RETREAT: Knitting, Yoga & Mindfullness Retreat, Iceland

 Knitting, Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat in Iceland 

1st - 6th October 2015

West Iceland is the perfect destination for a knitting retreat, because of the long-established knitting tradition in the area. This, combined with yoga, mindfulness and sightseeing will make this trip an unforgettable experience.

Yoga and Knitting Retreat, Co. Wicklow

Yoga and Knitting Retreat

6th - 8th February 2015

"​Join me for a relaxing post Christmas weekend in the heart of Wicklow where we will combine gentle yoga with knitting as a mindfulness and meditation tool"

 

Knitting Classes by Pauline Gallagher
Yoga Classes by Claudia Gutierrez

We combined Gentle Yoga classes (all levels welcome!), knitting as a mindfulness and meditation tool, walkies and delicious meal in great company in a homely Georgian residence, built in 1711 in tranquil surroundings, providing the relaxation that you need. 


Full details and booking here: 

http://www.yogafitness.ie/yoga-and-knitting-retreat-donard-co-wikclow-6th-february-2015.html

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/

Crafternoon Tea Party

Another fun Crafternoon Tea Party takes place on Sunday, 20th July in Cliffoney Hall, Sligo, raising vital funds in aid of Sligo Cancer Support Centre.

For more information contact Karen on 083 9177274 

Or visit Crafternoon Tea Party on Facebook

Knitting in Colour with Kieran Foley at The Constant Knitter, Dublin

Knitting in Colour with Kieran Foley

 Sunday, 23 March, 2014

at The Constant Knitter

88 Francis Street

Dublin 8

This is a relaxed workshop exploring various ways of introducing colour to your knitting projects, including stranded knitting, intarsia, lace knitting, and beading.

It includes a presentation of swatches combining different techniques, and a knitting session for you to experiment with techniques and colours. Charts are provided for a choice of swatches of varying complexity.

The emphasis of the workshop is on swatching and experimentation. Once you get familiar with the techniques the charts can be used to make larger projects. 

Some experience of colour knitting and reading a chart will be useful! Bring needles and yarn in your choice of colours.

Venue:    The Constant Knitter, 88 Francis Street, Dublin 8
Date & Time:   Sunday, 23 March from 2 to 5pm
Cost:    €30

For more information or to book contact Rosemary 

The Constant Knitter

88 Francis Street

Dublin 8

087 996 7197

info@theconstantknitter.ie

www.theconstantknitter.ie

http://www.kieranfoley.com/

 

 

KNIT HAPPENS!

 

 'Knit Happens' is the 'Knit a Stocking' campaign for the East Cork Rapid Response Team. 

Get involved - knit a mini stocking!

Knit, a local yarn shop based in Midleton, Co. Cork have worked with a number of charities over the past few years. This time round, along with 3 other Cork businesses, they are running a campaign to raise valuable funds for the East Cork Rapid Response.

 These miniature stockings are easy and quick to knit, don’t use a lot of yarn (approx.11 metres) and most importantly are a cute little knitted or crocheted item perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree (shh, let’s pretend I didn’t just say Christmas!).

The East Cork Rapid Response team support the Ambulance Service, Fire and Rescue Service, the
Coast Guard and RNLI delivering pre-hospital emergency medical care to the victims of sudden illness such as heart attacks. They also provide immediate medical care to victims of trauma such as those arising from road traffic incidents, industrial and farming accidents. Since January 2013, East Cork Rapid Response has been involved in over 200 emergencies in the East Cork area. These have included: 80 trauma case and 121
medical cases including 21 cardiac arrests. The service is now responding to almost two calls every three days. The cost of providing this valuable service is EUR3,000 each month. We hope our “Knit Happens” campaign will go some way to raising money to fund this service.If you would like to find out more about East Cork Rapid Response and the work they do visit their Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/eastcork.rapidresponse.7

Patterns for the Stockings

You can download a lovely PDF with information about the campaign, along with knitting and crochet patterns for these cute little stockings here http://knitmidleton.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/knit-happens-campaign-web.pdf

More info is also on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/KnitHappensStockingCampaign

Where to send your stocking
You have plenty of time to knit loads of mini stockings! We will be accepting your knitted and crocheted creations up until Saturday 1st November. You can simply drop them into Knit in Midleton - our opening hours are Thurs-Sat from 10:30 to 17:00.
 

Or you could pop them in the post to:
Knit, 

4a Main Street, 

Midleton, 

Co. Cork.

Do include a little note with your name and email address. We will then begin selling the mini stockings for EUR2 each in the shops of East Cork until Christmas Eve, 24th December. All money raised will go directly to the East Cork Rapid Response team. Our wonderful sponsors will cover the cost of design, printing, marketing and distribution.

If you have any questions about the campaign you can contact Knit

T: 085 1578969

E:knitmidleton@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.knitmidleton.com

Facebook: Knit in Midleton

Twitter: KnitMidleton

February is Sock Knitting Month at Winnies Craft Cafe, Dublin

 

Winnie's Craft Cafe is linking up with Drops Yarn again this year to celebrate sock knitting with a Sock Knitting Workshop over two Saturdays , this weekend 8th  and Saturday 22nd February.

http://store.winniethewoolwagon.com/store/product/17734/Hand-knitted-Socks-2-Prt-Class/

So if you have avoided the pleasure of wearing hand knitted socks until take this opportunity to learn the techniques of classic sock knitting and you will be hooked!

Knitting in Colour, The Constant Knitter, Dublin

 

Kieran Foley of knit/lab will be giving a workshop at The Constant Knitter on Sunday, 23rd February next.This workshop will cover various ways for you to introduce colour to your knitting projects.

Some experience of colour knitting from a chart will be useful! Bring needles and yarn in your choice of colours.
 

Where: The Constant Knitter, 88 Francis Street, Dublin 8
When: 2 – 5pm, Sunday, 23 February
Cost: Euro 35
Book: Rosemary on 087 996 7197 or info@theconstantknitter.ie

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

Yarn Bombing in Mullingar for Culture Night 2013

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