Where should I send my hats to?
When you’re done, please pop them in an envelope, write the number of hats on the outside of the envelope and send your hats to:
The Big Knit
innocent
1 The Goldhawk Estate
Brackenbury Road
London
W6 0BA
ps. We always love to hear your stories. If you have any interesting facts behind the making of your hats or photos to share then please pop in a note. Good luck and thanks for helping out.
Can I have some bobbles please?
We've decided that little woolly hats look just as good with or without bobbles. Therefore, we're not going to be sending out bobbles this year. If you want to make or buy your own to attach to your hat then that's great, but bobbles aren't a necessity. It's totally up to you.
How many hats are you trying to make this year?
This year we've set ourselves a massive target of over 500,000 hats. That's really big but we want to try and make lots of money for Age Concern (and we's like to see what they would look like all piled up in Fruit Towers).
How much money goes to Age Concern?
For every hat-wearing smoothie sold, innocent and Sainsbury's will donate 50p to Age Concern. If we meet our target of 500,000 hats this year, that will mean £250,000 for Age Concern.
Where will the hats be sold?
This year the hats will be on our smoothies in Sainsbury's from 5th November.
I have friends that like to knit – how can I get them involved?
This year we really want to help get people knitting with their friends. If you've got some creative or knitting friends and would like to get together with them to knit some hats then give Meera a shout (thebigknit@innocentdrinks.co.uk). We can send you a special pack to help you organize a little gathering.
I've got a snazzy hat pattern that I'd like to share.
That's great. We really want everyone to be able to share their patterns this year. You can submit ideas onto the knitting blog or pop them in an e-mail to thebigknit@innocentdrinks.co.uk
What's the deadline for hats this year?
So that we can get all the hats on our smoothies in time, we need to receive them in Fruit Towers by the 17th October. Hopefully everyone won't send them on the last day though (the postman might be unhappy).
What can I do with the hats I've bought?
If you have hats from last year, please send them to us again this year. We will re-use your hats and strongly advocate hat recycling. If you're not going to send them to us perhaps you could use them as an egg cosy, a ferret hat or to keep a table leg warm.
I have a question and need a human being to answer it.
If you've got any knitting questions then just contact Meera. She can help to get you started and sort out any queries that you have. Send an e-mail to meera@innocentdrinks.co.uk or phone 020 8600 3981.
