First of all, good news- my Hanami pattern was accepted KnitPick’s IDP project. They will send me the yarn to knit another, and then it’ll go on sale for $1.99 in their patterns section! Huzzah! I had to pick a new name for it though, as Sakura, Hanami, AND Yoshina are already patterns in wide circulation. So I’m leaning towards Cherry Branch Stole, which is right to the point and has no real pattern associated with it.
Second is to blog about another knitting joy of mine- knitting graffiti. Clandestine groups of knitters around the globe have been beautifying the urban eyescape with little swatches of knitting or crochet wrapped around… well, whatever they can wrap them around- trees, poles, signs, sculptures, etc. Here’s a pic of one in Brisbane (link):
So imagine my glee when my very own neighborhood got hit with some yarn bombing! It’s been months and most of it is still there. Quite refreshing, since I’m living in a city that actively suppresses graffiti with harsh laws, even going so far as to penalize building owners for not cleaning it off.
It would probably come under the heading of ‘guerilla art’. Good guerilla art does not damage whatever it is attached to or sitting on. Although some are exceptions, such as banksey (sp?) It’s just there making its own art statement, as it were. One of the things that good GA does is change the public’s perception of the space.
Checked on banksy, and I had misspelled his name. He doesn’t knit so maybe this post is irrelevant but what the hell, I figured if you like the work in the photo above you might like his work, too. Here’s his link:
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
thanks ilene! i’ve been a big fan of banksy for years.
my favorite thing about him is that no one knows who he is, and he always takes photos with weird masks on.