Rich is wearing a scarf indoors, Emma has her hat on, the boys are looking confused, and the needles are clacking away like crazy. This can only mean one thing: Big Knit 2009 is here, and it's woolier than ever.
To kick things off here in fruit towers we held a 'wear your knits to work day' last week. A little strange to be wearing scarves and hats indoors on a summer's day but it was nice to get the needles out again and begin knitting some little hats. And if knit wear needs wearing indoors, we'll wear it. No questions asked.
In the evening we invited some of London's most amazing knitters round for a knitting based get together. There were sandwiches, cakes and tea (essential for an evening's knitting), and more wool than you could shake a sheep at, as well as a bunch of prizes on offer for the best hats knitted on the night.
Fruit towers was bustling.
New knitters learned the ropes from experts.
Steve got some wool on his head.
Creations were admired.
The finest hats got paraded around the office.
And when it came to the vote, the decision was unanimous...
Jo's sweetcorn inspired creation and Iris' grapes hat were stand out favourites.
More than 100 hats were knitted in total, countless cups of tea drunk, and much fun had by all.
Welcome back Big Knit. We've missed you.
We're after your hats again so please get knitting if you've not already started - there's nothing quite like seeing bundles of hats arrive at our door.
And there'll be more details to follow soon. Watch this space.
We had a fabulous yarn-and-fruit-flavoured time with all of you at Fruit Towers.
You can see our blog about the day here:
http://stitchandbitchlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/fruit_towers/
Thanks for having us.
We shall return. With more tiny hats. :)
The Stitchettes and Stitch and Bitch Londoners x
Posted by: Stitch and Bitch London | August 19, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I'm glad this refers to woolly things and not parasites.
A big nit would be scary.
Posted by: Katy | August 19, 2009 at 05:07 PM
I love seeing all your Big Knit post, can't believe it's starting again! Where has the year gone. Happy knitting.
Posted by: Jacqui | August 20, 2009 at 05:03 AM
I am glad to see the launch for 09. I have nearly 100 hats ready to package up and send when you say send.
Posted by: Andrea | August 20, 2009 at 05:13 PM