Saturday 13th June is World Wide Knit in Public Day – yes really!

Events take place all across the world and our Knit and Natter group are off to meet up with knitters in Harris for a day of knitting and chatting!

Some more information from the official WWKIP website:

World Wide Knit in Public Day was started in 2005 by Danielle Landes.  It began as a way for knitters to come together and enjoy each other’s company.  Knitting is such a solitary act that it’s easy to knit alone somewhere and sink into your work without thinking about all the other knitters out there.  Neighbors could spend all their lives never knowing that the other knits.  This a specific day to get out of your house and go to a local event
WWKiP Day is unique, in that it’s the largest knitter run event in the world.  Each local event is put together by a volunteer or a group of volunteers.  They each organize an event because they want to, not because they have to.
WWKiP Day is really about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity in a very distinct way.  In some places there are many different knitting groups that never interact with each other, on WWKiP Day they come together in one place, making them hard to miss.
Over the years there have been local events in Australia, China, England, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United States… and so many more countries.

After a couple of weeks with finishing jobs and starting new ones and friends visiting (this is my excuse for non blogging and there are photos of travels across island to follow) knitting seems a perfect way to be spending my Saturday!

and just for Bruce – a picture of my latest creation, Frank mark II, made specially for my nephew.