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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 6:33 pm Post subject: Knitting Art
Did anyone see the 'knitting art' on TV news today? They were knitting all sort of things, including a lamp & a telephone They even interviewed one 'knitting artist'- I wondered if there was a living to be made at knitting art

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 6:35 pm Post subject:
Go on Rob, you start, you know where to advertise your wares

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 10:31 pm Post subject:
There was an article in the Telegraph on Saturday. All the celebs are knitting. There were kits for making y-fronts and thongs!!

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 8:55 am Post subject:

This is in the news at the moment because of the major exhibition that opened yesterday (I think) in London, on knitting. I think it's by the Crafts Council or something similar - I heard about it on Today (R4), but haven't looked up the details yet. They ahd a couple of knitters in the studio doing a live knit-in to knit a logo for the Today programme. I didn't hear the outcome, as I got up!
Back at the end of the 70s/early 80s there was a vogue for knitted jewellery, etc, which was good fun - crown jewels, etc. I remember knitting plants - cacti and pansies; they were very effective, and made good presents. Must knit a cacti again

The machine knitting club of Sherborne did all the bits for Graham Norton's show when it was on. Anything can be knitted, and i have had some strange-ish requests myself in this department

Good fun, though, and a challenge.

Guest

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 8:57 am Post subject:
There's also a market for knitted clothes based on works of art; I have the book Knitting Masterpieces, where all the garments are based on classic works of art eg Michaelangelo's David, Monet's waterlilies, etc.

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