Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers

Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers has grown rapidly since the first few knitters put together a blanket in 2008. By March 2009 we had forty people knitting for us, in November 2010, we had 400 and now there are 2706 knitters.

We started with just one group meeting once a month. There are now 148 across the county and many other groups who now both knit, crochet and sew for us. Groups are provided with patterns, needles, wool, fabric and information about the charities we support. These groups are open to anyone who is interested and are a lot of fun with people sharing patterns, admiring work and having a chat! Find your nearest group in the Local Groups section. Membership is free and if you wish to join please contact Laurie Bolt via email at nkasmembership@gmail.com and include your telephone number in your membership request.

Many of our members knit, crochet or stitch on their own at home. For the housebound with no one who can take their work for them we are usually able to arrange for it to be collected. We keep in touch with all our members with a quarterly newsletter sent out by post and email and a monthly newsletter which is sent to members who have an email address. The newsletters has information about all the latest projects and events.

We work under the auspices of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) which is part of Volunteering Matters and they have in the past provided support in applying for grants and in managing the accounts. In recent years Norfolk Community Foundation as well as the Big Lottery Fund have supported Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers with grants which has enabled us to rent the Wool Loft in Norwich, set up Resource Centres in North Norfolk in Sheringham, South Norfolk in Diss, West Norfolk in King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth and to print and distribute our newsletters. We are now financially independent and rely purely on donations and money we can raise ourselves to fund our charitable activities.

We have many projects we knit, crochet and stitch for – we are happy to knit, crochet and/or stitch for any bona fide charity. These include hedgehogs sold in aid of the hedgehog rescue appeal, teddies for orphanages abroad and local charities, hats, gloves, scarves and hand puppets for the Shoebox appeal, sensory muffs and blankets for dementia patients and Care Homes, blankets and hats for the homeless, children clothes for Africa with Love – and so on. For more details see the section on Charities we support.

For locations and contact numbers per area please visit the website below