Knit 1 Pass It On is a new national campaign to encourage knitters to pass on their skills to at least one other person.
Yarn crafts also offer the most flexible and accessible creative projects, making them ideal for engaging schools and young people in craft practices.
Knitting can also use less obvious materials. Create unusual designs and textures using recycled materials, plastic bags, or even string.
Knit 1 Pass it On is the start-up pilot project promoted by the Crafts Council in partnership with the UK Hand Knitting Association as the first wave of Craft Club.
This is an exciting new initiative to introduce knitting and related yarn crafts into schools and clubs across the UK. Children are encouraged to be resourceful and learn traditional skills, empowering them while also highlighting creative opportunities in the sector, and routes for career progression.
All you need to do is pass on your knitting skills!
We find knitting a really friendly, sociable activity that is even more fun in a group of friends than it is on your own.This is the easiest (and most fun) way to learn. Depending on the age and ability of the person you are teaching, this could be finger knitting or the basic knitting or crochet stitch progressing to casting on and plain or purl knitting. The main thing is conveying the pleasures of yarn crafting and having some fun!
By registering you are helping us to track this up-skilling process as it spreads across the country…