Stitch and Bitch London

Stitch and Bitch London

Stitch and Bitch London is a London knitting group, who meet weekly in various venues across central London to knit in public.

The group is open to anyone who wants join. There are no restriction on who can join, and attendance is free.

Meetings happen all over London once a week. There is no set day. The group meets on weekday evenings, and venues vary from pubs and bars to cafes, and occasionally off-beat venues such as Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes.

They also send out a fortnightly newsletter, which include details of meeting venues, group news, knitting news, and the most bizarre and amusing knitting gems they can dig up on the web.

The group will also teach people to knit for free. Prospective knitters need to bring yarn and needles. The group has taught hundreds of knitters to date.

Stitch and Bitch London is an entirely non-profit group.

History

The group was founded in January 2005 in a South London pub. Laura Parkinson, Lauren O’Farrell and Georgia Reid decided to enter the world of public knitting. The group was inspired by the Stitch 'n Bitch book by Debbie Stoller.

In February 2007 Stitch and Bitch London presented the London Lion Scarf, a 550ft scarf knitted by over 150 knitters from 15 different countries, around the necks of the Trafalgar Square Lions in central London. They raised over £2500 for cancer research.

In March 2007 the team expanded to five, including Lauren "Deadly Knitshade" O'Farrell, Laura "Purl Princess" Parkinson, Joelle "Knitting Ninja" Finck, Laura "Lady Knitsalot" deLaat, and Candice "Go Go Garter Girl" Lamb.

In April 2007 the group won the UK's Largest Knitting Group prize, presented by the British Handknitting Association.

On the 9th of June 2007 the group organised the London Knit Crawl for Worldwide Knit in Public Day. Knitters knit in public on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, at Jubilee Gardens, at the London Eye, and in Trafalgar Square.

In December 2007 Laura deLaat left the Stitchettes to pursue other creative interests.

In January 2008 Annisa "Doctor Stitchlove" Chand joined the Stitchettes.

References

cite web
title =Stitch and Bitch London
publisher = (Official website)
url = http://www.stitchandbitchlondon.co.uk
cite web
title =Stitch and Bitch London Blog
publisher = (Official blog)
url = http://stitchandbitchlondon.wordpress.com

cite web
title =Secret scenes: Fashion
publisher =Time Out
date =Tue Sep 12 2006
url = http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1974/Secret_scenes-Fashion.html
cite web
last =Laura
first =Porter
title =Stitch and Bitch London - Knitting Group
publisher =About.com
date =2007
url = http://golondon.about.com/od/thingstodoinlondon/p/stichandbitch.htm
cite web
title =The Tuesday Interview... Lauren O'Farrell
publisher =Fridaycities
date =March 13th, 2007
url = http://london.fridaycities.com/radar/2007/3/13/the-tuesday-interview-lauren-o-farrell
cite web
title =Stitch and Bitch London Win UK’s biggest knitting group
publisher =Shiny media
date =May 21, 2007
url = http://www.craftycrafty.tv/2007/05/stitch_and_bitch_london_win_uk.html
cite news
last = Cherly
first = Krementz
title = VK:UK
page = 28
publisher = Vogue Knitting magazine
date = Fall 2007cite news
title = A scarf for cancer
publisher = Channel 5
date = 2007-04-04
url = http://news.five.tv/your_news_your_story.asp?id=384&fid=2
cite news
title = London Lion Scarf
publisher = ITV news
date = 2006-10-06
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-M1WZFjKXI


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