Urban Stitching on the bridge to Skye
March 31, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Community, charity knitting and crochet
Okay… now, here is an invitation that is hard to resist….
The invitation is from Luib na Lùban, (Lùban air an Drochaid in Gaelic, pronounced, roughly, “Loooban er n drawkitch”),
copyright stitches on the bridge
which translates to: In Amongst the Stitches.
They are a new textile art group in Skye, Scotland, that is inviting all Scots, ex-pats, Scotophiles and any other stitching folk to take part in a wild and woolie project to cover the Skye Bridge in knitting and crochet.
On their Ravelry page, they have listed the dimensions of all the pieces that they need. (They need a lot, and don’t worry, the pieces won’t be wasted! They’ll be re-configured later to donate to charity)
The Skye Bridge links the Isle of Skye with the mainland in the West Highlands of Scotland.
The plan is to link this gigantic and glorious feat of urban stitching with Highland Homecoming 2009.
The Highland Homecoming is an exuberant celebration of Scotland’s many wonderful contributions to the world, in October 2009.
Here’s the website: stitches on the bridge, where you can find links to myspace and facebook as well as other group links,
and here’s the link for the yahoo group yahoo stitches on the bridge and the Ravelry page
Get your hooks and needles flying! They need to cozy up the bridge to Skye starting now!
