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Flock Update: "Join The Flock" (02.02.12)

Several thousand people have so far participated in the Flock public art project, co-ordinated by arts development agency Eden Arts, in Penrith. Schools, groups, organisations and individuals from throughout the UK (and beyond!) have taken part in the project and now Eden Arts is looking for many more people to get involved to help reach the project target of 5000 sheep!

Not only does FLOCK encourage creativity and collaboration, it also aims to help raise awareness of the wool and sheep farming industry. Wool now accounts for only two per cent of the world’s fibre production despite being a remarkable, sustainable fibre and many people are unaware of the difference between real wool and its synthetic counterparts.

The first large scale FLOCK installation will go on display at Rheged Centre from 10th-19th April and participants have until 6th April to hand in their creations for them to be included.

Click here to read full Press Release on our Community Projects page

Click here to find out how you can take part

Age UK Bobble Day: Friday 10th February

Launched last year in response to the needless deaths of more than 200 older people per day in the cold weather, Bobble day is back.

Bobble day is Friday 10th February the time to get your woollies out, make a donation and wear something warm and wonderful. As part of our campaign it would be a great help if you could promote bobble day in anyway you can.

There is a number of ways to get involved in Bobble day you can dig out your favourite or silliest woolly and donate £2 to wear it. Be a knit wit or you can pop into your local Age UK shop to brighten up your outfit with a colourful bobble.

The Independent: "Rising Textile Star: Deryn Relph" (27.01.12)

Click here for latest from UKHKA Knitted Textile Award Winner 2010

MailOnline: "Passing On Your Purls Of Wisdom? Katherine Heigl Stocks Up On Yarn At A Knitting Shop" (27.01.12)

Click here for news of a new celebrity knitter (Grey’s Anatomy)

The Metro: "Zoo Cleaner Knits Woollen Dolls Based On Colleagues" (26.01.12)

Click here to read more

Bradford Telegraph & Argus: "Eastburn School To Launch Knitting Club" (24.01.12)

Click here for news of a new Primary School Knitting Club in Keighley, Yorkshire

BBC Sport: "Rachel Cawthorn Prepares For Olympics With Knitting And Harry Potter" (20.01.12)

Click here to watch video of Rachel in action with her crochet hook

Matlock Mercury: "Charity Stitch-Up" (19.01.12)

Click here to find out how you can knit and help raise funds for Crohns and Colitis UK in Derbyshire

The Irish Times: " KNITTING: Stitching Has Found Its Time" (14.01.12)

Click here to read more about knitting in Ireland and famous Irish Knitwear designers

Internet Press Release: "KnitSpeaker Iphone App Combines the Ancient Craft of Knitting with New Mobile Technology" (14.01.12)

Click here to learn how a new app can help you with a stricky knitting pattern

Cambridge News: "Don't Be Woolly About Being Part Of The Games" (13.01.12)

Click here for news of a Wooksack 'stuffing event' in Cambridge on Sunday 12th February

Get Surrey: "Woman Casts Off For War Horse Knitting Role" (12.01.12)

Click here if you'd like to know how you get to knit for films

Gateshead: "Woolsack Take Sheep to School" (12.01.12)

Click here to read how South Street Primary School learned about wool, sheep, felting and how to make a Woolsack cushion

BBC: "'Guerrilla knitters' Head To New York With Their Art" (09.01.12)

Click here to read how Yarn Bombers from Cornwall have been invited to exhibit at Vogue Knitting Live

This Is Lancashire: "Knitting Project To Cover Clitheroe Castle" (07.01.12)

Click here to learn how you could be involved in 'yarn bombing' a historical building

Cumbria: "Guerilla Knit in: Yarnstorm Rheged! Saturday 14th January" (05.01.12)

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As part of the celebrations for the opening of WOW: 'Wonder Of Wool And The Art Of Knit And Stitch' the Rheged Centre is throwing open its doors to guerilla knitters from every corner.

Click here for more details

Fife Today: "Close-Knit Pals’ Woolly Thinking..." (05.01.12)

Click here for news of new wool shop just opened called 'Woolly Brew', in Pittenweem

Northumberland News: "Exhibition: Once Upon a Time at The Customs House, South Shields" (04.01.12)

Click here for news of exciting knitted exhibition based on children's stories

The Oxford Times: "Pledge To Knit Items" (03.01.12)

Click here to read how knitters in Oxford are knitting items for premature babies at The John Ratcliffe Hospital

Edinburgh: "The Yarn Event Calendar Update" (01.01.12)

Click here to visit organiser Shadowstitch's blog to see photos of items knitted