounds and introduction to finishing will be learnt in the first three weeks and then you can focus on making an item of your own choosing for the remaining three classes.

You will receive guidance in choosing an appropriate item and we will also look at freely available resources on the internet.

For enquiries and bookings phone Julie at  0505 42886  or email cloughjordanmakery@gmail.com

Irish Big Knit 2013!

 "This year's Big Knit marks the fifth anniversary of the campaign in Ireland. For the past five years innocent Big Knit supporters have knitted thousands of little woolly hats for our smoothies, with money from every bottle sold going towards supporting older people during the chilly winter months." 

Since 2008 an amazing 260,000 hats have been made making a total of €80,000 raised for Age Action Ireland.

For more details visit www.innocentdrinks.ie/thebigknit
You can also download patterns for knitted and crocheted hats. 

Chat and post pics of your hats on Facebook www.facebook.com/innocent.smoothies 
and Twitter @innocentireland. 


Please send your woollen creations by 4th October 2013 to
the innocent big knit 2013, 
fruit towers, 
120/121 
Lower Baggot Street, 
Dublin 2 

or drop them into your local Age Action shop 
http://www.ageaction.ie/big-knit

Irish Crochet/Clones Lace Workshop, Dublin

Yarn Bombing in Mullingar for Culture Night 2013

By Hook or By Crook, Knotting and Yarn Workshop, Co. Kerry

For more information visit their Facebook page

Vibes Wool Heaven, Cork

Visit Vibes & Scribes Wool Heaven on Bridge Street, Cork

Vibes & Scribes Knitting and Crochet Group 

Free patterns, links and good woolly fun for all! 

 

Held every Wednesday morning starting at 10.30am and Thursday Evening at 6pm, in our fabulous new basement location in our store at 3 Bridge St. The group is a fun morning for everyone interested in knitting and crochet. 

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Arts and Crafts Shop

We have all the essential supplies for the professional artist or crafts person, enthusiastic hobbyist, students and teachers. Call up to share your creative project anytime and our enthusiastic staff will be delighted to assist you.

Arts & Crafts supplies

On the top floor you will find our extensive range of friendly priced materials and tools for any kind of art, craft and hobby expression. You’ll be surprised what you can find.

Stationery Supplies

We offer an affordable collection of adhesives, markers, paper, pens, pencils, tape and much more. And we have everything to make your own original hand made greeting cards and wedding invitations.

Fabulous Fabrics

Our large inventory of quality decoration and fashion fabric is sold by the metre and part metre at great value. And we offer a great variety of quilting fabrics too.

Haberdashery

We also supply all the essential accessories and tools for the home dress maker, fashion professionals and students, interior designers or DIY alteration and upholstery projects at discounted rates.

Wool & Natural Yarns

Come and see our newly opened basement with nicely priced and colourful selection of wool and yarn for all your crochet, felting and knitting creations.

Crafty Events

Pop along at one of our in store craft demonstrations and learn how to do it yourself with the help of our enthusiastic instructors. Or join our free knitting and crochet group. For more info see our Latest News page.

 www.vibesandscribes.ie

Twitter: @VibesWoolHeaven

Ravelry:  Vibes & Scribes Knitting and Crochet Group