Knit a hat for this year’s innocent and Age UK Big Knit campaign. Best hat wins a prize!

Beatific hat (for a Royal occasion)

I can't stop now.

GN Beanie.

Brilliant to see the Innocent hats being mentioned - if anyone has made any hats in the Taunton, Somerset area and not sure how to dispatch them - you are most welcome to bring them into our Taunton address as on the website -

www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/news-campaigns/the-biggest-big-knit/

They are sending them on in bulk to Innocent, although as others have said we need to send them on very soon.

Thankyou

I think you've got the bug, Grannyknot! I'm away next week, and I don't think they'll let me take my knitting needles on the plane , so I'll have to get a move on when we get home!

I would like to join in but I'm a bit late for this winter. Will they be doing it for winter 2017 in which case I can save them up?

I'm sure they will be, omaj. The campaign's being running successfully for a few years now.

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Just love this initiative and it's all for a very good cause! More than that having just gone through a nasty bout of depression - knitting has kept me grounded, ensured some 'me time' and given me a purpose ... I think I'm on number three hundred and seventy-something at the moment .. and still going strong. Great way to use up bits and bobs of spare wool and buttons, ribbons, etc, and I can rattle one out now in about 30/40 minutes!

Gosh that's a lot of hat! But I agree sjwfrance it doesn't take long to knit one at all (unless you fiddle like I do) and I agree +++ with all that you say about knitting, I bet previous generations of women knew the benefits of "craft" and "needlework" to soothe them.

I must upload the pic that my friend sent me - he buys up Innocent bottles so that his miniature teddy bears have hats

Oh Lord, I've just remembered this - off to search t'interweb for a pattern for a stunning little hat that even a complete klutz can knit... It'll have to be in pink, green and white as these are the only colours I have left. Ah well, it is raining outside, so today's as good a day as any

Blimey, there are hundreds! Whether I can do justice to any of those wonderful creations is a whole different matter

Somebody has made this one! I am in awe

I thought I was being exceptionally clever when I branched out into stripes!

compared to that, mine are

Ok, drumroll please ......
I'm not an experienced knitter. This Kitty is my very best effort.

[drumroll] very cute!

Just to let you know that our Innocent hat collection at Age UK Somerset has been extended to JULY 2017 - so if you wish to join in there is now plenty of time

Further information from the www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/news-campaigns/the-biggest-big-knit/

Thankyou

Wow, what a clever and prolific lot you are. I'm not that clever but here is my innocent cable pom pom contribution. I have to say I have never seen any of these in the supermarkets near me or advertised in online stores. Is this knit thing particular to certain areas?

Fancy knitting some little hats to support innocent and Age UK's The Big Knit to help keep older people warm this winter?
Can anyone tell me what the hats are for? Can they be used as finger puppets afterwards? They certainly won't fit the heads of older people to keep them warm.
Are they sold with Easter eggs in afterwards?

Sorry, but I am really and don't get it at all.
I can't stand yarn bombing either - all that wasted yarn that could be used to knit clothes for refugee babies.
Or people sleeping on the streets as nelliemoser suggests?

Although I am very impressed by the hats everyone has knitted on here, they are cute.

and very good marketing by Innocent of course.

jalima the hats are knitted for fun. Anything else is a bonus.

Innocent make a small donation to Age UK for every bottle sold with a hat on. Yes, it's frivolous, but they are fun to make. And it's raised £1.9 million for charity so far

I love yarn bombers! When I visit the family up in Saltburn I really look forward to seeing what's adorning the pier this time. There are some real talents out there and it's inspiring to see what they come up with.

Which reminds me, I've come up with nothing for this competition and it's the last day. I'd better get out of bed off the internet and frame myself.

Right, here she is. 20 minutes to knit and 40 minutes faffing with the hair!

Can't I just pretend I did that knitting granny?

oh dear, I sound like a misery guts


She is very sweet, she would make a lovely finger puppet!

No you don't, Jalima! And I am going to ask around and see what charities would welcome my basic offerings. As long as it's something simple that I can do while I'm watching TV, I'm in!