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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June 4th, 2010
Bing has a news video about a woman who made a pair of sweaters for herself and her husband, out of spun dog fur. Her sweater is white (from their Samoyed) and her husband’s sweater is brown (from their Lapphund).
Check it out!
I’ve knit with dog fur spun from Newfoundlands. It behaves a lot like angora or mohair. It hasn’t any bounce or memory, so I recommend either blending it 50/50 with wool when spinning, or knitting it held together with a strand of wool yarn.
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June 2nd, 2010
In response to a display of guerrilla knitting attached to a public sculpture, the city of Berkeley CA is laying down the law.
Berkeley City’s Civic Arts Coordinator Mary Ann Merker visited a nearby knitting and crafts studio yesterday to let them know that altering or defacing a piece of public art constitutes a violation of Federal law.
Federal? Really? Personally, I’d challenge that in court. (If I had infinite funds and time, of course.) I can see it being a violation of a city ordinance, but unless the Federal government bought the sculpture, I don’t see how it could be a “violation of Federal law.”
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May 31st, 2010
In England, a group of knitters has been commissioned by the National Health Service (NHS) to knit model breasts.
The knitted breast replicas are much useful when teaching new mothers about breastfeeding. Particularly compared to the balloons which the NHS nurses and breastfeeding consultants formerly used.
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April 28th, 2010
It doesn’t sound like any of the songs are actually about knitting, but it’s still kinda neat!
By substituting older instruments for the macho posturing of electric guitars, she’s unearthed a fresh and spectacular soundscape that bears a timeless affinity with her achingly beautiful, husky, feminine voice.
PROTIP: If you’re looking for a knitting song you can’t quite remember, then you’re probably thinking of either “Undone – The Sweater Song” by Weezer or “The Sweater” by Meryn Cadell.
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April 26th, 2010
USA Today has a profile of a knitter of Dr. Who scarves.
“That was the seventh Doctor Who scarf I’ve knitted this year,” Tara said. “Last year, I knitted 16 of them.”
No mention of the BBC’s nasty predilection for sending “cease and desist” letters to knitters who dare print the patterns on their website.
Image copyright USA Today.
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April 25th, 2010
The Statesman has an in-depth article about a local yarn bomber.
In the art world, she’s the queen of knit graffiti, a movement she is widely credited with having started five years ago. Knit graffiti, or yarn bombing, is the crafters equivalent of a person grabbing a can of spray paint to tag a building.
Image copyright American-Statesman
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August 9th, 2008
Atlanta-area resident Cassie is knitting the entire first level of Super Mario Brothers in scarf form. Follow along on The Mario Scarf blog!
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July 24th, 2008
A group of Australian knitters aims to put together Australia’s longest scarf. Their goal is 30 kilometers (18.6 miles). So far they have put together 24 kilometers, and contributions continue to arrive.
(I’m sure the hard part is the stitching up!)
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July 17th, 2008
Stitch For Senate turns the charitable knitting of helmet liners for Marines on its head. (Get it? Head!)
The artist’s goal is to send a hand-knit helmet liner to every member of the Senate in time for the 2008 Senate elections. (The recipients can then opt to send the helmet liner on to a real life soldier engaged on the front lines in Iraq.)
The deadline for submission is August 16th, 2008. Instructions on knitting and sending in your submission can be found at the Stitch For Senate website and at the Stitch For Senate blog.
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