You may have seen Alex’s crocheted bunny body suit, but I’ll see that handiwork and raise you Urban Knitting. Trees, street signs, statues and gas stations, nothing is safe from these rebels of the wool.
SenorMysterioso
Ive hit parking meters, handrails, street signs, bike racks and utility poles but nothing so ambitious as an entire tree or a gas station. Impressive.
Nat
Too.. much… crochet exposure.. on the internet….
It was cool the first 3 times I saw it.
Now, unless it’s the Statue of Liberty, I’m really not gonna be anywhere near excited.
Edward
In her most productive years, my mother would make a pair of mittens in an evening. A sweater would take a week. Covering one of our couches in needlepoint took her (and my brother) a whole month. Pity they chose such a putrid color of green.
I can totally see someone like her helping to make a gas station cozy.
TwoDragons
Rocky Rook: At least I make something pretty and functional with my “unclassified psychological ailment.” As opposed to slinging baseless pseudo-intellectual sarcasm…
I’m getting kinda tired of all the wasted yarn on these “knit graffiti” projects. It would be better spent on making more useful things, like blankets for keeping the homeless or premature babies warm, or comforting a traumatized child.
–TwoDragons
jafabrit
I never view reused/recycled materials or art supplies as a waste, nor do I feel there is an obligation to single out which materials I should donate for charity or otherwise. Knit graffiti, such as our knit knot tree, gave much pleasure to our local community and to the local children and that is never a waste.
As for how I spend my time as an artist, as a community volunteer, I don’t really feel it is for others to dictate or determine how and what is useful for me to do.
You can see some of our public work, free art, knit graffiti etc at: http://www.jafagirlart.com
ps. I think the gas station is fabu and lovely to see some crochet too.
all the best
corrine
Jill Harness
Jafabrit, I think work like this is amazing and thank you for participating in it!
jafabrit
I think what is somewhat ironic is that we (jafagirl website) have been advertizing Project Linus for about a year on our knit knot tree page.
vero4902
I love the little sweater on the tree – I think of that as the beginning of the knitting revolution!
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