knitting (or crocheting) for a REALLY good cause...

Calling all knitters.  Calling all crocheters.   Your skills are needed for a really, really, really good cause...

Last year the call went out to knit the length of York's city walls this years aim, as the poster suggests, is to knit the length of York's race course all for raising money, and awareness, for Cancer Research UK.

Here's how it works. Pop into Ramshambles to buy a bag which contains two balls of King Cole wool and four (yes four) knitting patterns.  You knit until you run out of wool then take the finished scarf back to Ramshambles.  The scarfs  will then be sold on the 22nd October at York's Marriott Hotel . 

So it really is a win win situation.  Cancer Research UK gets two lots of money  and you get four lovely patterns.  Plus the yarn is really chunky and lovely to work with, so you get the scarf finished in no time...

Don't worry that the 22nd is less than a week away.  Katie at Ramshambles mentioned that they will keep selling the wool and taking in the scarfs for some time after that.

Alternatively you can donate at this link.

So, come on get down to Ramshambles, get your needles and hooks out and knit, or crochet...