International Yarn Bombing Day returns to Merseyside town
Knitting graffiti's yarned tentacles have reached Germany, where "knitting guerrillas" have sprung up across the country -- but one group has taken on the special mission of sharing the cozier, friendlier urban art with people around the world.
Hand dyed blue speckled highly variegated yarn from Aberdeenshire Scotland. Choose your yarn base and pre order as many as you need.
104 letnia Grace Brett jest prawdopodobnie najstarszą uliczną artystką zajmującą się tak zwanym „yarn bombingiem”, czyli działalnością artystyczną polegającą
The Kostas was designed to evoke memories of summer, coastal towns with shimmering oceans and a specific coming-of-age movie, portions of which take place on a remote Greek isle and involve a pair of magical jeans… Airy, cool and drapey for hot summer days with a cotton yarn that will withstand all your trips to the beach, the Kostas is a perfect summer match.
Knitting and crocheting have turned into hipster pastimes for men and women of varying ages. But although they might no longer be seen as the domain of...
At Vila Nova de Cerveira, there’s an annual event that covers the town with crochet. Can you imagine how beautiful it is to walk among all these installations?
We're beginning our yarn store tour with a picturesque shop nestled in the little mountain town of Ojai, California. Cattywampus Crafts was founded by Anna and Kirk Nozaki, shortly after the couple moved to the small town to raise their adorable daughter, Naomi. Instantly inspired by Ojai's creative community, they wanted to make their own special contribution to benefit the town. Both designers, one with the knitting bug, they decided to open a yarn shop.
Description Brand Grab yourself a 100g skein of hand dyed yarn from our box of mystery skeins. These are one of a kind skeins that won't be repeated; often development colourways or yarn base tests. You won't know what colourway you are receiving until it arrives.. It's like a lucky dip for yarn! We currently offer our mystery skeins on our Squishy Sock and Squishy DK yarn bases. Market Town Yarns Squishy Sock yarn is a blend of 85% extra fine Superwash Merino wool and 15% nylon. It is luxuriously soft but hardwearing enough to be used in a pair of handmade socks. And talking of socks, each skein is 400 metres in length which is more than enough to make one pair of socks. It is also perfect for making other garments such as shawls and wraps. Market Town Yarns Squishy DK yarn is a blend of 85% extra fine Superwash Merino wool and 15% nylon. It is very soft and luxurious to the touch and has the perfect amount of give making it ideal for garments, blankets and accessories. Each 100g skein provides 225 metres of yarn. Hand dyed right here in Hadleigh, Suffolk; Market Town Yarns offers a continually growing range of yarn bases and colour palettes. Their Squishy Sock and Squishy DK bases are super soft as they are made from a blend of 85% extra fine superwash Merino wool and 15% nylon. In addition, Market Town Yarns also has a luxury collection which currently includes a Bluefaced Leicester, silk and cashmere base as well as an alpaca and silk blend. Hadleigh in Suffolk is not only a market town but a wool town dating back hundreds of years. It gained much of its prosperity from the wool and cloth industries. Market Town Yarns is definitely an Indie Dyer to keep an eye on.
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Town Hat in Imperial Yarn Native Twist - P102 - Downloadable PDF is a Knitting pattern by Imperial Yarn, available as a Downloadable PDF and includes instructions in English. Super fun to make, this pattern could be your next masterpiece!
el matador, 2007 Joana Vasconcelos caught the attention of the international art world in 2005 at the Venice Biennale. Her sculptural work is that which often marries highly intelligent concepts with playful execution. el matador, 2007 Her work will be immediately recognisable to some of you for the volume and dexterity of crochet work. However she makes important sculptural pieces which pull upon a great range of influences, materials and disciplines. Her output is prolific, having it's roots in sculpture it has grown in scale and detail, range and focus. From outdoor installations to video, ceramic, fabric, and hair, from feminism, identity, globalisation to alcoholism, themes of intellect and kitsch. victoria, 2008 Vasconcelos' work repeatedly plays upon the tension between the large scale of peices and the small initmate details of their technical execution. The materials and techniques used are employed to cleverly communicate subversion and strength, having great impact from afar then pulling you in closer. gorette, 2006 For example the monumentally scaled chandelier pictured below, A Noiva (the bride) is made from around 25,000 tampons. This is not just a simple ironic nod to that which is feminine, but also a global bookmark. This was shown at the 2005 Venice Biennale and understandably drew international attention and much admiration. a noiva (the bride), 2005 Chandeliers have been widely seen as great statements of status and glamour - the larger they are the more expensive and covetable. However this one has the impact from afar but none of the crystalline sparkle. The tampon would appear to represent a tedious chore in most western women's life, however Vasconcelos has remarked that a man she met in Turkey made it quite clear that it has further significance. In this man's culture, the tampon is frowned upon, seen as something that causes infection and destroys a woman's virginity. the island of love, 2006 Artists often use images of porn, brutality or drudgery to convey feminist sentiments. I feel