Transition Leytonstone has been offered 2 manual knitting machines.
Ros Bedlow and I had a chat about what we could do with them. There is the option of finding a good home for one or both of them with someone who can make use of them.
I also suggested that we could have the machine at some event (eg one of the recycling ones held at the Hornbeam Centre), asking people to bring leftover wool, and we knit a blanket there and then. For Oxfam, if they still need them, or an animal shelter if not.
There are instructions, so we might be having a session when those interested can get together and learn how to use the machines.
I've also offered my loft to store them, as Ros's house is getting rather full of Transition stuff. We'd need to find someway of getting them to my house - she thinks they are a bit long to be successfully transported in a shopping trolley each. Then I would need Ros's help to hand them up to me while I was up the loft ladder.
I can remember my grandmother had one of these, so it will be a nostalgia kick to see one working again. I will try and resist adopting one myself - I already have a long list of craft projects to get through!
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