Hi All,
After the success of Saturday's stall, especially around the Knit for Poverty campaign, we're having a bit of a Stitch n Bitch as an opportunity to get together and get creative for the latest Oxfam Campaign!
On Thursday 14th August from 8pm, join us at Green Park Brasserie to have a summer evening drink outside (or inside if the early part of the summer is anything to go by!) and to knit as many squares as we can for the World's Largest Baby Blanket! We'll have plenty of wool and needles, so don't worry about not having 'equipment' and there will be people who can teach you what to do - so even if you can't knit yet, don't let that stop you!
But why knit a blanket? For every mum, the day her child is born should
be the happiest of her life. Yet, in the world's poorest countries,
many mums don't survive to look after their babies.
In the next minute, lack of access to health care will claim the
life of another mum. In a year, half a million mums die because of
poorly equipped hospitals, or because they can't afford to pay health
care fees.
World leaders have promised to end this travesty by providing enough
aid to deliver the medical services needed, but as things stand they're
falling well short.
So, Oxfam are calling on all knitters, and non-knitters who want to give it a go!, to help create a patch for a giant baby blanket – a 'visual petition' we'll hand in to world leaders in September 2008. We're aiming for 250,000 patches - one for every mum who should have survived pregnancy in the last six months.
This will really show world leaders that we are watching & demanding action - so much so we're willing to really put effort into creating the world's biggest baby blanket!
So if you can, do join us. If you would like to attend, please email to let me know. If you could
say whether you will be able to bring your own needles & wool, or
whether you'd like some, that would also be great! We're aiming for Bath to have it's own 'mini-blanket' to add to the petition, so why not try and add a square to the count!!
