knittivism

I just realized that this was actually occurring on a mass scale. I have know artists who knit things to cover stuff, such as a tree or something. But this, is a different way of looking at it! It is knitting as activism.

According to a very interesting website: http://www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk

Knittivism is
n 1 a doctrine emphasizing vigorous or militant knitting activity, e.g. the use of knitting in mass demonstrations, urban interventions, in controversial, unusual or challenging ways, esp political, causes. 2 the systematic use of knitting for political ends. knittivist n and adj



I got this from a blog about this knitting mania (not the greatest blog BTW, but this paragraph is interesting:
"The Joys and Ploys of Contemporary Knitting" by Nicholas Forrest

"There are so many weird and wonderful things going on in the the most intriguing of which are the practices of a group of artists that have been given the term "guerilla knitters". Now before you start imagining knitted camo wearing soldiers jumping out of Apache helicopters attached to a stealth length of yarn packing rocket propelled knitting needle launches, "guerilla knitters" are basically the graffiti artists of the textile world. Nothing is safe from the wool warriors and needle ninjas who practice their moves under the cover of darkness giving everything from bike racks to trees to public sculptures the knitters touch. One of the great things about knitted graffiti is that it does everything that painted graffiti does except for damage other people's property, genius!" One note here to defend traditional graffiti, it does not have to destroy or damage property and some would say it is a simple enhancement.



This morning I did a little more searching around, did a google search for Guerilla Knitters and came up with all kinds of stuff. Apparently I have been in the dark about this. I think this is great!!! How much fun?

I am a fan of regular graffiti but this is much more exciting to me. It has a gentle, feminine quality, a nurturing aspect that I can relate to. Going out at night and making sweaters for stuff. I love it. I want to join the movement!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone in with me on this? I will write more on this later.

I think one of my interests in this is related to my own work. I tend to refer to my obsessive circular forms as a 2-d knitting.

Good StuFF!!!!