that too frequently women's sexuality is seen as the dominating force in their identity (and increasingly used by women themselves as a tool for progress). Of course there are so many other complex components and persona's which create the whole person. happy family, 2006 The 'community of women' is frequently conveyed by images of domesticity, of repression or sexual subversion. In Vasconcelos' work I feel there is a more broadly feminine and more universal way of prompting thought about what it is to be a woman, not simply from whichever is specific to our own culture. My feeling is that her work is huge on first appearance, but it begs you to come and study the detail, learn more about it's complexity, contradictions, surprises or mundanity and draw your own conclusions. Perhaps that's an appropriate analogy for womanhood? happy family, 2006 Using crochet, a method of craft which has obviously been used throughout the history of most cultures, enables her to connect with women of any nationality. However the skill obviously has different implications to each nation, as with the tampons. happy family, 2006 It is interesting that women are fascinated with the doily, the beautiful intricate art of crochet and lace-making have undying appeal. Vasconcelos highlights our feminine instincts to clothe, covet, smother and suffocate by using them on an almost gargantuan scale. However these images are so frequently perceived merely as 'beautiful' and 'pretty' as the skill of the hand work is of course something so rarely seen on such a scale in a public arena. But it is refreshing to see the craft moving into the arena of 'art' in a revered way, gathering mass appreciation. contaminacao, 2008 Her large scale piece 'Contaminacao' (Contamination), shown in Sao Paolo in 2008 is by contrast a huge, sprawling, colourful piece which dribbles and spreads through the public space. contaminacao, 2008 It is viewed from different heights and angles, inviting people to interact with it. Made from garish fabrics and knitting, it seems playful and toy-like. Yet it creeps and spreads with parts that look like bacterial cells. It is almost like a strange sci-fi organism which could be terrifying were it not for the soft, colourful appearance. contaminacao, 2008 In opposition to the cloaked, paralysed sculptures of before, this enormous piece is warm and human, bringing people together both in the gallery and in the making of it. As men and women we all connect with fabric on many different levels. Therefore the piece here can be experienced as you physically journey along it and as you mentally and emotionally travel back through your catalogue of textile experiences and connections. joujoux, 2007 Seeing a celebrated artist using her work in such a number of deeply human and emotive ways, encouraging people to interact with it, becoming a part of the community alongside the makers, is incredibly refreshing. joujoux, 2007 It will be interesting to see if the recession and our move towards craft, recycling and a renewed humility will engender more such inclusive art. joujoux, 2007 Vasconcelos work is too wide-ranging and thought-provoking for me to do it justice here. I highly recommend that you follow this link to her website and research her incredible work for yourself. contaminacao, 2008 I am obviously concerned on this blog with the textile-based work, but her ceramic and other sculptures are equally inspiring and significant. I discovered her work via someone who sent me an email last year but unfortunately I no longer have their contact details.. sorry. With thanks to Joana Vasconcelos for kindly allowing me to use her images.
I’m back with another list of 25 more of my favorite art books! Be forewarned, this is a long post. I have given you extra details about the books and some ideas to spark your lesson planni…
Cowgirl Blues Material: 80% virgin wool, 20% mohair Barrel length: 120 m/100g Needle thickness: 5 mm Mesh sample: 16 = 10 cm Consumption for a women's sweater size 38 approx.: 1000g Care instructions: Hand wash Bridget Henderson founded cowgirl blues in Cape Town, South Africa. Bridget finds the raw materials for its yarns in exceptionally good quality in the region. It only processes mulesing-free merino wool, because mulesing is prohibited in South Africa. In addition, the finest mohairs are processed into high-quality yarns of international standard. Her own color palette, which always includes a plain yarn and a matching gradient yarn, is of wonderful beauty. The Aran single by Cowgirl Blues has a slight shimmer. The small kidmohair portion makes it extra soft but not hairy. Everything is spun and dyed under fair conditions in South Africa. The raw material also comes from South Africa! All solid colors match the varigated so mottled tones. Attention: Even with the same lot numbers, there may be color differences from ball to ball. We therefore recommend that you knit several rows alternately 1 row from the old ball and 1 row from the new ball when changing to a new ball.
In the remote cluster of rocks in the North Sea, knitting is a deeply ingrained tradition that stretches back for centuries — and persists despite the money that oil and gas have brought to Shetland.
Best sign of autumn in London is when my daughter starts coming home from school with conkers in her pockets. I told her that as they dry they omit a chemical that moths apparently dislike (and spr…
Created by the Italian yarn arts group Sul filo dell'arte, I've been watching this breathtaking project unfold for awhile now and although I'm not entirely sure where it's headed or if it's complete - ie, is the plan to recreate the full piece in yarn? - there is enough completed that I'd like to share.
