Deadly Knitshade

Yarnstorm the Fifteenth: Tree of Tintenfisch

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Aug 15, 2011 in Berlin Book Launch, Deadly Knitshade, Germany, Lady Loop, Rest of the World, Shorn-a the Dead, Travelling Yarnstorms, Yarnstorms | 1 comment

What’s a graffiti knitting book launch celebration without a swarm of skybound squid (or Tintenfisch as squid are called in Germany)?

Baby yarnstormers and graffiti knitting artists in residence

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Jul 4, 2011 in Baby Button, Deadly Knitshade, London, Solo Yarnstorms, The Fastener, Yarn Corps | 2 comments

Things have been a bit quiet on the Knit the City front as our Yarn Corps are busy, busy, busy. Fear not! We’ll be back soon but in the meantime both Deadly Knitshade and The Fastener have been busy.

A Right Royal Stitch Up: Behind the Hubbub of Hearts

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Apr 27, 2011 in Deadly Knitshade, How We Made, Lady Loop, London, Shorn-a the Dead, The Fastener | 0 comments

Royal Wedding bells are clanging so loud across the UK that most of us can barely hear ourselves knit.

Love the Royal madness or loathe it there is no escape, and back in February we gave our own woolly Royal wave to the big event and wrote London a handmade love letter, with our Hubbub of Hearts.

Yarnstorm the Fourteenth: Bobbing Bear-lin Luftballons

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Mar 10, 2011 in Berlin Book Launch, Deadly Knitshade, Germany, Lady Loop, Rest of the World, Shorn-a the Dead, Travelling Yarnstorms, Yarnstorms | 5 comments

Once upon a time there were four sneaky stitchers who lived in a secret wool-lined Bunker in the heart of the ancient city of London. There they knit and crocheted and made magic with their needles which they sent out into the world to seek its fortune.

Permission to yarnstorm: Kirby’s Epic Yarnstorm

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Feb 26, 2011 in Deadly Knitshade, London, Permission to Yarnstorm, Shorn-a the Dead, The Fastener, Yarnstorms | 7 comments

When the world’s most famous computer game company loses one of their best-loved characters in a giant magic sock there are very few people who they can call for help. We were armed to the teeth with sharpened needles and were on our way…

Yarnstorm on Screen: Handmade Herd

Posted by Deadly Knitshade on Feb 22, 2011 in Deadly Knitshade, London, Movies, Shorn-a the Dead, The Fastener | 2 comments

The Handmade Herd has wended its way across London Bridge and disappeared into the labyrinth of London.

Still here? Want more? A last encore? Well, button those lips and slip behind this curtain.

Let the Magic Lantern of the sorceresses of Alt Artist show you the wonders of the Handmade Herd with Moving Pictures.