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"Submit to the Knit"

Stitch and Bitch London is a London knitting group, who meet weekly in various venues across cental London to knit.

The group includes knitters from 16+ years old.

Meetings happen all over London once a week. There is no set day.

They also send out a fortnightly newsletter, which include details of meeting venues, group news, knitting news, and the most bizarre and amusing knitting gems they can dig up on the web.

The group will also teach people to knit for free. Prospective knitters need to bring yarn and needles. The group has taught hundreds of knitters to date.

History

The group was founded in January 2005 on a chilly December night in a South London pub. Laura Parkinson, Lauren O’Farrell and Georgia Reid decided to enter the world of public knitting.

In May 2007 the team expanded to five. The S&B London are Stitchettes: Lauren "Deadly Knitshade" O'Farrell, Laura "Purl Princess" Parkinson, Joelle "Knitting Ninja" Finck, Laura "Lady Knitsalot" Delaat and Candice "Go Go Garter Girl" Lamb.

In February 2007 Stitch and Bitch London proudly presented the [London Lion Scarf], a 550ft scarf knitted by over 150 knitters from 15 different countries, around the necks of the Trafalgar Square Lions in central London. They raised over £2500 for Cancer Research.

In March 2007 the group won the UK's Largest Knitting Group prize, presented to the by the British Handknitting Association.

The continue to knit, teach for free, stage knitting events, and contribute to charity.

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