Hello! My solid granny squares are beginning to pile up. Too many for a bag. I'm thinking a small blanket instead? (I'm rather partial to blankets as you might know...) As that pile of squares is growing - like my other work in progress (the shawl) - my travel yarn stash begins to decrease rapidly. Too rapidly. Anyway, time to explore the yarn shops of Chiang Mai. It took me a while to find them, but I did. In China Town. These colours are not edited. Can you imagine: the shop was quite dark, but still there was this unexptected colour explosion. Don't you just love it? I did... I didn't buy anything, since they were all acrylics, and I really would like some nice, preferably local, cotton. BTW, it was the first time I saw acrylics in skeins, I'm used to acrylics in balls. (And the skeins were rather huge too.) However, the vast majority of the yarn sold here is acrylic. Which I often use myself, but I didn't really like most of what I came across. By the way, the way the shop above displayed it stocks in a quite unusual way. Far more usual around here is this... (This was actually the first yarn shop I came across, by accident. I got hopelessly lost while cycling through town and suddenly saw these huge bags filled to the brim with yarn. I almost squealed. Ha!) And this. (Yarn in the back of the shop, behind the counter and wrapped in plastics.) Oh dear, I wanted to show you some not yarny stuff as well, but it's getting late already. Next time! I'll end this post with some crochet - which seems much more popular here then knitting. (Apologies for the bad quality of the picture.) Hopefully till soon. Many thanks for dropping by! ♦♦♦
Last year I missed acorn season completely. I think due to the hot summer, they came out earlier while I was busy concentrating on other plants. This year I’m early and they’re just sta…
Cowgirl Blues Material: 80% virgin wool, 20% mohair Barrel length: 120 m/100g Needle thickness: 5 mm Mesh sample: 16 = 10 cm Consumption for a women's sweater size 38 approx.: 1000g Care instructions: Hand wash Bridget Henderson founded cowgirl blues in Cape Town, South Africa. Bridget finds the raw materials for its yarns in exceptionally good quality in the region. It only processes mulesing-free merino wool, because mulesing is prohibited in South Africa. In addition, the finest mohairs are processed into high-quality yarns of international standard. Her own color palette, which always includes a plain yarn and a matching gradient yarn, is of wonderful beauty. The Aran single by Cowgirl Blues has a slight shimmer. The small kidmohair portion makes it extra soft but not hairy. Everything is spun and dyed under fair conditions in South Africa. The raw material also comes from South Africa! All solid colors match the varigated so mottled tones. Attention: Even with the same lot numbers, there may be color differences from ball to ball. We therefore recommend that you knit several rows alternately 1 row from the old ball and 1 row from the new ball when changing to a new ball.
At conferences, in your mailbox, or in their small-town storefront, Susan and Jim Bateman operate your local yarn store for weaving, spinning, knitting, and crochet.
Rope yarn: the bag yarn for practical everyday companions With Woolly Hugs Rope Yarn you can put them all in your pocket! You will definitely catch admiring glances for your very personal, homemade everyday companion. Use the trendy bag yarn to crochet original bags for strolling through town, smart bags for sportswear, pretty baskets for odds and ends, shoppers for shopping or stylish backpacks. And it's not just the result that's practical: you'll find the instructions for crocheting the bag on the inside of the band - you can get started straight away. Home decorations, runners, carpets or bean bags can also be made quickly and easily with the yarn. Rope is an easy-care and robust bag yarn that does not wear out even after frequent use. Available to buy in many attractive colors. Quality: 100% polyester Barrel length 140 m/200g Needle size 6.0 – 8.0 Care: Washable at 40 degrees, not suitable for tumble drying.
The Rowan Magazine has an exciting new look! It consists of two separate publications - the main Rowan Magazine and Rowan Focus, both of which come together to create the new look, bound together with a Rowan wrap. You can choose to have one or the other, or indeed both! Bookbound is a collection of classic yet modern,
A small town in North Yorkshire is mystified as yet another woolly creation appears overnight.
Inspired by the beautiful, scenic area around the conservation village Scarborough/ Cape Town (South Africa), this shawl offers the opportunity to play with two different yarns and stitches.
21 micron merino wool card waste. Comes from a large mill Does have some dust,which will wash out fine. may have some minor VM I washed and carded up some oatmeal color and spun up the nicely textured yarn in pix 3. Please feel free to ask questions.. YES! I do combine multiple orders Need a shipping quote? Convo me your complete shipping addy your name 123 your street your town state ,zip code USPS shipping ground and is 1 to 8 business days this is the shipping you are paying for. UPS ground 1 to 5 days I offer USPS Priority but it is quite a bit more,ask if you need it ..its 1 to 3 days delivery,I can give you a quote; I do a refund if you have one coming after I print your shipping label. Thanks and enjoy!
100% Handmade SZA SOS album cover inspired crochet doll 💙🎧 The perfect plush toy figurine for any music fan !! 🤍 I make the dolls by order so the creation of your order may take an extra 2-5 days!!!! 🤍 I make and sell a variety of music artist dolls for everyone who enjoys music as much as i do !! 🤍 I also take custom requests on my instagram business account @lox.crochet I’m based in sydney, Australia 2218 and offer pick up for orders to anyone who lives in town. otherwise i can ship domestically and internationally!! Made with 100% acrylic yarn and felt for the S on the jersey, takes 15+ hours to make and overall made with passion and by someone who cares for their customers !!
My woad plant (Isatis Tinctoria) suffered quite an extensive catepillar attack while I was away this summer. I thought it best to dye with it as soon as possible before it got all eaten away. This …
