At Simply Knitting we do love a bit of hat knitting. If the end result keeps the head of a sexy man in uniform snug, so much the better. So the charity campaign being run by Loren Hope of Pins & Needles has us in knitting heaven!

Since opening wool and haberdashery store Pins & Needles in Barbourne, Worcester, Loren has been seeking knitters to knit hats for the soldiers in Afghanistan. “My aim is to have 500 hats and shoe boxes full of goodies to send over to the troops in time for Christmas,” she says.