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Marathon Knitter
Susie has been knitting ever since she can remember but only took up running 5 years ago. She enjoyed it so much she just carried on and has since run 4 marathons, with many more to come. In 2007, she will be raising money for the Alzheimer's Research Trust in memory of her mum, who suffered from vascular dementia. One of the marathons Susie will be running is the London Marathon in April 2007. As she has already run it twice she was trying to think of how to make it a bit more of a challenge. A friend told her she was mad and why didn't she just stay at home and knit. That was when Susie came up with the idea of "extreme knitting" her way around. A great way of combining two of her favourite pastimes! Susie will be keeping us regularly informed of her training progress in her Training Diary
Knitting a Scarf for a Trafalgar Square LionBy Lauren O'Farrellpublished 2nd December, 2006
The scarf will be presented to the lion in late February (no set date yet) so you have plenty of time to knit your bit. We would like as many people as possible from all around the world to knit a piece. You can knit the smallest, teeny tiny part or a huge chunk, in whichever yarn you fancy using. The only requirement is that it is 10 inches wide - there are no other limits so go wild! For more info (and maps showing all our knitters) see the website at www.stitchandbitchlondon.co.uk
Dates for Odysseus Unwound during November:published 18th November, 2006Tues 21 8pm: LIVERPOOL Unity Theatre Thu 23rd 8pm: NOTTINGHAM Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts Centre www.twistedthread.com 01473 320407 / £15, £10 concessions. £5 for ticket holders to the Knitting and Stitching Show. Mon 27: LERWICK, SHETLAND, Clikimin Centre Odysseus Unwound and Knitting WorkshopUnity Theatre, Liverpool, Tuesday 21st November, 6.30 p.m.To coincide with the performance of Odysseus Unwound at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool, I Knit have been asked to provide a knitting workshop to accompany the show. Gerard Allt, of I knit and Knit a River, will be returning home to Liverpool for this event so come down and knit with us, blue squares for WaterAid, something for yourself or if you're a new knitter, to get some advice and tips. This is before the performance at 6.30pm and booking is essential. For more information please see the official websites: |
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Susie Hewer will be 50 years old next year and to mark the event she has decided to run a marathon. More accurately, she will be running 6 long distance events (one for each decade), 4 of which are 26.2 miles, the others are 35 and 52.4 miles respectively.
Stitch and Bitch London - London's most ultra-friendly knitting group (despite the name), are attempting to knit a gigantic scarf (or scarves if we get enough) for one (or all) of the rather chilly-looking Trafalgar Square lions. The scarf will be raffled off for Cancer Research after being presented to the Lion, and one lucky winner (or winners) will get a fantastically huge and fabulous 43.5 foot scarf to wrap around their armchair/tree/house/partner.
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