knitted graffiti
knitta started in August 2005 as a duo of Texan mums, with the tag names “AKrylik” and “PolyCotN”, since then they have grown to ten and are tagging the town with knitted cozies. “These gangsta mamas have big plans: cozies for car bumpers, hats for fire hydrants, carpets for sidewalks and, if only they can get enough people, curtains for bridges and covers for water towers.” (from houston press)
“We’re taking graffiti and making it warm, fuzzy and more acceptable,” says AKrylik. “I like the duality there. Also, I really think there can be a lot more to the new, alternative knitting craze than meeting at the local coffee shop every Sunday afternoon to make scarves together — not that I don’t like to do that, too.”
resources:
knitta please website
knitta please article at houston press
wholesome urban graffiti at city noise
knitta please tags at flickr
knitta crew are keeping their name – read more here
knitta please at myspace
February 16th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
This is great. I talked to a girl ones that used embroidery. On seats in buses and such. And she also did big cross stitches on those net fences. I love it.
February 17th, 2006 at 2:10 am
thats the best!
February 17th, 2006 at 7:52 am
I’m in love! Now I’ll have to head downtown to find some knitted graffiti and maybe make some of my own.
February 17th, 2006 at 1:01 pm
Hi,
That reminds me of a project in Tasmania where red knitted ‘hugs’ were wrapped around a stand of huge old growth forest trees to highlight their imminent destruction…
Check it out
http://www.leatherwoodonline.com/arts/2004/hugs/index.htm
February 17th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
I sense a movement approaching… :)
February 18th, 2006 at 1:20 am
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
February 19th, 2006 at 3:22 am
I love the scarf that’s wrapped on the telephone pole. And the knitted sculpture is great. The only other place I’ve seen knit sculpture is in the book “Wild Knitting”. I love it!
February 19th, 2006 at 3:36 am
Started in Terre Haute, Indiana today! Thanks for the inspiration – now knitters know what to do with all those swatches!!
February 21st, 2006 at 1:45 am
[...] earch Park facility grand opening. Secondly, I can’t believe anyone would do or support knitted graffiti. I just can’t help but notice that it’s just as illegal as graffiti, and you [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 am
I have mixed feelings about this. I like the idea of the everyday landscape having art/craft added to it, but this also seems a little like littering mixed with self-indulgent cuteness.
Maybe if there were an actual point to this (besides just using up yarn and “beautifying” random telephone poles–like the example Little Snoring mentioned above–) I’d feel differently.
Do love the colors in the pic on the top, though.
February 26th, 2006 at 10:16 am
[...] 212; Ben @ 2:00 pm
While I have never been one to knit, I find this mildly amusing. Whip Up, handcraft in a hectic world, has proposed and demonstrated knitted graffiti.
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February 26th, 2009 at 9:39 am
There is point to it kathym, if you don’t mind me sharing. It makes people smile, it gives children a giggle, it brightens up a dull grey winter day. I can’t tell you how many people in our village come up to my friend and I and thank us. It has inspired others to take up knitting, to enjoy a different way of seeing a street, a tree, a pole a bench. for our village it has brought much needed visitors and some have even moved into town because of our knit knot tree. They told the paper, any town that lets people put up a knit knot tree is the kind of place we want to live. Maybe I am blessed to live in a village that enjoys letting its citizens share their talents, and humour with a little bit of knitting.
Thanks for letting me share.