Because, y’know, OlymPICS rhymes with OlymKNITS.(I only know this because of the book of the same name, published by David and Charles)
(via The Telegraph).
Category Archives: Guerrilla knitting
Ooh, a knitted boat.
And it’s actually going to sail, according to the BBC.
This is KTC in Berlin.
Until I watched it again, I TOTALLY forgot how cold I was doing it.
The story of the Frankfurt stock exchange and the Munich guerilla knitters.
‘They came bearing knitting needles – and left the bull and bear statues outside the Frankfurt stock exchange with a bright and woolie new look.’ More at Metro.co.uk
The Daily Mail on yarnbombing.
Some EXCELLENT cliches here.
• ‘As the guerilla art scene goes, it’s more WI than Banksy.’
• ‘Some might say this is vandalism at its woolliest.’
• ‘The craze is becoming so popular it has a fan page on Facebook.’ (Because simply having a fan page on Facebook is the absolute marker of popularity these days, isn’t it?)
“Crewe ‘guerrilla knitters’ mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.”
That’s a nice story, right? Thanks to BBC Stoke and Staffordshire for that one.
The return of knitting.
Yep, really.
Despite being huge over the last decade, knitting is having a bit of a resurgence this year in particular. Here’s why I think it’s happening, in a piece I wrote for the Guardian last week.
Alas, I missed World Knit in Public day.
But I hope you all had an awesome day yesterday. See more about the day here.
Deadly Knitshade does NYC.
My guerrilla knitting comrade is over in New York at the moment, causing knitted havoc of course. Follow her progress at whodunnknit.com.
