Tag: SWI

SWI Creates Hogmanay Kilts For Aldi’s Kevin The Carrot

Stuart Mitchell

Members of the Scottish Women’s Institutes (SWI) have knitted Hogmanay kilts for Kevin the Carrot to help raise funds for ALDI’s charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust. The nation’s sweetheart and star of ALDI’s Christmas campaign has been ‘kilted’ out in made-to-measure Scottish attire courtesy of SWI members from across the country, including groups in Kinross, Dumfriesshire, Berwickshire, Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Ayrshire. Following the unprecedented demand for Kevin the Carrot plush toys – which sold out within a day – ALDI shoppers were given a chance to WIN a Kilted Kevin…

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Rodents Escape The Rat Race This Hallowe’en With Knitted Hammocks

Stuart Mitchell

Following a successful partnership earlier this year between the Scottish Women’s Institutes (SWI) and the Scottish SPCA where SWI members knitted colourful dog jackets to make dark dogs more appealing to rehomers, the two leading Scottish charities are working together again. SWI members are being asked to knit rat hammocks to provide a warm refuge for the rodents who love snuggling up together in a group off the ground. SWI Chairman Linda Retson says, “We’re often approached to ask our members to use their craft skills in unusual ways –…

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