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.
