Subversive Yarn...

We'd like to remind you of our social networking site for all artists using yarn as their primary medium. Share your pictures and texts on the Subversive Yarn network with over 150 like minded artists.

You can also post your projects here, share exhibition info, add your links and list your knitting groups in the various directories on the forum.

Connect with like minded creatives and get some inspiration for your projects in the community..

http://subversiveyarn.ning.com/

www.artyarn.org

Please visit the Artyarn website, we have given the site a bit of a facelift and will soon be adding more links and activities in the new year.

If you would like to be linked from our website please e-mail us at artyarn@hotmail.com with your links.

www.artyarn.org

Arty Knitting..

Whilst on a residency at Artists Unlimited in Bielefeld, Germany, Artyarn's Rachael Elwell has been invited to make some small pieces of work for the annual christmas fundraiser 'WeihnArt 09' which will be taking place on the 4th December 09 at the Artists Unlimited Gallery.

Keeping things all warm and wolly for the winter season, she is creating a small series of knitted and crocheted canvases. Here is the first one complete, made using the mosaic knitting technique.

Follow Rachael Elwell's Artists Unlimited project blog here:

http://postcardsfrombielefeld.blogspot.com/

Siobhán Hapaska

No one to knit sweaters for (2006)

Looped linear thinking pac thing (2006)

artnet / camden arts centre

Diving into Textiles

Diving into Textiles: via the luxurious Little Lamb blog.

Alicja Wasielewska

Morph Chandelier by Alicja Wasielewska

Crocheted Fibre Optic material

Purlpuri Knits

Purlpuri Knits

"Purlpuri blog is mainly about art projects I am getting around to. At the moment I am very interested and inspired all the crazy things people knit and crochet. I am also interested in interdisciplinary practices, when people mix up with different mediums and try out new materials and ways to make things. This blog is to interact and communicate with people with similar interests and getting other artists involved." (Valpuri Vihriala)

Purlpuri Knits is a new blog by visual artist Valpuri Vihriala - Follow her work as she completes her final year on the Interactive Arts Degree at manchester Metropolitan University, primarily working with knitting and crochet as an artistic medium.

Mark Thomas joins the guerilla knitters...

Mark Thomas helps to give the Curlicue a colourful new look. Photograph: Joe McGory

For the braver or sillier souls among us, darkness provides the perfect cover for a little mischief, as Mark Thomas finds out: The Observer, Sunday 1st November 2009

"London is perfect at 3am...All I have for company is an urge to whistle As Time Goes By, a young woman called Perri and a bag full of knitting. And if you're wondering why I'm here, then that makes two of us. All I know is I am about to desecrate a public work of art."

Read the full article HERE...

Men Who Knit

MEN WHO KNIT,

Promoting the inspiring art of knitting amongst men

Men Who Knit
http://www.menwhoknit.com
A free, friendly community site for men who knit comprised of blogs, discussion forums, and other useful knitting resources.

It Snows with Knitting!

Knitters Needed

New Youth Theatre production calls for knitters and thier needles!

The Dukes Senior Youth Theatre production of “It Snows” will be told to a sensational, contemporary backdrop made entirely of wool.

With risk and experimentation at the heart of the rehearsal process, we are looking for a whole range of knitters across Lancaster, Kendal and beyond to put needle to needle, and to imagine, design and….knit.

We’re looking for 4 -5 days of your voluntary time between October and February…This will be a truly unique, highly original and fun process to be part of, and we’d love to hear from you. Please email: itsnowswithknitting@hotmail.co.uk or call 01524 598521.

www.dukes-lancaster.org/news

The Dukes Theatre, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE

Box Office: 01524 598500

Manchester Yarn Day - Saturday 7th November

Brought to you by the Manchester Yarn Collective, the inaugural Manchester Yarn Day promises to be "One day dedicated to our passion - yarn. Stroke it, knit it, buy it, spin it...whatever takes your fancy!"

The market opens at 10am; selling with wares of the Manchester Yarn Collective to start off the day and there will be workshops throughout including spinning and broomstick knitting. Lunch time will see a speed knitting competition and a pilates session for crafters will wind down the day to work away the repetitive strain injuries.

Saturday 7th November , 10am to 5pm

Manchester Craft and Design Centre

For further details, an itinerary of events, pre-booking for workshops and directions to the Craft Centre please visit:

www.manchesteryarn.co.uk

Knitting at Temporary Autonomous Arts This Week

Wednesday 4th to Saturday 7th November

A cultural, interactive autonomous space where people are free to be, free to create and free to express themselves.

www.forbiddenartsmanchester.org.uk

Over the three days of this unique alternative art event there will be a 'Crafty Garden Corner' where you are invited to come together in the creation of sock creatures, knitted and origami animals and crocheted spiders webs and the like.

