Image courtesy of ArtYarn
I’ve been cooped up in the house over the last week. Vancouver has hit monsoon season and predictably, I came down with the flu. While watching an unreasonable amount of television during sick days, I began to knit Wendy Bernard’s Le Slouch which I found via the ever-stylish Jenny Gordon. I find seed stitch hard on my wrists but I like the way the beret is shaping up.
Yesterday I found out that the designer of our book is the uber-talented Diane Yee. I have to say that I’m thrilled! Diane and I worked together several years back and I know that our book is in good hands.
On the yarn bombing side of things, I’ve been meaning to blog about the folks at ArtYarn for quite some time. They have launched several new projects which are worth a look.
As part of the Liverpool Biennial, they have recycled plastic shopping bags into knitted works of art. I adore the washing tags that they have attached to provide information on the project.
Image courtesy of ArtYarn
I love the idea of knitting or crocheting with unusual materials. Strangely enough, I came across a tutorial on how to use plastic bags to create pompoms this morning. These could be used to create some flashy, weatherproof work while recycling.
ArtYarn is also knitting a jumper (that’s sweater in North American terminology) for a shed that they will reveal on December 18th. How exciting! You can read all about it at this link.
And, in random knitted news, a friend of mine sent me this fantastic link today of a music video that is animated with machine knit stills: http://drawn.ca/2008/11/09/knitted-animation. Amazing!
I really like the idea of recycled materials for the knit graf and the labels, really neat.
that animation is insane!!!
Hey guys, i have only just seen this post, thanks so much.
the pictures of our shed jumper are now on the blog.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Rachael & Sarah xx