{"id":7146,"date":"2026-02-24T13:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:24:57","slug":"when-was-first-gardening-session-for-force-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2026\/02\/24\/when-was-first-gardening-session-for-force-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Soroptimist been Knitting One a Day in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A surprise donation of 36 balls of double knitting and Aran wool was made to Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists knowing we would make good use of it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2026,\u00a0 Jane Barnes has been busy knitting every day, either snoods or beanie hats for the Blythswood Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2026.<\/p>\n<p>So far, she has knitted 50 snoods and 10 beanie hats, suitable for women and teenage girls using\u00a0 the donated wool.<\/p>\n<p>Jane will continue knitting in coming months. As in 2025, they ran out of scarves at the Blythswood Collection Point in Maidstone. These are some of the essential items put in each shoebox sent to vulnerable children and adults Eastern Europe .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/01\/Knitting-in-2026-e1773325350423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7151\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/01\/Knitting-in-2026-e1773325350423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/01\/Knitting-in-2026-e1773325350423.jpg 594w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2026\/01\/Knitting-in-2026-e1773325350423-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surprise donation of 36 balls of double knitting and Aran wool was made to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":7151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[682],"class_list":["post-7146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-blythswood-christmas-shoebox-appeal-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why has Soroptimist been Knitting One a Day in 2026? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : Why has Soroptimist been Knitting One a Day in 2026? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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