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104-Year-Old Street Artist Yarn-Bombs Her Town

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:05:02 +0300

104-year-old great-grandmother Grace Brett just might be the oldest street artist in the world. She yarn-bombed her town with the help of the Souter Stormers, a secretive group of ‘yarnstormers’ that recently yarn-bombed 46 landmarks in the Scottish county of Borders.

Darn! Men with yarn

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:37:05 +0300

We are proud to present our new Club Geluk’s Craftsmen calendar: Darn! Men with yarn. We made this calendar in response to the pin up calendars you see in automobile repair shops: pin up girls dragging around tires and other auto parts while showing their sweaty bodies. So we thought: our textiles and craft shop, which is obvious more of a feminine domain, should have the exact opposite! Therefore, seven sexy men feature our calendar with seven sexy knits!

This Eclectic Kitchen is Completely Knitted and Crocheted Out of Yarn

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:03:39 +0300

Fifty artists spent seven months combining yarn crafts with the décor of yesteryear to create this truly original piece: a crocheted kitchen. The cozy scene includes a table set with Thanksgiving dinner, a sink with counter space, a stove range, a refrigerator, a China cabinet and an assortment of wall decorations. Of course, each item is covered with yarn — from the salt and pepper shakers to the telephone to the lamp shade. The artists engaged a variety of techniques including knitting, crocheting, felting and weaving to achieve the masterpiece. They took some creative license and got inventive when improvising the eclectic kitchen’s details. For example, a white yarn tassel that hangs from a yarn-wrapped faucet simulates a spray of water. The project is on display at Warwick Art Gallery in England as part of the city’s Jumpers and Jazz art festival.

Artist Dives Underwater To Knit Cozy Sweaters For Submerged Objects

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:57:34 +0400

World-renowned yarn bombing artist Olek has left the city streets to take on the deep seas. Instead of covering trees, streetlights, and street sculptures in knitted yarn, the Brooklyn-based artist has gone underwater to knit sweaters for submerged objects in an effort to raise awareness about the declining population of sharks.