Following the success of last year’s ‘Big Knit’ at the Perthshire Amber Festival, this year Dougie MacLean, festival organiser,  is asking people to get their needles out again to help raise money for Shelter Scotland.

As before, volunteers are invited to knit their own six inch coloured square. All the squares are sewn together by Dolly MacLean (Dougie’s mum) – to create a huge blanket, which is then auctioned off to raise money for Shelter Scotland.

Last year an anonymous bidder managed to claim the finished blanket for £700. This bid was matched by Edradour Distillery, and - along with a silent action of Dolly MacLean’s other work and various other donations - helped raise over £2,000.

Get involved

For guidelines and details of what wool to use and where to order from, visit the Amber Festival website. Why not send us a photograph of your handiwork or a photo of where you normally do your knitting, and we’ll show the world on our website and various social network pages.

Send your knitted squares to:

The Big Knit

attn. Dolly MacLean

The Old Schoolhouse

Butterstone

Perthshire

PH8 0HA

SCOTLAND

Join our Social Knitwork!

Don’t forget to send us photos of your square and place of work by e-mail (digital@shelter.org.uk) or via our Facebook or Twitter pages.