New York has graffiti on the streets, but Stockholm has “craftism.”
It’s a street movement stemming from a local craft crew called Masquerade, who transform the urban environment with needlepoint!
Masquerade’s members – mostly female – use yarn and thread to create patterned bands, which they sew around railings, fences, street lamps, and other objects all over the city. They also embroider messages like “kram
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An American group did this out here in LA last month, and they’ve been doing it since 2005…so I think that, probably, it’s not really attributable to anything essentially Swedish.
Regardless, it’s an adorable idea. I love the way modern feminists have begun to embrace the arts practiced by the generations of women before them.
http://www.knittaplease.com/
An American group did this out here in LA last month, and they’ve been doing it since 2005…so I think that, probably, it’s not really attributable to anything essentially Swedish.
Regardless, it’s an adorable idea. I love the way modern feminists have begun to embrace the arts practiced by the generations of women before them.
http://www.knittaplease.com/
An American group did this out here in LA last month, and they’ve been doing it since 2005…so I think that, probably, it’s not really attributable to anything essentially Swedish.
Regardless, it’s an adorable idea. I love the way modern feminists have begun to embrace the arts practiced by the generations of women before them.
http://www.knittaplease.com/
yeah, this actually started in Texas.
yeah, this actually started in Texas.
yeah, this actually started in Texas.
that’s awesome! why doesn’t stuff like this ever happen in nyc?
that’s awesome! why doesn’t stuff like this ever happen in nyc?
that’s awesome! why doesn’t stuff like this ever happen in nyc?
Because who the hell has time to wrap knitted bands around random stuff? Or to go to city court to deal with the subsequent and inevitable ticket?
Cool idea, but New York isn’t exactly a city known for warm and fuzzy anything.
Because who the hell has time to wrap knitted bands around random stuff? Or to go to city court to deal with the subsequent and inevitable ticket?
Cool idea, but New York isn’t exactly a city known for warm and fuzzy anything.
I would love to see this!
I would love to see this!
knittaplease from texas was way ahead of the curve on this one, they go a few years back…i saw some of their work on a freeway column in seattle and it’s pretty impressive and so unexpected in an urban setting, i loved it!
knittaplease from texas was way ahead of the curve on this one, they go a few years back…i saw some of their work on a freeway column in seattle and it’s pretty impressive and so unexpected in an urban setting, i loved it!
Uh, it has happened in NYC, and apparently people do make time to wrap stuff around things:
http://www.bust.com/index.php
And if you want more, do it yourself
http://theanticraft.com/archive/lugh06/shoutattheknitta.htm
Uh, it has happened in NYC, and apparently people do make time to wrap stuff around things:
http://www.bust.com/index.php
And if you want more, do it yourself
http://theanticraft.com/archive/lugh06/shoutattheknitta.htm
Knittaplease and Dixie Chicks = best things to come out of Texas since Texas Toast. My favorites are KP’s car antennae and telephone pole cozies. (Oh, and DC’s Landslide cover.) Cuz it gets cold on the mean streets of the big cities! But Sweden must have some regional street art. Good luck with that, PolyCotN Cool.
Knittaplease and Dixie Chicks = best things to come out of Texas since Texas Toast. My favorites are KP’s car antennae and telephone pole cozies. (Oh, and DC’s Landslide cover.) Cuz it gets cold on the mean streets of the big cities! But Sweden must have some regional street art. Good luck with that, PolyCotN Cool.
HEY KITTA PLEASE
search 4 me in houston– you guys hit up my car antena once at an art show, and eventually it flew off in the freeway– i miss it, it had the coolest colors on it too.
HEY KITTA PLEASE
search 4 me in houston– you guys hit up my car antena once at an art show, and eventually it flew off in the freeway– i miss it, it had the coolest colors on it too.
HEY KITTA PLEASE
search 4 me in houston– you guys hit up my car antena once at an art show, and eventually it flew off in the freeway– i miss it, it had the coolest colors on it too.
HEY KITTA PLEASE
search 4 me in houston– you guys hit up my car antena once at an art show, and eventually it flew off in the freeway– i miss it, it had the coolest colors on it too.
um i meant KNITTA please..and why’d that post twice?
um i meant KNITTA please..and why’d that post twice?
I’ve seen it on the University of Missouri campus, too.
I’ve seen it on the University of Missouri campus, too.
e! you’re on the MU campus? (I’m from CoMO.)
e! you’re on the MU campus? (I’m from CoMO.)
Yes, I am…though I’ve noticed a lot of people just putting down initials instead of thinking of screennames, so there’s probably another ‘e’ or two, as well. I probably ought to think of something else…
Yes, I am…though I’ve noticed a lot of people just putting down initials instead of thinking of screennames, so there’s probably another ‘e’ or two, as well. I probably ought to think of something else…
That’s very cool. Reminds me of how I must dust that sewing machine and start taking lessons. Haven’t seen any of Knitta Please’s work in LA, must look them up.
That’s very cool. Reminds me of how I must dust that sewing machine and start taking lessons. Haven’t seen any of Knitta Please’s work in LA, must look them up.
emu, perhaps? heh.
emu, perhaps? heh.
Jgirl & MH: There is a lightpole with one of these cozies on N. 7th @ berry in williamsburg.
Jgirl & MH: There is a lightpole with one of these cozies on N. 7th @ berry in williamsburg.
there’s also one on Elizabeth between Spring and Prince, or at least there was last summer…
there’s also one on Elizabeth between Spring and Prince, or at least there was last summer…
Knitta Please came to Bumbershoot in Seattle last summer, and they each had fun names like P Knitty. They must have inspired some folks because now I see lightpole and stop sign cozies around town all the time–it’s so fun!
Knitta Please came to Bumbershoot in Seattle last summer, and they each had fun names like P Knitty. They must have inspired some folks because now I see lightpole and stop sign cozies around town all the time–it’s so fun!