Come and visit our Knitter-in-Residence Susan McComb on the University campus during Wool Week. She will be kicking off her residency on Monday 6th in the Fraser Building (level 3) – opposite the University Library – from 2.30-5pm. Collect a knit kit, find out about Susan’s project and learn some new skills. For details of… Continue reading →
Our Knitter-in-Residence, Susan McComb, will be out and about the University of Glasgow campus during Wool Week 6-13 October. The University buildings have acted as inspiration for Susan’s project which translates the patterns embedded in the architecture into designs for knitting. There will be opportunities for knitters of all skill levels – from beginners to… Continue reading →
Save the Dates! We are exciting to announce that ‘Knitting in the Round’ at the University of Glasgow will be hosting In the Loop 4 on 26-28 August 2015. For those of you who have attended previous In the Loop conferences – in Winchester and in Shetland – you will know that this conference is… Continue reading →
Knitting in the Round will be in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire on Saturday 1 November 2014 at the A’ the Airts Arts Centre, 11 am – 3pm. We are holding an informal public event to explore Sanquhar knitting – its history, its current popularity, the skills required, the wool needed and the patterns recorded. There will be… Continue reading →
Our 2014 Knitter-in-Residence will be Susan McComb. Susan is a Textile Design graduate of Glasgow School of Art and has worked on a range of community knit-based projects including the Aberteifi cardigan knitting project (http://www.theaberteificardigan.com/) and the Marie Curie Hospice stitching project at Stobhill Hospital. Susan plans to use the designs embedded in the magnificent… Continue reading →
Commonwealth Flags knitted by Glasgow University knitters adorn the Kelvingrove bandstand. We hope the flags will feature at various sites around the Games. Watch this space or follow our twitter feed @glasgowuniknit
There seem to be a lot of crafty events going on in Glasgow during the 2014 Cultural Festival. At Glasgow Green, Scottish knitwear firm Eribe has a pop-up shop and hand-knitting demonstrations, and are contributing to the decor of the festival site! The Scattercraft community of crafters have been decorating the Mount Florida neighbourhood with… Continue reading →
It’s the first day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a wonderful community of knitters radiating out from the University have crafted beautiful flags of the participating Commonwealth nations. We are just in the process of putting these together into a giant bunting, which will be displayed a few places around the University and… Continue reading →
Wanted to give a shout out to Crossroads and Govanhill Church for the wonderfully knitted number 8 in the countdown to the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony last night. Clearly the Games have inspired a lot of crafting in Glasgow! (Number One was quilted so it was a good night for needle arts!)
We have our first knitted flag – Tuvalu – knitted by Myra. We will be posting images of them as they come in…
