Oxfam knitting

Janine Woodward from Oxfam has emailed me looking for some Bath knitting help:

'For every mum, the day her child is born should be the happiest of her life. Yet, in the world’s poorest countries, many mums don’t survive to look after their babies. In the next minute, lack of access to health care will claim the life of another mum. In a year, half a million mums die because of poorly equipped hospitals, or because they can’t afford to pay health care fees.We cannot allow this to continue. Broken promises add up to lives lost.

We’re calling on all knitters everywhere to help spell out in no uncertain terms that enough is enough, that we won’t sit silently while this injustice continues. You can take part, and turn your knitting needles into poverty fighting needles by creating a square for a giant baby blanket – a ‘visual petition’ we’ll hand in to world leaders in September 2008. We’re aiming for 250,000 patches - one for every mum who should have survived pregnancy in the six months to September.

Square size: 9 inches in size
Yarn: any type of yarn is suitable, but preferably double-knitting weight yarn
Colour: all colours (and patterns) are welcome!

It would be great if Bath knitters could help us with this campaign – I’d love to be able to send at least 100 squares towards the petition.'

People should send their knitted squares should be sent to Janine (at: Oxfam Bath, Flat 5, 14 Norfolk Crescent, Bath, BA1 2BE) by the end of August 2008 along with thier name, address and email if they would like to be updated about what Oxfam make with the resulting squares! If we get involved, there may be a photo opportunity for us Bath S'n'B-ers in the press so watch this space...