Poppy project frequently asked questions – Where can I get a knitting pattern &/or a crochet pattern? Reception at the Civic Centre, The City Library, the Council website or we can post a pattern out to you. Please remember to your poppies to tie leave ‘tails’ of wool on them to the railings etc. There are some very helpful clips on Youtube to learn how to knit & crochet poppies. Where can I collect wool from? The City Council has a small amount of wool for volunteers which can be collected from Reception at the Civic Centre. There is also a limited amount of wool available from the City Library. Can I have more than one ball? We only have a limited amount of wool so not in the to get first instance; we’re trying as many people involved as possible. Leave your contact details and if there is any leftover wool after the first contact you to let you know you can few weeks, we’ll come back and collect some more. Can I use any wool I already have? Absolutely - please use any wool you may already have at home. Where can I buy wool? Wilko, Poundland and Habiknit in the Grainger Market have good value red wool if you can buy any yourself to contribute to the success of the project. What do I use for the centre of the poppies? A small knitted black circle or a black button. How many do you want/need? As many as possible the more we have the more places able to decorate. – we’ll be the deadline? What’s We need to have all poppies handed in at the Civic Centre or the City Library by Monday 5th November. be putting the poppies out/decorating the city centre? Who’ll We need volunteers to help put the poppies out w/c 5 November and collect them back in w/c 12 November please leave your contact details if you can help with – this.
Poppy project – frequently asked questions Where can I get a knitting pattern &/or a crochet pattern? Reception at the Civic Centre, The City Library, the Council website or we can post a pattern out to you. Please remember to leave ‘tails’ of wool on your poppies to tie them to the railings etc. There are some very helpful clips on Youtube to learn how to knit & crochet poppies. Where can I collect wool from? The City Council has a small amount of wool for volunteers which can be collected from Reception at the Civic Centre. There is also a limited amount of wool available from the City Library. Can I have more than one ball? We only have a limited amount of wool so not in the first instance; we’re trying to get as many people involved as possible. Leave your contact details and if there is any leftover wool after the first few weeks, we’ll contact you to let you know you can come back and collect some more. Can I use any wool I already have? Absolutely - please use any wool you may already have at home. Where can I buy wool? Wilko, Poundland and Habiknit in the Grainger Market have good value red wool if you can buy any yourself to contribute to the success of the project. What do I use for the centre of the poppies? A small knitted black circle or a black button. How many do you want/need? As many as possible – the more we have the more places we’ll be able to decorate. What’s the deadline? We need to have all poppies handed in at the Civic Centre or the City Library by Monday 5th November. Who’ll be putting the poppies out/decorating the city centre? We need volunteers to help put the poppies out w/c 5 November and collect them back in w/c 12 November – please leave your contact details if you can help with this.
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