CROCHET MY CITY

I love love Crochet and knitting. I learnt how to do it a while ago but I really got into it when I began my textiles program. I remember always thinking that it was for grandmas...since my grandma used to knit me scarfs and hats. However! it is not haha it is a great way to release stress and pass the time doing something pretty. I been very fond of knit graffiti and thought I would post it up. Crews of nimble fingered knitters are brightening up the urban landscape with colourful yarn covering trees, statues and even entire buildings. This just looks amazing and its a great way to introduce creativity and color to our surroundings. This reminds me very much of the work of the lovely Francie V (Sister Valentine's hearts & crafts) 

She took over our school! This is a bike rack near our studio, she crochet this wonderful tube to give a new life to our bike rack :D

above: entitled 'tree cozy', this incredible crocheted outfit was made by carol hummel, took 500 hours from start to finish, and stood for 3 years outside cleveland heights city hall until just recently.

above: top left - a knitted handrail cover near tullikamarinaukio square, finland, by knit sea. top right - a tagged guard chain in stockholm, left by the prolific masquerade crew. bottom left - a mooring ring tagged in stockholm, again by the masquerade crew. bottom right - a grateful and warm lampost in houston, texas. dressed by members of knitta please.

 above: this old abandoned gas station in syracuse, new york, was knit graffitied to within an inch of its life after a worldwide effort was initiated by artist jennifer marsh. over 3'000 panels were stitched together to cover the building and not even the pumps were left uncovered. 

AREN'T THEY WONDERFUL! if you're looking for more knit graffiti, following THE links below...
knit sea
knitta please
knitted landscape
ladies fancywork society
masquerade
micro-fiber militia
yarnbombing
jafagirls

Bleeding out

Hi Hi!
So I decided to start blogging! I dont really know if I will have anything interesting to say but I will always have pretty pictures. Technology is not my friend at all but we are living in an era where its all dependent on it so Im going to get with the times and get out of my cave. Take a walk into the woods with me...hope you enjoy what I blog about :D








First Post!!!!

This is a necklace and bracelet I made for my textiles investigation class. It is made out of red wool fleece, mohair red yarn and wire. It was wet felted all together. wire runs through the top part of the necklace for support. Small needle felted blood cells were included after as well as the button.

This is also a sample piece inspired by blood cell, I loved it so much that I hung it on my wall. Well took me a while to find the exact size hoop because it was cut as a circle and I didnt leave much space. This is hand stitched with red mohair yarn on hand printed and dyed cotton. The fabric was actually a sample for class, just playing around with color and print and Im really glad I saved it because scrap fabric and samples are always useful for something :D