I had high hopes for Washington, DC. This piece of knit graffiti was going to be a true masterpiece. I was going to plant a yarn-bama to knock your socks off. Unfortunately, I had a brief run in with the not-so-fuzzy-bureau of investigation which resulted in the crafty plans that I had for the J.Edgar Hoover building being scrapped.
I should have followed my own advice and planned it better – always know your location, scope it out ahead of time, and have a plan B.
One hour to plane take off, and this is the best I could do. One hasty and almost obscene photo. DC, we hardly knew ya.
On the plus side, I did get to meet the creative, talented, and funny Betsy Greer in DC. She has written an amazing book Knitting for Good: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change, Stitch by Stitch. Betsy has been a great advocate for the yarn graffiti community, and talks about Knitta in her book. Knitting for Good discusses activism, craft, domesticity, riot grrrl, meditation, connection, community, and charity – all in one book! I highly recommend it.
Tags: Betsy Greer, Craftivism, DC, Knitting for Good, Washington
so do you think they have started a special file on you at the Bureau?
yarn terrorism?
(like the bit about not taking your own advice!)
wow. busted. really?!?! scary!
ah,
that book is very sweet..
knitting thru it is the one I am reading right now..
Hi! I featured some of the pictures from your blog here:
http://artbypi.blogspot.com/2009/06/yarnbombing-urban-style-knitting.html
Thank you!