June 4th, 2010
The entire city of Brisbane, Australia is set for a massive influx of public knitting!
Some of the I Knit Brisbane public art installations in the CBD will include a fingerless glove covering the two metre tall Sebastian de Mauro ‘hand’ sculpture at 175 Eagle St, a giant silk spider web and feature spider on St Francis House in Elizabeth St, giant balls of wool in Reddacliffe Place along with a crocheted garden in King George Square.
Go, Brisbane! I really wish I could pop over and check it out!
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September 18th, 2008
The NYS Sheep and Wool Festival (better known to bloggers as “Rhinebeck”) takes place October 18th and 19th in Rhinebeck, NY. This year’s featured breed is the Romney.
Squeamish visitors beware: the Romney is a meat breed, not a fiber breed. One can therefore expect the displays to have a meatier focus than in previous years.
Last year’s Rhinebeck featured a massive blogger meet-up – possibly the biggest collection of knitbloggers in the world to date. (Not to mention an unofficial pre-festival Ravelry party!)
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August 26th, 2008
The mighty OFFF is September 26th and 27th at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby, Oregon.
This year’s featured craft is knitting, and the featured breed is the Pygora goat. And of course, local dyer Blue Moon Fiber Arts is a sure bet for “most crowded booth.”
Bring your tents, your wallets, and all the patchouli oil you can wear! (I kid because I love.)
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July 15th, 2008
O’Reilly Radar reports that the first Ignite NYC event will be happening on July 29th.
The event will feature a soldering competition, and a host of speakers – including Rose White on “Weird and wonderful knitting — graffiti and science and art combined!”
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July 7th, 2008
The Knitting Olympics of 2006 began when Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (the Yarn Harlot) proposed that knitters challenge themselves to complete a project outside their comfort range during the Winter Olympics. It quickly snowballed into a massive, world-wide knitting event, with press coverage and everything. (My own father clipped an article from his local newspaper and mailed it to me, so sweet!)
As for the summer 2008 Olympics: Pearl-McPhee has announced that she is sitting this one out:
“”The Knitting Olympics will remain a winter Olympic sport played every four years just like other sports in the Olympics. [...] I’m not so keen on taking part in an Olympics hosted by China within the context of their current human rights issues.”
An unofficial (wildcat) Knitting Olympics will be held for the summer games, hosted largely by the Knitting Olympics Ravelry Group.
Many knitters are choosing not to participate in the summer Knitting Olympics in protest. Others urge a more active form of protest, such as participating in The Color Orange.
- If the Yarn Harlot link is down, try the Google Cached version of the post.
- An overview of China’s human rights record.
- Hey, it’s not all bad! China has lifted the one-child-per-family law for families who lost their child in the recent earthquake. (Or is this the exception that proves the rule?)
Yarn Scoop presumes that the 2010 Olympics won’t be boycott-worthy. Nevertheless, we resolve to keep a sharp eye on Vancouver just in case.
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June 13th, 2008
June 14th is World Wide Knit In Public day. According to the website, WWKIP Day is “the largest knitter run event in the world.”
With events in locations all over the world, I believe them!
Knitters, represent!
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