Loving Hands Charity Knitters

We will be listing forthcoming events on this page so please check back regularly for updates.

Easter update and Summer Challenge:
Well the Easter Challenges are now over and what a great result! I asked you for 100 of each item and we got back .....
170 knitted boobs !
201 knitted and crocheted toys !
257 sailors hats !
What a result - we are all really delighted with these totals. Well done girls - you all deserve a medal for all your hard work :0)

Now the exciting bits. We are now 150 members - the Kelty and Kirkcaldy groups are growing week by week - and we have announced the Summer Challenges too! :0)
This time we have a four way challenge and have decided that since we now have more members we will have bigger challenges! We are looking for 200 items for each part of the challenge this time!!!! :0)

Part one is Blankets - we need these for most of our charities and they can be knitted by hand or machine, crocheted or stitched so everyone can be included! We are looking for pastel coloured prem blankets 12" to 15" for UK hospitals, baby blankets 15" to 18", lap rugs approx 36" square for Blythswood Care to send over to Croatia, Romania, Albania and places like that where the elderly are freezing cold at the moment, Feed The Children are also looking for blankets 3' x 4' or 4' x 6' which are handed out to children in camps all over the place. We can also use yarn not suitable for these other projects to make blankets for our animal shelters in various sizes. :0)

Part two is for Baby Cardigans - again mostly pastel colours for our UK maternities but we can also use nice bright colours for Baby Pack. 12" up to 16" sizes.

Part three is for jumpers for Feed The Children - they are looking for sizes 22" up to 34" and we need to add 2" on to the length of the sleeves and the body. For everyday wear we can do any pattern in jumpers or cardigans in these sizes and in colours as bright as you want (no all white please as this is the colour of mourning in many of these countries). They have also specifically asked for school V Neck jumpers in the same sizes - the colours are :- Royal Blue, Navy Blue, Burgundy, Bottle Green, Yellow and Pink. Here is a link to a free pattern http://www.knitcrochetpatterns.com:80/vneckpullover.html - remember girls this is an American pattern - it will be DK yarn and sizes 3.25mm (10) and 4mm (8) needles for us :0).

Part four that we added later is for the Save The Children challenge launched by Paul O'Grady this week. Here is the link to this for you http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/983_5150.htm We want 200 baby hats and you can print the labels to attach from the link above. These labels will be sent to Grodon Brown to try to get him to help these poor children :0) These wee hats are simple and easy to make - you can use any baby pattern you have and use up scraps of brightly coloured yarns to make them in no time :0)

So there you go - hope you are all happy with what we have chosen. If anyone needs any patterns, yarn etc just give me a shout.

Don't forget to have a look at the Forum (link to the Forum at top of the website) it would be lovely if you could all join up to the Forum and we can all get to know one another better. It is a great way to feel part of the group and see what everyone else is getting up to. The Forum is updated several times a day and has photos of completed work and lists of what we are making and where we are sending it to as well!

If you do join up don't forget to PM me or email and tell me what your username on the Forum is as it can get confusing if you don't :0) (Especially if you pick a strange username! :0).

The Kelty Meetings We meet Mondays (1pm to 3pm in Kelty Community Centre)
Meeting fees - every member attending the meeting pays £2 - this covers hall fees and any surplus is added to the postage fund

The Kirkcaldy meetings started on Monday November 12th from 7pm to 9pm and then every Monday after that at the same time and place! They will be in the JRD Trust, 9 The Esplanade, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1HR. Meeting fees are the same as Kelty, every member attending the meeting pays £2 - this covers hall fees and any surplus is added to the postage fund. There is a coffee bar available at this venue so you will be able to buy tea/coffee and snacks on site! I am currently printing up posters to put out letting everyone know about it - don't forget if you are in the area do come along - even if you cannot stay for meetings we will be glad to accept your finished items and donations of yarn, needles, toy stuffing etc at the same time :0)

Loving Hands Christmas Fayre in Kelty Church in the 8th December from 10am to 1pm
I have managed to book the whole church for this so we will be having teas in the small hall, santa, face painting and hair braiding in the session room and then there will be all the stalls in the church hall itself! (Our church is lovely and warm and they don't have pews downstairs just chairs so these can be put back to the side so the whole church is free to lay out tables!).

So far the line up for the main hall is as follows:-
A craft stall for ourselves - we will be able to sell any donated craftwork from members on this stall - we already have lots of lovely fluffy scarves, babies headbands and bonnets and the promise of handmade cards, knitting needle rolls, bears and lots of other lovely things - all contributions very welcome - anything that doesn't sell on this day can go into the shop at JRD in Kirkcaldy to help with our fundraising there!

Cake and Candy - again just for us and all contributions very welcome!

Tombola /Raffle/ Treasure Hunt / Guess the Gorilla's Birthday

White Elephant - again for us - contributions gratefully received!

Gifts 2 Go - Peruvian jewellery, fridge frames, soft toys and other things.

Kingdom Crafts - Handmade Cards and Blackwork and kits for these as well.

Heather and Cheryls glass jewellery and canvasses.

Second Hand Bookstall - the Lions Club are bringing this one! Thanks guys!

Not a bad start - I am now looking for a few different things to add to this line up to draw in the crowds.

I have already printed off the posters and I will try to get it into as many local papers as possible.