Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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Rob R
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Knitting ArtDid anyone see the 'knitting art' on TV news today? They were knitting all sort of things, including a lamp & a telephone  They even interviewed one 'knitting artist'- I wondered if there was a living to be made at knitting art 
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tahir
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Go on Rob, you start, you know where to advertise your wares 
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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There was an article in the Telegraph on Saturday. All the celebs are knitting. There were kits for making y-fronts and thongs!! 
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Sarah D
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This is in the news at the moment because of the major exhibition that opened yesterday (I think) in London, on knitting. I think it's by the Crafts Council or something similar - I heard about it on Today (R4), but haven't looked up the details yet. They ahd a couple of knitters in the studio doing a live knit-in to knit a logo for the Today programme. I didn't hear the outcome, as I got up!
Back at the end of the 70s/early 80s there was a vogue for knitted jewellery, etc, which was good fun - crown jewels, etc. I remember knitting plants - cacti and pansies; they were very effective, and made good presents. Must knit a cacti again The machine knitting club of Sherborne did all the bits for Graham Norton's show when it was on. Anything can be knitted, and i have had some strange-ish requests myself in this department Good fun, though, and a challenge.
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Guest
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There's also a market for knitted clothes based on works of art; I have the book Knitting Masterpieces, where all the garments are based on classic works of art eg Michaelangelo's David, Monet's waterlilies, etc.
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