Knit your own Red Nose corsage!
The Knitter is doing something ‘funny for money’ this year, and has teamed up with top knitting company Rowan to create an exclusive knitted Red Nose corsage.
Juliet Bernard, the editor of The Knitter has designed the pattern for the Red Nose corsage, which is free to download from the Rowan website (www.knitrowan.com) with a link to the Red Nose donation page (www.myrednoseday.com/theknittercorsage) where you can donate some money for the pattern to help raise money for the Comic Relief appeal.
Red Nose Day takes place on Friday 13th March, with a whole host of people doing something ‘funny for money’ in a bid to raise money for the appeal. Comic Relief spends all the money raised through Red Nose Day to give extremely poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around.
Juliet, Editor of The Knitter said:
“This is a cause very close to my heart and I am delighted to support Rowan’s Red Nose Day pattern. Not only is this a fun little project to knit but it will also be THE knitted accessory to be wearing on 13th March.”
Emma Wood, Consumer Manager at Rowan said:
“Rowan is delighted to be supporting Comic Relief 2009 in association with The Knitter magazine. The Knitted Red Nose has proved popular with many experience knitters who have been sending in their customised designs with colour and embellishments, we have also been inspiring new knitters to pick up a pair of needles and learn how to knit – all in aid of this great cause.”
The Knitter was launched in January this year, and is the latest magazine to come from Future, the UK’s leading craft publisher, and publisher of Simply Knitting, CrossStitcher, PaperCraft Inspirations and ScrapBook Inspirations. Aimed at the more experienced knitter, The Knitter looks at trends from the catwalk each month, interpreting the trends into knitwear patterns.
For further information
For more information please contact Jen Campbell, Communications Executive on 01225 732269 or jen.campbell@futurenet.com
About Future
Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong market positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include T3, Total Film, Digital Camera, Fast Car, Classic Rock, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, Nintendo Power, Maximum PC and MacLife. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, and musicradar.com. Future produces over 4 million magazines each month; we attract more than 18 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 25 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports, syndicates or licenses its publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
About Rowan
Rowan is an internationally renowned handknitting company, whose reputation for inspirational and creative handknit design is unsurpassed. Originally producing yarns for rug making kits, Rowan now produces high quality yarn for the Handknitting market and is renowned in the industry for their use of colour and blends of noble fibres.
Rowan Yarns is owned by Coats Crafts UK, which itself is part of the worldwide family of Coats companies founded nearly 250 years ago and now based in 67 countries.
Today Rowan publishes its acclaimed magazine twice a year offering knitters both a Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter collection. Contributing to these magazines are many acclaimed freelance knitwear designers such as; Kaffe Fassett, Erika Knight, Martin Storey, Jean Moss, Sarah Dallas as well as our highly creative in-house team led by head designer Marie Wallin. In addition to this Rowan publishes many dedicated yarn brochures and books throughout the year which are sold through independent stockists and department stores.
