Welcome / Fàilte
We must apologise for the long silence from us. The original organisers, Alison and Fiona, have been a bit out of commission for a while. Alison has had a major relapse of ME/CFS and Fiona is very busy with family and work, so it's been difficult for us to keep up with all the work that needs done to sew the pieces ready for auction. We're doing our best and, if you're on our mailing list, we'll let you know the news asap. Thanks for your patience. Watch this space!
September 2010
Following several days over the past year where people came to help us sew up some of the pieces, we are still very far behind with our project. The same reasons are holding us back, I'm afraid, but we do hope to have it all wrapped up by the end of the year at the very latest. Many many apologies for the extended delay.
July 2011
Stitches would like to offer participants the opportunity to buy any goods from our Cafe Press shops - UK or US - with a photo of your own piece on the bridge featured on it - email here for more details.
We also have shops on Spreadshirt and Shirtcity for those in Europe and the UK, as the postage will be cheaper than with Cafe Press, which is based in the US (not to mention possible custom charges, which one of our number has fallen prey to!). Both of these shops, however, have a smaller range of products and are generally more expensive than Cafe Press.
Susan Murphy wrote to say:
I LOVE my picture and my tote bag more than I can say! I told my husband that he didn't have to get me a gift this year, that he had already gotten me what I wanted. The picture of my humble knitting, sewn together with other pieces from other places, billowing in the Scottish wind over the water, with Skye in the background, is quite a souvenir. I am the envy of all my knitting buddies.
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Click the photo below for our Photobucket gallery
Click the photo below for a trip across the bridge
From the West Highland Free Press, Friday 6 November 2009
(click to enlarge)
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Stitches on the Bridge was an invitation from Luib na Lùban, a new textile art group in Skye and Lochalsh, to Scots, ex-pats, Scotophiles and anyone else to take part in an ambitious project to cover the Skye Bridge in knitting!!
The Skye Bridge links the Isle of Skye
with the mainland in the West Highlands of Scotland.
Our aim was to link this (rather large!) piece of guerrilla knitting with
Highland Homecoming 2009, a celebration of Scotland’s great contribution to the world.
Did we succeed? Judge for yourselves. The pieces of knitting and crochet were installed on the bridge from 23 - 26 October 2009.
A'Chraobh blog
A'Chraobh clip - Where did the idea come from?
A'Chraobh clip 2 - The knitting survives a night of winds and rain
Stitches on the Bridge photos (continually updated)
A trip across the Bridge (photos)
Stitches on the Bridge on the tv and radio & videos of a trip across the Bridge
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Buy your Stitches on the Bridge souvenirs
in our CafePress stores
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and help us raise funds to run the project!
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Come and join us in
one of the groups below
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