Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Monifieth knitters hit snag in bid for world record

Preparing for the challenge are, back, from left, Linda Grahame and Norma Duncan and, front, Louise Johnston and Moira Bowman.
Preparing for the challenge are, back, from left, Linda Grahame and Norma Duncan and, front, Louise Johnston and Moira Bowman.

A record knitting attempt has hit a snag, leading to a desperate plea for help.

Organisers hope to break the record for the most people knitting together but are still looking for a venue to accommodate more than 3,000 people.

The record they have to beat was set recently at 3,083 people by the WI in England and Norma Duncan of the Monifieth Knitting Group hopes to stage the challenge in Dundee.

She said the knitters are raring to go but have hit a stumbling block with the location for their attempt, which should take place in September.

Norma said: “We have had so much interest from groups wanting to take part it has been incredible. Everyone really wants to get going but we can’t do anything more until we get the venue sorted out.

“If we can just get that sorted I am sure that we can beat them,” she added.

The Caird Hall has been provisionally booked but, despite setting them back £1,000, its capacity is less than 3,000 meaning the bid will fail before it has even started.

The group has contacted universities, as well as Dundee City Council, which suggested an open-air event in Baxter Park but Norma said Scotland’s unreliable weather could lead to disaster.

She said: “It would just have to rain on the day and people won’t come down.”

The group is now pinning its hopes on Dundee football stadiums which offer some protection from the elements.

Norma said: “We’ve been trying really hard because I want to do it in Dundee. This is a fun thing for everybody and something I want to take place to combat the negative image of Dundee.

“I want to make Dundee the knitting capital of the UK, not the teenage pregnancy or drug capital.”

She has been knitting for more than 50 years but there is a mixture of amateur and experienced knitters hoping to take part.

“Participants don’t have to be good at all. What we would really like is to get people to knit a square each, then we can put them together to make blankets.”

The blankets would be given to charity and Norma said she hopes to put their work to good use for homeless projects.

Anyone who can help is being asked to get in contact with Norma by email at thebigknit2013@yahoo.co.uk.