Saturday, July 26, 2008

Hosier Update


Bollards have been stripped bare, pom-poms pulled and knitted pieces souvenired by passers by. Some have disappeared without a trace. Others have been chased down (in the most literal sense) by watchful Knitta friends. A few have been retrieved, repaired and live to see another day. Those that remain are weary but wont go without a fight! It's been a dramatic few weeks in the life of the pioneering Knitta Litta knits.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Installation: Hosier Lane









July Installation

Cloaked in mist and dark, a group of rebel knitters descend on Hosier Lane. A lookout positioned at either end of the alley. A team on each bollard, some to hold, some to stitch. Photographers and a getaway driver. "Knitta Litta" unleash their first installation of knitted graffiti art and "the warming" begins...