Crafting for Ukraine

Have a look at these wonderful needle and scissors cases. They have been hand crafted by Stuart Brawn, a local leatherworker.

 

We are selling these cases for Stuart, and all the monies raised will go to Hands of Hope IOM. This is a charity that works in Romania, near the border to Ukraine. They have enlarged the work they do to include helping Ukrainian refugees.

The needle case is £7.50, and the scissors case is £10.00 (scissors included).

We also have available Poppies for Ukraine. These are £2.00, and all money raised from their sale goes to the Red Cross' Ukrainian Crisis Appeal. We've had multiple batches of the lovely crocheted broches made by Jan.

Knit for Peace

 

It's no surprise that Joan's customers like to make things. We have number of people who craft away, bring in knitted and crocheted items, and ask us to pass them along to charities in need.

Yesterday, Pam collected a couple of bags of goodies. There were mittens, as well as children's hat/scarf/mittens sets. Pam will send them to Knit for Peace.

They need:

• blankets: all sizes (baby, child, medium, large and lap)
• 15cm/6" garter stitch squares (Pam makes them into blankets)
• adult clothes: jumpers/cardigans, scarves, socks, gloves/mitts, dressing gowns, shawls
• baby clothes: jumpers/cardigans, hats, mitts, booties
• children’s: scarves, socks and mitts
• knitted toys for babies and children

They don’t need:

hats (child & adult sizes)

child jumpers/cardigans

twiddlemuffs

premature baby clothes

Oddments Needed

Do you have any little oddments of yarn? An army of Twiddlemuff-ers is looking for all those little bits and pieces. From fancy yarns, to the more prosaic, almost all can be worked into Twiddlemuffs.

If you have oddments you don't need, please bring it to the shop, and we can pass it on to crafters helping those with Alzheimer's. The finished Twiddlemuffs will be given to Alzheimer's Society Isle of Man.

Twiddle Muffs

"Alzheimer's Society (IOM) is calling to all knitters and crocheters out there to make Twiddle Muffs for people living with dementia across the Isle of Man. They are particularly needed in Nobles and Ramsey Cottage Hospitals, but also anywhere someone needs one. Lesley and Claire, our two support workers, will make sure they go to where they're most needed. Because of infection control, Twiddle Muffs are given to individuals, not shared and not re-used - so the more we can get, the better.

For the pattern, and more information, check out their facebook page.