Every month we like to take an elite group of hardcore Qypers out to do something a little special.

So far we’ve been sushi and sake tasting in the shadow of Tate Modern, quaffed some classy wine courtesy of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, and made our very own chocolate treats in Notting Hill.

But last night we came upon our biggest challenge yet: knitting!

A dozen brave Qypers made their way to I Knit the ’sanctuary for knitters’ in Waterloo to spend a couple of hours learning how to cast off and purl and all those other mysterious skills.

Over the course of the evening we raided the bar (yes, a bar in a knitting shop!), ate party rings and iced gems, and attempted to get to grips with the art of the needles. It’s fair to say that some people’s needles moved a little quicker than others, but by the end everyone had a little bit of crafty goodness to take home with them and some people were definitely converted into true knitting addicts.

If you fancy a bit of knitting action yourself then we can’t recommend a trip to I Knit highly enough, the staff are fantastic and they’re open late for all your knitting needs…and, did we mention they have a bar!?

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On July 6 the London Transport Museum will be hosting a photographic scavenger hunt as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008…and Qype will be providing the prizes!

The hunt will involve some of those fantastic design features that get overlooked as we rush from one place to another during our daily commute, with teams of photographers rushing around the capital attempting to solve cryptic clues and snap the right things before racing back to Covent Garden to claim their rewards.

There’s still places left but they’re going quick, so if you want get involved sign up via the museum’s Flickr group, and we’ll see on July 6!

With 2008 just around the corner, we wanted to squeeze one more blog post into 2007 by saying a big Christmassy congratulations to the winners of our Facebook fan competition.

A few weeks ago we set up a Facebook fan page for Qype and offered a a free month’s worth of London travel to one out of every hundred people who signed up. We got a great response and, so far, we’ve amassed 300 virtual Qype groupies, so on Christmas day we took five minutes away from the turkey and Quality Streets and picked three names to send an extra festive present to.

So congratulations to Annabel, Madeleine and Sonia! You’ll be receiving your recharged Oyster cards very soon. Use them wisely.

And if you haven’t signed up to become a Facebook Fan yet, get over to our page and click the relevant buttons, there’ll be more competitions coming in 2008.