http://knitthecity.com Your friendly neighbourhood graffiti knitting art collective Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:39:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://knitthecity.com/2013/04/05/blooming-brixton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blooming-brixton http://knitthecity.com/2013/04/05/blooming-brixton/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:36:27 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=2335
Spring! Hey, Spring? Where aaaaaaare yooooooooou? No matter how much we wave our fists at the grey and gloomy sky this year, Spring doesn't seem to be visiting us any time soon. Knit the City's Deadly Knitshade and The Fastener decided if Spring wasn't going to come to London then we were just going to have to make our own Spring.]]> http://knitthecity.com/2013/04/05/blooming-brixton/feed/ 24 http://knitthecity.com/2012/10/09/half-sick-of-stitching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=half-sick-of-stitching http://knitthecity.com/2012/10/09/half-sick-of-stitching/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:28:14 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=2135
On London’s lazy river lies an art museum known worldwide, That houses art of many kinds Including Waterhouse’s pride The Lady of Shalott.   To Tate the sneaky stitchers lope, Taking a single knitted rope, To weave it into what they hope, Shows traces of Shalott. Inside the quiet gallery, They tame the cord for [...]]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/10/09/half-sick-of-stitching/feed/ 2 http://knitthecity.com/2012/09/21/ng-at-tate-loud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ng-at-tate-loud http://knitthecity.com/2012/09/21/ng-at-tate-loud/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:29:16 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=2119
Join Knit the City for our latest 'Permission to Yarnstorm' installation 'Half Sick of Stitching' at Tate Britain. For one day only we join the Punchdrunk Enrichment and a gaggle of amazing artists for the Tate Loud event on September 22nd from 12-5pm. Free Weave a Woolly Web Workshop with Deadly Knitshade all day too. Exciting!]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/09/21/ng-at-tate-loud/feed/ 0 http://knitthecity.com/2012/08/07/gb-button-biathalon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gb-button-biathalon http://knitthecity.com/2012/08/07/gb-button-biathalon/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:15:42 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=2102
Challenging themselves, and the world of craft graffiti, today London's Knit the City aim to continue in their quest to break graffiti craft expectations, achieve a new personal best and get away with a bit of graffiti in an area of London stuffed full of security. Eek!]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/08/07/gb-button-biathalon/feed/ 4 http://knitthecity.com/2012/06/18/bt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bt http://knitthecity.com/2012/06/18/bt/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:43:54 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=2080
A giant woolly knitted monster has been released in London and you have a whole month to find him. Meet Dial M for Monster, or Muncher for short.]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/06/18/bt/feed/ 0 http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/15/phone-box-cosy-the-revenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phone-box-cosy-the-revenge http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/15/phone-box-cosy-the-revenge/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:50:26 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1942
There is one thing that Knit the City are definite about. It is our golden rule. We will NEVER do another Phone Box Cosy. No. We won't! Nope. You can't make us! Uh uh! NO! NO! NO! Oh go on then...]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/15/phone-box-cosy-the-revenge/feed/ 15 http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/stitched-street-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stitched-street-art http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/stitched-street-art/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:59:59 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1864
What's a typical graffiti yarnstorming day like for the ladies of the sneaky stitching Knit the City yarn corps? Now there's a question. It involves sneaky stitching and the great outdoors, but without a plan this one was going to be interesting... ]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/stitched-street-art/feed/ 1 http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/yarnstorm-boot-camp-bumped-to-october/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yarnstorm-boot-camp-bumped-to-october http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/yarnstorm-boot-camp-bumped-to-october/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:53:51 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1865
Fancy joining Knit the City at the UK's first ever yarstorming boot camp? Due to trouble involving radioactive sheep and an infestation of yarn zombies, KTC's Yarnstorm Boot Camp has been moved to 19-21 October 2012. Woo hoo!]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/03/08/yarnstorm-boot-camp-bumped-to-october/feed/ 0 http://knitthecity.com/2012/02/07/citys-yarnstorm-bootcamp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=citys-yarnstorm-bootcamp http://knitthecity.com/2012/02/07/citys-yarnstorm-bootcamp/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:17:41 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1837
GRAFFITI KNITTING NEEDS YOU! For the first time ever you can join two of Knit the City’s most hardcore handmade heroes, dastardly Deadly Knitshade and fibre-flinging The Fastener for a weekend of woolly mischief on the wonderful Isle of Wight. Quick! There's a limited number of Bootcamp places!]]> http://knitthecity.com/2012/02/07/citys-yarnstorm-bootcamp/feed/ 2 http://knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berlin-the-movie http://knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:22 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1768
In these dark and dismal times of civil unrest, crashing stockmarkets and tins of baked beans that cost an arm and a leg, the world really is in need of a bit of handmade magic. Back in March we travelled all the way to Berlin to release some of our woolly mischief overseas. Pariser Platz [...]]]> http://knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/feed/ 0