The knitting activity of the event concludes on Saturday with a Big Knit Day encouraging people to knit up a bit of something with the aim of yarn bombing Manchester 'happy style' by attaching positive messages to their pieces and spreading good vibes through the streets.

And there's also the chance to participate in the creation of a quilt in support of World Aids Day.

All crafty talent is welcome and there is also a need for donations; any old wool, socks (not too old and smelly!) fabric, knitting and crochet needles, basically anything that can be made into something quite beautiful!

So here's your chance to get involved in the reclamation of space, transforming it into a vibrant, organic, techno artistic statement and make a contribution to an exciting, free and positive alternative art world.

In a secret location. Call 07762 599453 from Wednesday 4th November for directions.

And check www.forbiddenartsmanchester.org.uk / www.taaexhibitions.org / www.myspace.com/taamanchester for more details, a timetable of events and images of past events.

'Wooly Monsters' at The Roby Parent & Toddler Group

Over the last few weeks ArtYarn have been delivering a series of exciting workshops at The Roby Parent & Toddler Group in Longsight, Manchester.

The aim of the workshops was to knit and create a series of 'Wooly Monsters' to be showcased at today's Halloween party. While the children got creative designing the monsters with Tony, the Arts & Crafts volunteer, the mums and dads got knitting with ArtYarn to make the monsters come alive!

With knitters of all levels of skill, from complete beginners who'd never picked up needles to people who'd knitted previously and just needed a little reminder to get clicking away and total pros, it's been a fun few weeks for all.

And here they are; the Mighty Wonderful 'Wooly Monsters'!

From left to right we have; Igor by Sarah, Snot My Monster by Helen and Rowan, Blob, Zig by Rachel, Morag by Shameela and Rachel's Pumkin Basket (with a cardboard monster designed by Lucy in the background).

After a democratic ballot the three winners were; Shameela's Morag in first place, Helen's and Rowan's Snot My Monster in second place and Rachel's Zig in third place.

And I think you'll agree that they are all equally as monstrously marvelous!

You can read more information and see more images by visiting The Roby Parent and Toddler Group Blog.

KnittaPlease announces an open call for submissions...

The Knitta Book

Hello knitters,

We're making a book!

From Knitta's beginning, we have tried to focus on the community aspect of yarnbombing - how art brings people together across generational, national, and political lines. One of our main motivations is to inspire continued growth for the movement around the world. As Knitta has traveled to create our own tags during the last few years, we have met countless knitters and yarnbombers who are also participating in the movement. Out of our desire to document this global community, Magda is curating a gallery style book on yarnbombing which will illustrate the international extent of the yarnbombing movement. The plan is to include approximately 275 images from knitters [and crocheters] around the world that represent unique interactions with our urban environments, innovation in textile design, and an overall sense of integration between art and craft. We would love to have you contribute. Photos can be from past, completed projects or from projects specifically designed for the purpose.

Email to request further information on digital image submission specification and photo/project guidelines. Also - please pass this information on to anyone who might be interested! The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2009.

Thanks! I hope to hear from you!

Best,

Karen McClellan

Assistant, KnittaPlease

website: http://www.knittaplease.com/knittaplease.com/

blog: http://knittaporfavor.wordpress.com/wordpress.com/

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/knittaplease/26807645578?ref=tscom/pages/knittaplease/26807645578?ref=ts

Yarn Forward

We're delighted to have received yet more of your incredible handiwork for the Yarn Forward project at The Manchester Craft and Design Centre.

For more images, lists of honour of the wonderful participants and full details of the project please do visit the Yarn Forward blog:

artyarn-yarnforward.blogspot.com

Curly Crochet by Adèle Waples from Braintree in Essex

The Big Microbe Knit: Science meets knitting

Saturday 31st October 11am-4pm

Touchstones Art Gallery, Rochdale

Join us for a day of creativity as we 'knit' micro-organisms such as Swine Flu, Salmonella and the common cold! Find out more about the microbes we encounter in our everyday lives and some of the more uncommon ones. Learn how to knit and add to our growing colonies! This is a drop-in event for all abilities - bring your own knitting kit, but some supplies will be available on the day.

Click HERE for a downloadable PDF of knitting patterns for; Tuberculosis, Cholera, Salmonella, Common Cold, Swine Flu, Penicillium.

This event is part of the Manchester Science Festival.

Laura Splan

Catheter Bag Cosy, 2001

A continuous flow of blue liquid is pumped through vinyl tubing. The tubing begins as a tidy ball of "yarn" holding knitting needles and flows through a knit cozy around a catheter bag. Finally the blue liquid drips onto cotton padding. Embroidery on the cotton padding reads "familiarity breeds contempt". The photographs present the typical absorbency tests of diaper and tampon commercials.

www.laurasplan.com