Hi All
Looks like the Big Knit In at University of Brighton is on this Sunday!! (1st June)
I got an e-mail today with the information below (it's not clear quite what time it starts, but past years it's been 12 midday, it does say workshops between 2-4pm)

If anyone's available to go I'll meet you there! (between 2-4pm)
Lou x

The Big Knit In 2008

The Big Knit In is an annual, free, community event hosted by the University of Brighton to promote knitting and crochet. There are lots of things happening throughout the day, including the opportunity to make your own chunky wooden knitting needles and machine knitting ‘tasters’, to help all those people who bought machines but never really learnt how to use them. So come along and have a try, then go home, drag it out from under the spare bed, dust off the cobwebs and off you go!

This year we are hoping to get everybody involved in the Oxfam campaign to highlight the plight of women around the world who die in pregnancy & childbirth. The giant baby blanket has been started in Leeds & by September Oxfam need 250,000 9” knitted squares-one for every mother who did not survive pregnancy or childbirth because of a lack of access to essential medical care.

We are very keen this year to promote the idea of recycling textiles-whether it’s unravelling old jumpers or cutting up garments to create lengths of “yarn” to knit with, in this day & age of cheap disposable fashion and it’s impact on the environment  the philosophy of “make do & mend” has never seemed so relevant.

   There will also be a giant knitted octopus which is a communal piece of knitting; the tentacles are slowly growing at each event it visits & there will be giant knitting needles & French knitting for people to have a go with.

   As in previous years there will also be knitted textile students acting as ‘knit nurses’, helping and instructing throughout the day. When you need a break, you are welcome to take a walk around the graduate exhibitions which are in the main building.

   The Big Knit In takes place on Sunday 1st June 2008 at the University of Brighton’s Grand Parade Site. It is supported by donations from Rowan, Designer Yarns, Pony Needles & Brighton based shop Purl.

 Events will be added to the website as they are confirmed so make sure you regularly visit www.knitin.co.uk to keep up to date.