September 2012
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In conversation with...
I’ll be talking about K2TOG with Deirdre Figueiredo of Craftspace tomorrow (13th Sept, 6pm at School of Art, Margaret St, Birmingham)
http://www.kalaboration.co.uk/events/
August 2012
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Looking for a home for wool of Olympic...
K2TOG will be up until 30 September, but we are already thinking about what will happen to the wool after the piece has been taken down.
After all the goodwill and time put into the project, we are eager for the wool from the installation to be reused and go to a good cause. We are now looking for people or organisations who would be interested in it.
Over 1300 balls of wool, approximately 220...
Wool for sale
We have some leftover wool from K2TOG for sale. If you are interested get in touch via email.
Artesano Aran in Strathy (cream/white) 50% wool 50% alpaca
5 x 100g skeins which are wound into cakes. 100g £5 plus postage
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July 2012
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Photo Call
I want to invite everyone who participated in K2TOG to a group photo call in front of the exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 4th August at 9:30am. I would like as many people as possible to come along and be photographed in front of the exhibition so we can commemerate the mammoth effort made by the knitters of Birmingham and beyond. Hope to see you all on 4th August.
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Jamaican Olympic team announced! →
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June 2012
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We need your help
I am looking for volunteers to help stitch together panels for K2TOG. We will be working from our project pop up shop located in the Pavilions.
You will need to have good basic sewing skills. All materials will be provided. There will, of course be tea, biscuits and my eternal grattitude.
If you have any availability between 1-15 July please contact info@stitchesandhos.co.uk
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Stitches and Hos Knitting Pentathlon
Are you a knitting champion?
Stitches and Hos invite knitters of all ages and abilities to take part in their knitting pentathlon. Come to our K2TOG pop up shop on Saturday 16 June to battle for woolly glory.
Events are:
Fastest cast on, pompom put, 300 stitch row, fastest skein wind and knitting marathon
Entry to knitting pentathlon is £1 per person.
Saturday 16 June 2-5pm, K2TOG pop up...
May 2012
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Go On...7 days left to donate!
The Olympic torch is working its way across the country and the K2TOG pop-up shop is busy with knitters.
There are now only seven days until the end of our crowd-fundraiser. Go on, please help us meet our target and fund our knitting workshops. We’re aiming to teach as many people as we can the wonderful skill of hand-knitting. What a wonderful opportunity for people to learn a new...
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Less than 50 days until the Jamaican team arrive...
It’s not long until the Jamaican and American teams arrive in Birmingham but it’s even sooner to our crowd-funding deadline! Why not help welcome Usain Bolt, the fastest man on earth and the rest of the teams to the second city in a truly unique way!
There’s only 12 days to donate to the K2TOG project. Even a pound will help us continue our knitting workshops. You can donate and...
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Help us reach our crowd-funding goal
There are 20 days left to help us reach our crowd-funding goal. We really need your help to continue to fund the workshops in order for our knit graffiti installation to be made. The piece will be a colourful, spectacular welcome to the Jamaican and American teams to Birmingham. Please donate, help us and participate in something very unique to the city.
More information on how to donate can be...
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April 2012
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Get crafty and celebrate the Olympics in...
Do you know your knit from your purl or are you a complete knitting novice eager to learn a new skill? We are looking for existing knitters and those who wish to learn a new craft to contribute to K2TOG, our spectacular knit graffiti installation that will welcome and celebrate the Jamaican and American teams stay in Birmingham this summer for London 2012.
Our new pop-up space will open in the...
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Furniture Luck
I’ve been travelling around the West Midlands collecting and buying furniture for our K2TOG pop up shop. The shop will be a relaxing hub where anyone can drop in to knit a square or a few rows for the project. If you’re not able to knit, don’t worry, there will be staff on hand to get you started and show you the basics.
It seems that my luck at finding a bargain is in at the...
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Only one hundred days until the Olympics!
The K2TOG project is welcoming the Jamaican and American teams training in Birmingham. As the BBC report, the teams promise to bring a great deal of money to the economy…
‘The Jamaican and USA track and field teams will be worth about £20m to the Birmingham economy, the city council estimates.
The likes of three-time Olympic gold...
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March 2012
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We need your help
We are trying to raise £2500 to help fund K2TOG - Knit 2 Together through crowd funding. We’ve set up a Sponsume page where you can donate from as little as £1.
http://www.sponsume.com/project/k2tog-knit-2-together
We want to engage people from across the region to contribute to a visually spectacular artwork welcoming the American and Jamaican teams to Birmingham. We want to engage those...
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K2TOG - Knit 2 Together
This summer Sara Fowles and Stitches and Hos aim to cover with knitting the columns on the outside of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to commemorate the visit and stay in Birmingham of the Jamaican and American Olympic teams. A palette of six colours (red, white, blue, green yellow and black) will be used to create the installation. The colours are taken from both team’s national flags and are...
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