Needles were put to the ultimate test as knitters came together in Nottingham to make the largest knitted hat in the UK for charity. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Big Knit, which sees people knit mini hats for the tops of Innocent smoothie bottles to help Age UK provide services and support to older people.
To celebrate the occasion, knitters from across the country gathered in Nottingham's Albert Hall on Monday to knit the biggest bobble hat in the UK – which was roughly 23ft tall and 20ft wide, 817 kilos and made up of 545 knitted squares. Adam Rostom, who sparked the Big Knit idea, was one of the participants and said that the experience was exciting and required “a huge amount of co-operation and participation” from the volunteers.
“I was excited to see it come together and I’m also excited for what happens to it afterwards – it’s going to be broken up and given to other charities to keep people warm over winter”, the 47-year-old told the PA new agency. “I think it took two million yards of yarn to make it – so a huge amount of yarn.”
