Category Archives: Knitting

Merry Christmas

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Well it has been an exciting year for us; we’ve launched our new website www.galttoys.com, our Wooly Windsors’, were joined by real life Wills and Kate look-a-likes to launch our new Knit a Friend kit at Toy Fair; We went on the search for the Face of Galt looking for four children to make up our very own Galt Team - the next Professor Galt, Leonardo DiGaltici, Princess Galt and Baby Galt (winners will be announced in Jan 2012) and we have exciting products coming out in 2012 – so watch this space!

If you and your kiddies want to get creative over the Christmas break, while waiting for that jolly fellow in red to come down the chimney, we have some fantastic Christmas crafty make and dos for you!

Salt Dough Decorations – Get ready for Christmas by making these sparkly decorations! This is a wonderful craft activity for all the family to get into the Christmas spirit. Put on the Christmas music and an apron and get making your own unique decorations! Mix salt, flour and water together to make the dough, cut out your decorations using the templates provided and leave to dry. Finish by painting and decorating them with glitter and sequins. Download the instructions here.

Knit a Reindeer – Put a smile on everyone’s face at Christmas with our fun knitted reindeer. He will be a perfect addition to your Christmas decorations or a delightful festive gift. Simply download the step by step guide from the Activity Zone and knit the simple shapes, fill with stuffing and sew together. Add felt antlers and a red nose to complete your little Rudolph. To make your reindeer, you need to be able to cast on, cast off, increase, decrease, work garter and stocking stitch.

Christmas Stocking Decorations – Our mini make and do stockings are perfect for decorating the Christmas tree, fireplace or for holding small gifts. You can use the fabrics we have suggested or fabrics that suit your own Christmas display. Be creative and decorate your stockings with sequins, ribbons and glitter. Download the templates and easy instructions then get sewing!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from all of us here at Galt Toys

 

 

Have You Knitted Yours?

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The Royal Wedding

Only two days to go (eek!) until the Royal Wedding on Friday so we are all getting very excited! With over one million expected to descend on London to watch the happy couple many of us will be saying ‘I do’ to a wedding street party….

So how are your decorations coming along? If you are in need of a little inspiration we have the perfect Royal Wedding party pack for the children to get cutting and sticking with! Simply download our Royal Wedding party pack containing bunting, flags and paper chains for FREE via our Activity Zone and follow the instructions.

At the beginning of February we promised you no commemorative china and tea towels! Instead we created the Woolly Windsors – our knitted Wills & Kate – to celebrate the Royal Wedding, but also to launch our new Knit-a-Friend kit.

Well, we have had some fantastic knitted Royal Couples sent in – so a BIG Thank You to all those who joined in the celebrations by making the fabulous dolls. If you still fancy having a go you can! Just download the pattern of the James Galt Royal
Couple from www.galttoys.com.

Show us your knits!

With an estimated TV audience of three billion (40% of the world’s population!) I’m sure there are many who could ‘knit one, pearl one’ while watching the ceremony on telly – With this stitch I thee wed…

Don’t forget our Art & Craft experts have also created a Cute Corgi for you and your kids to make too. Wouldn’t he be just the perfect addition to celebrate the Royal Wedding?

Whatever you are doing this Friday, street party or family gathering, we would love to hear about it – please do share with us…

Enjoy your Royal Wedding party!

WITH THIS STITCH I THEE WED

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Royal Wedding fever has gripped the nation and predictably, as night follows day, so has a variety of merchandise to mark the occasion.

Naturally, the Galt Team will be celebrating the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, but we won’t be building up a stock of commemorative china and tea towels!   Oh no, we will be creating the Woolly Windsors.

Yes, you have guessed it – we have knitted Wills & Kate, not only to celebrate the Royal Wedding on the 29th April, but to launch our new Knit a Friend kit.

Fancy knitting your own Will and Kate?

The Knitted Royal Couple made their first public appearance at Toy Fair on Tuesday 25th January, 2011.  Hand knitted by Lucy in our product design team, these 30cm high figures were joined by ‘real life’ Kate Middleton and Prince William look-a-likes, Kate Bevan and Andy Walker, on the James Galt stand at the UK toy industry’s annual trade showcase in London.

Fancy knitting your own Will and Kate? You can! Just download the pattern of the James Galt’s Royal Couple from www.jamesgalt.com.  All the completed knitted couples will be showcased on our Facebook page, so come on your nutty knitters!  Get knitting and email us your pictures or even upload them directly yourselves.

Apparently, Peter Andre has received an invite to this wedding of the year – so if you’d rather knit a pop star, or any other invitees, we’re more than happy to showcase other knitted wedding guests on Facebook.

A Heads Up for Half Term…

This half-term do keep a look-out on the James Galt website for more Royal Wedding ‘Make and Dos’.   We will be putting in the site’s Activity Zone a make-your-own wedding party with bunting and flags and helping you put together a memory scrapbook – a wonderful keepsake – and great fun for the kids!  

The Knit a Friend kit will be availabKnit a doll that looks like you and your best friend with the new James Galt Knit a Friend Kit. le to buy from the James Galt website from mid/late February, priced £14.99. It’s suitable for 8 yrs to adult. 

Keeeeep Knitting!