who are we?
where to send your stockings
We’re Knit, a local yarn shop based in Midleton. Over the past several years we’ve
worked with a number of charities - Irish Premature Babies, Feilecain, The Simon
Community, The Chernobyl’s Children’s Trust and Global Missions Ireland – knitting items from baby blankets to hats and scarves, not forgetting our most recent
campaign where we knit 118 blankets for elderly people in Armenia.
You have plenty of time to knit loads of mini stockings! We will be accepting your
knitted and crocheted creations up until Saturday 1st November. You can simply drop
them into Knit in Midleton - our opening hours are Thurs-Sat from 10:30 to 17:00.
Or you could pop them in the post to: Knit, 4a Main Street, Midleton, Co. Cork. Do
include a little note with your name and email address.
For this campaign with East Cork Rapid Response we needed to come up with
an idea that would help them to raise valuable funds. And so the “knit a stocking
campaign” was born!
We will then begin selling the mini stockings for EUR2 each in the shops of East
Cork until Christmas Eve, 24th December. All money raised will go directly to the East
Cork Rapid Response team. Our wonderful sponsors will cover the cost of design,
printing, marketing and distribution.
These miniature stockings are easy and quick to knit, don’t use a lot of yarn (approx.
11 metres) and most importantly are a cute little knitted or crocheted item perfect for
hanging on your Christmas tree (shh, let’s pretend I didn’t just say Christmas!).
who are we doing this for?
We came up with this campaign to support the work of the East Cork Rapid
Response team who support the Ambulance Service, Fire and Rescue Service, the
Coast Guard and RNLI delivering pre-hospital emergency medical care to the victims
of sudden illness such as heart attacks. They also provide immediate medical care
to victims of trauma such as those arising from road traffic incidents, industrial and
farming accidents.
If you are a retailer (or know a retailer) in the East Cork area and would like to help
us out, we would be hugely grateful for some space on your counter for our little
boxes of stockings!
If you have any questions
about the campaign you can
call us on
085-157 8969.
Since January 2013, East Cork Rapid Response has been involved in over 200
emergencies in the East Cork area. These have included: 80 trauma case and 121
medical cases including 21 cardiac arrests. The service is now responding to almost
two calls every three days.
The cost of providing this valuable service is EUR3,000 each month. We hope our
“Knit Happens” campaign will go some way to raising money to fund this service.
If you would like to find out more about East Cork Rapid Response and the work
they do visit their Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/eastcork.rapidresponse.7
Copyright: the pattern for the knitted and crocheted stocking are the property of Knit. If your charity would
like to use this pattern please seek permission.
a big thanks to our sponsors!
OPENING HOURS
10:30am-5pm Thursday to Saturday
4A Main Street, Midleton, Co. Cork
m: 085 1578969 e: [email protected]
www.knitmidleton.com
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Heskins Farmhouse, Deerpark,
Lismore, Co. Waterford
e: [email protected]
m: 086 8761586
knit a stocking
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a simple little campaign to help save liveses
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1. Gather all your bits and pieces: some
scraps of double knit yarn, 4mm needles,
a darning needle, 4mm crochet hook
(or 10cm of ribbon).
2. Using double knitting yarn and 4mm
needles, cast on 24 stitches (sts).
3. Work 8 rows in stocking stitch
(knit 1 row, purl 1 row).
4. Cast off 5 stitches at the beginning
of the next 2 rows (14sts).
5. Work 16 more rows in stocking stitch.
6. Work the next 4 rows in garter
stich (plain/knit).
7. Cast off.
8. Tidy up all ends.
9. Sew up stocking and add
hanging loop.
10. Tah dah! Now go and
pop the kettle on!
1. Using double knit yarn and a 3.5mm crochet hook chain 21.
2. Make 1 double crochet into each chain across to end. Chain 1,
turn (20 stitches), repeat for 6 rows (20 stitches each row).
3. Slip stitch in first 4 stitches of row, double crochet in each of next
12. Chain 1, turn. (leave remaining 4 stitches unworked).
4. Double crochet in each of 12 double crochet to end. Chain stitch
1, turn. Repeat for 11 more rows, (12 stitch each row).
5. Fasten off.
6. Tidy up all ends.
7. Sew up stocking and add hanging loop as with knitted stocking.
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When you’ve finished knitting your mini
stockings it’s time to sew them up! We’ve
put together a handy little illustration to
help you with that. Simples!
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Throughout the campaign we will be giving out prizes for the best stockings so be
creative with your stockings! Our favourite stocking of each week will win one of
our ‘knit happens’ badges and will be entered into a draw to win EUR100 worth of
knitting goodies (the draw will take place in December).
How about topping your stocking off with a different coloured garter stitch section
at the top. Knit a striped stocking featuring your favourite colours. Or knit a stocking
featuring the colours from your local GAA team! Knitters are a creative bunch so
we’re sure you’ll come up with some amazing variations during the campaign!
We will be posting up new ideas and new patterns throughout the year on our
Facebook Page to give you some inspiration.
We’d love to see how you’re getting on so you can also post photos of your stockings onto our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/KnitHappensStockingCampaign for everyone to admire!
Happy Knitting xxx