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How Knitta is celebrating IYB Day

June 9, 2012
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Ever dreamt what it would be like to yarn bomb with Magda Sayeg – the world’s first knit graffiti artist? This contest may be your chance. Submit a photo to her and get to be part of her crew for a project. Rumor has it that it is going to be BIG MOVING OBJECT. Here [...]

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identity school

August 4, 2009

Images courtesy of identity school Jessica Glesby is the creator of the knit graffiti classroom project identity school. With identity school, Jessica has taught the skills of knit graffiti to grade 9-12 classes at University Hill Secondary in Vancouver, Canada. A graduate of Emily Carr University in Bachelor of Media Arts, Jessica has dabbled in [...]

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Ninja Yarn in Boston

July 5, 2009

Image from TamaraKnits Wow, isn’t this piece a beauty? The amazing KC Dyer sent it our way via this link: http://twitpic.com/80o7r. I’d love to see more work by these artists in Boston. A bit of internet sleuthing makes me think it is the South End Knitters whose work can be seen here: http://chiccyclist.blogspot.com/2009/05/south-end-knitters-strike-again.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/01/11/close_knit_tag_team/ Note, [...]

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Soundtrack

April 28, 2009

DJ photo courtesy of Steve Rhodes. Just when I think I’ve seen (heard?) everything, I find this. Yarn Bombing has a soundtrack – the ‘finest deep minimal techno mix’ presented by DEEP MIX MOSCOW RADIO. In other news, Magda Sayeg (recently interviewed here by the Gothamist) is at it again with another community project in [...]

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Identify me.

April 2, 2009

Kim from Round Rock, Texas has sent me this photo: We’ve been trying to identify the mystery knitter. Since it is in Texas and the colours are candy coloured and bright, I’m inclined to think that it is the work of Magda Sayeg, but I could stand corrected. Anyone out there recognize the artist’s style?

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Black ‘n white, and read all over.

March 1, 2009

I’ll admit it, I’m still on a stripe kick. I’m quite enamored with textile artist Sara Noble’s Zebra Pole. Crochet out of plastic shopping bags, it has been hanging the south of England for a few weeks now: Images courtesy of Sara Noble Sara says: I walked out my flat last week trying to think [...]

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The coziest bus in the world.

November 16, 2008

As promised, Magda Sayeg of Knitta Please has sent us some photos of the bus that she covered in Mexico City this week. I love the granny square bumper: And the flowered hubcap is a nice touch too: You’ve gotta heart that chevron work – especially on the headlights.

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