Since 2009, Deadly Knitshade and her covert group of dyed-in-the-wool knitting ninjas have been transforming the grey streets of London in a riot of woolly colour one stitch at a time. No corner is safe from their yarnstorms sublime crafty marriages of street art and knitting which have baffled policemen, delighted tourists, and brought a touch of much-needed homespun colour into the everyday lives of Londoners. Knit the City's handmade mischief transformed a forlorn ballerina outside the Royal Opera House, cosied a Parliament Square phone box and conjured a 13-ft spider's web, replete with doomed insects and fairies, in a tunnel beneath Waterloo station. Their daring arty feats will ensure that you never see knitting or London the same way again.
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'They do graffiti using knitted...things. It's a novel approach. It's different. And it's not as...er...offensive!' --Keith Lemon
`The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible.' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
'New Craze guerrilla knitting aims to liven up dull cities. Find out what yarnstorming knitting ninjas have been up to including telephone box cosies and be amazed.' --Saga Magazine, August 2011 --Reviews for Knit the City
'The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
`The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible.' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
`The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible.' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
'New Craze guerrilla knitting aims to liven up dull cities. Find out what yarnstorming knitting ninjas have been up to including telephone box cosies and be amazed.' --Saga Magazine, August 2011 --Reviews for Knit the City
'The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
`The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House was absolutely incredible.' --Phillip Schofield on This Morning
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By J. Shurin
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A bit of background: these folks are crazy. A wonderful, wonderful type of crazy. "Knit the City" are a collective of guerilla knitters who occasionally descend on public places and do adorable and squashy things to them. Initially (as documented in the early chapters of the book), Deadly Knitshade would just stalk around and put socks on things - lots of rails and poles and such got fuzzy stripes.
From there, the projects got more complicated and involved more naughty needles as the group expanded. A woolly web in the tunnels near Waterloo Station. A complete set of knitted, er, bits to match the old "Shillings and Farthings" rhyme... (the Vicar of St. Clements must have been charmed to find a stack of furry oranges on the door that morning). Twenty miles of tiny sheep. A pirate invasion (including Captain Cheesebeard, the best pirate ever). A suitably sweet Valentine's Day celebration that involved decking out Piccadilly Circus in happy hearts.
The piece de fuzzy resistance is, of course, Plarchie. Plarchie is an enormous (10 meter, I believe) knitted squid, composed of shredded orange Sainsbury's bags. He's made numerous public appearances, but his debut was at the Natural History Museum, when the huggable tentacled horror draped himself across Charles Darwin and menaced visitors for days.
All these escapades are captured in Knit the City and retold in Ms. Knitshade's delightfully whimsical tone of voice. There's no moaning or self-aggrandizing about the days of effort that must have gone into each stunt, just a cheerful recap of the whatknitted and a bevy of photos illustrating the work and the delighted faces of passersby. This book is adorable and should be in everyone's (striped/squid-patterned/pirate) stocking for the holidays.
Knit the City also, for the artistically inclined, includes two patterns - a tiny finger-fightin' squid and a square sheep. Both of them make me do eyes like this: OO. Embarrassing cooing noises may also be involved. Knit the City isn't a serious work of critical content - it is a joyous collection that captures otherwise lost moments of art and charm. Fougasse would undoubtedly be proud of Ms. Knitshade's efforts - they evidence all the public spirit, good humor and warmth that he stressed in his own work as well.
I'll be giving this book to everyone for the holidays.
From there, the projects got more complicated and involved more naughty needles as the group expanded. A woolly web in the tunnels near Waterloo Station. A complete set of knitted, er, bits to match the old "Shillings and Farthings" rhyme... (the Vicar of St. Clements must have been charmed to find a stack of furry oranges on the door that morning). Twenty miles of tiny sheep. A pirate invasion (including Captain Cheesebeard, the best pirate ever). A suitably sweet Valentine's Day celebration that involved decking out Piccadilly Circus in happy hearts.
The piece de fuzzy resistance is, of course, Plarchie. Plarchie is an enormous (10 meter, I believe) knitted squid, composed of shredded orange Sainsbury's bags. He's made numerous public appearances, but his debut was at the Natural History Museum, when the huggable tentacled horror draped himself across Charles Darwin and menaced visitors for days.
All these escapades are captured in Knit the City and retold in Ms. Knitshade's delightfully whimsical tone of voice. There's no moaning or self-aggrandizing about the days of effort that must have gone into each stunt, just a cheerful recap of the whatknitted and a bevy of photos illustrating the work and the delighted faces of passersby. This book is adorable and should be in everyone's (striped/squid-patterned/pirate) stocking for the holidays.
Knit the City also, for the artistically inclined, includes two patterns - a tiny finger-fightin' squid and a square sheep. Both of them make me do eyes like this: OO. Embarrassing cooing noises may also be involved. Knit the City isn't a serious work of critical content - it is a joyous collection that captures otherwise lost moments of art and charm. Fougasse would undoubtedly be proud of Ms. Knitshade's efforts - they evidence all the public spirit, good humor and warmth that he stressed in his own work as well.
I'll be giving this book to everyone for the holidays.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Knit the City is a great little book, full of knitted goodies,all accompanied by funny story's. The photography is top class and really brings these wonderful knitted wonders to life!! A definite must if you love to knit/crochet and have fun! No Yarnstormer/yarnbomber should be without one!!
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Bought this for my GF for xmas. Seemed like an interesting book. Urban knitting seems to be the answer for girls who dont like messing with paint on the street.
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