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Care Squares: Exhibition Highlights
Wonderful woolly blankets, made with love in Nottinghamshire!
The 2024 Inspire Charity Knitting Challenge has finished - we're looking forward to 2025!
Knitting and crafting for charity has become an enormous
success in Inspire libraries. We support a different charity annually and 'call out' to
groups and individuals that want to take part. The theme
is announced in the spring and the resulting work is collected, exhibited and celebrated before it is donated.
Every year an army of you are prepared to give your time, skills, wool and lots of creativity to a charitable cause.
- In 2017 over 6000 knitted squares were donated to KasCare and Child Africa
- In 2018 you created 1300 puppets for Operation Christmas Child
- 550 Worry Monsters made their way to Knit for Nowt in 2019
- In 2020 Knit for Peace received 806 woolly hats
- In 2021 over 2000 tiny green Robin Hood hats were sent to The Innocent Big Knit
- In 2022 you made a staggering 764 Twiddlers
- In 2023 Mansfield Central Library was taken over by 890 beautifully made Brave Bears for Nottinghamshire Police
- In 2024 275 stunning Care Squares blankets made their way to care homes and hospitals across the county
Thank you to everyone who has taken part since 2017. We think you should all be crowned the kings and queens of 'Knittinghamshire' for sure!
Join in and continue making a difference!
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Care Squares
Cosy, comforting and homely woolly squares and blankets - a gift that will really make a difference!
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Get Knitting! Creative Stitching with Jane Withers
Make a unique embellishment to add style to any knitted or crocheted piece!
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Brave Bears: Exhibition Highlights
Celebrate knitting, crochet and the amazing generosity of crafters across the county!
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Brave Bears
Brave Bears, handmade 'hug buddies' for children in times of need...
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Get Knitting! Visible Mending with Megan Crook
Megan urges us to keep things out of landfill, and inspires us with creative ideas for 'make do and mend'!
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Twiddlers! Exhibition Highlights
Images and comments from the Twiddlers Exhibition, a 'delightful, joyous and heart warming array of knitted fabulousness'.
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Twiddlers!
The 2022 Inspire Charity Knitting Challenge is called Twiddlers! So dust off your knitting needles and crochet hooks, rummage in your yarn stash and get crafting for charity!
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Get Knitting! I-Cord Creations with Juliet Bernard
Have fun making I-cord, knitwear designer Juliet Bernard's video workshops show you how.
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Inspire Charity Knitting Challenge 2021 Exhibition Highlights
A forest of tiny hats hiding out in the home of Robin Hood.
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Knittinghamshire
Inspire's 2021 charity challenge call out for crafters.
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Get Knitting! Bracelets and Scarves with Juliet Bernard
Fun finger knitting workshops designed by knitwear designer Juliet Bernard.
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Virtual Exhibition: Hats 400!
2020 was the anniversary year of the Mayflower journey, marking 400 years since the pilgrims left Nottinghamshire for America. We are delighted to share the results of this year's charity challenge in a virtual exhibition.
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Knit, Crochet & Craft: Past Projects
Knitting and crafting for charity has become an enormous success in Inspire libraries. Take a look at our amazing past projects.
