A new LYS in Brighton

Kate standing in her newly-opened yarn shop, YAK, at 16 Gloucester Road, Brighton, BN1 4AD. Opening times: Tue - Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 11am - 4pm.

The lion and his hat

Spotted in Salisbury Road.
Photograph © J. Frense 2014

Knitting gets everywhere 2

Christmas window display at Specsavers Opticians, George Street.

Knitting gets everywhere 1

Christmas window display at Specsavers Opticians, George Street.

A reminder

I'll be at Cornerstone's Christmas Market with hand-dyed yarn, beaded stitch markers and beaded jewellery on Saturday, December 6, from 11am to 3pm. Do come along and say hello!

Fresh from the boat

Sign outside The Fish Shack on Hove seafront. It makes a rather good backdrop when photographing a knitted shawl!
Photograph © Mairead Hardy 2014

Waiting...

...in the sunshine for Brighton's Jubilee Library to open its doors. Knit and natter every Tuesday morning from 10am - 12 noon.

Theme Day - Triangles

I'm knitting here today; this is the view looking upwards from the comfy chairs on the ground floor of Brighton's Jubilee Library.
Visit the City Daily Photo page for April for other entries following this theme.

T is for two

Two knitters, Jubilee Library, Brighton.
This is an ABC Wednesday post.

Knitting (and spinning) at the library

Every Tuesday from 10am - 12 noon at Jubilee Library, Brighton.

The cheeky chappie

Yarnbombed bronze statue of Max Miller at the entrance to the Pavilion Gardens.

Closing down

Cocoon, Hove's yarn shop in George Street, is closing its doors on April 2nd. The photograph dates from March 2010.

Knitting in public

I spent an afternoon last week on the Brighton & Hove Libraries stand at a 50+ Event at St Richard's Community Centre - I was knitting to help publicise the knitting group at Hove Library.

The sunny side of the street

George Street as seen from the first floor of Cocoon Knits; this time we're looking towards Blatchington Road and in the opposite direction from last Friday's photograph.
You can see more of today's sky photographs at Skywatch Friday.

From a different viewpoint

George Street as seen from the first floor of Cocoon Knits.
You can see more of today's sky photographs at Skywatch Friday.

Braving the weather 2

Braving the weather 1

Outside Cocoon in George Street on a chilly, windswept Saturday morning, volunteers are knitting squares, handing out leaflets and collecting money for the Woolly Bus charity project.

The Woolly Bus

From January to August 2011 Cocoon Knits in Hove are running an appeal to raise money for the Martlets Hospice by yarnbombing an open top double decker bus. This involves covering the bus entirely with knitted squares, and we need about 4,000 of them.

Cocoon are calling on experienced, beginners or just curious knitters from all over the country - even the world - to pick up their needles and help. Each participant will collect sponsors and knit a minimum of three 15cm x 15cm squares. The minimum sponsorship amount is £25 per entry but we’re aiming to raise as much as possible.

To celebrate the end of the project the bus will be driven along Brighton seafront on the 20th August with contributors and guests aboard. After the event all blankets will be broken down and sent to Africa with the help of Knit a Square charity to help keep AIDS orphans warm.

We aim to raise over £40,000 for the Martlets Hospice.

For a sponsorship pack please either collect a form from any Martlets shop or Cocoon, 10 George Street, Hove or email your name, address and email to: hayley@cocoonknits.co.uk Please state whether you’d like an e version for you to print at home or a physical version sent out to you in the post.

Knitting and spinning

Jean (knitting) and Lynne (spinning) outside Cocoon, George Street, on the second day of KnitFest.

Cocoon's oranges

My LYS (for the non-knitter, that's Local Yarn Shop), Cocoon in George Street has an eye-catching display of knitted oranges hanging from the tree in front of the shop.