Knit your Nessie on Loch Ness
Making a Splash: With our Knitted Nessie Challenge sponsored by Loch Ness Water
We want to make a big splash in the run up to Loch Ness Knit Fest, and nothing makes a bigger splash than Nessie!
With that in mind, and to mark the launch of the first ever Loch Ness Knit Fest, we have teamed up with totally splash-worthy sponsor Loch Ness Water to try something a bit special!
This September will see us attempting to have a record number of your Nessies at Dores Beach, Loch Ness.
Which is where YOU come in…
We are appealing to the knitters of the world to help us achieve our goal and assist with our Loch Ness Water Challenge by creating an army of yarny monsters – yes, we need YOU to knit a Nessie!
You can choose any size, shape or pattern you want to knit or crochet a monster for submission (we’ve included links to a few free patterns available online below to help you out) and there is no limit on the age or location of Nessie knitters – in fact there will even be a prize for the submission that travels the furthest to take part in our challenge!
We will also be on the lookout for the best looking Nessie (judges’ decision is final) so feel free to let your imaginations run riot!
Nessie knitters don’t need to be planning to attend Loch Ness Knit Fest to submit a monster (although we’d love it if you could join us!) and we want to encourage knitting groups, youth clubs, schools and other organisations to get involved and start knitting their Nessies NOW!
Our Loch Ness Knitted Challenge is sponsored by Loch Ness Water and is planned for Saturday September 24th when all the submitted Nessies will be displayed on the Loch’s southern shore where they will remain until the end of Loch Ness Knit Fest, after which time the stitched submissions will be used to benefit charities in the Inverness area.