And she clicked the fastest needles in the West...

  Hazel Tindall from Shetland has once again retained the world speed knitting title.

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Shirley WI gets knitting for cold sailors

  Members of the Shirley Women’s Institute in Southampton were delighted when they recently received a surprise award from international seafaring charity, the Sailors’ Society.

Outdoor sculptors welcomed for prize commission competition

 If sculpting is your artistic pastime of choice, then you might like to know about a competition seeking entries - with £25,000 up for grabs as the top prize.

 

Show your skills in Plymouth!

If you are over 55 and have completed a piece of art or craft work during the past twelve months, then you are eligible to enter Plymouth Age Concern’s 55th Skilled Hands Art and Craft Exhibition this June.

A knitter’s outing

 Tired of my cellophane-wrapped balls of wool, I went on a day spree to Julia Desch’s idyllic Beech Hill Farm in East Sussex to learn about fleece, carding, spinning and to try our hand at indigo dyeing.

Knitters unite in a good cause

 Knitters unite - it's time to pick up your number 10s and unite for those at sea: yes, it's Woolly Hat Week, February 4th-10th 2007.

 

Whether you wear a woolly hat to work for a week, sponsor your partner or work colleague to sport a hat or mittens, it's all for a good cause... supporting the world's seafarers.