The End of a knitastic Week

My knits on route to the Kulturfestival by Tram & train, Rich helped me with the mannequins;-)

VHS dress in a bag, carefully packed as its quite crushable.
On way to it's grand finale.......
The Sticka Verissage at the Kulturehuset.
http://www.sticka.org

Gunilla and Carin ,my Hurtig's Tuesday knit cafe buddie's.
http://gunillasstickblogg.blogspot.com/

Man knitting
I feel a pretty rare site , so I asked if I could take his picture. He was very happy, pretty relaxed as his dog. I cant image my pup will ever be able to do this! K,I,P that is.....;-(

Sigun(Gino's and knit lab knit cafe buddie)
In the back ground you can just see Helen the organisers her rainbow free-form shawl, quiet lovely.

VHS dress

My picture not so good for the debut, but the dress went down very well.
One guy said that "I was very inventive", the dress attracted a lot of attention.

Curiosity I guess?

I like to watch peoples faces the experienced knitters unsure of my creations.

(free-form/not the norm!)

The elderly dears come to touch and check the quality of my crochet, with a smile on there faces, it's not to everyone liking but pretty much a thumbs up from most.

For the future

I think that if it spends to much time on show, that it would have to have a sign unfortunately saying "not to touch", as just everyone had to have a feel.

Realistically it's pretty breakable, but for yesterday it did well. A shining example of my knitted Art;-).

Some blog entry's about the festival knitting adventure.

http://gunillasstickblogg.blogspot.com/2009/08/vernissage.html

http://mariasgarnhandelser.blogspot.com/2009/08/stockholm-ar-instickat.html

http://blogg.sticka.org/#home

Stockholms Kultufestival 09/Day four

Day four a windy day,
which meant any excuse to leave the knit station, So I attached as many as the little graffiti knits as I could to make one huge knit/crochet long scarf (best description)

Then armed with my trustee crochet hook and some novel yarn Off I went, to find a sunny spot. Bask a little in the sun to warm up, whist attaching the graffiti at the same time.

Sergal is looking very knitted pretty...............

Feeling like a Skansen (Zoo) exhibit as I'm watched by onlookers desperate to have a go.

All at the same time to me a very funny hanging the graffiti with permission!

Day five (Today)

Final day;-(
Vernissage of all helpers and their knits ,so my dresses and me(Just the two)

I plan on a completely outrageous out fit,
(Vivianne Westwood meets Co Co the clown)

But working out the logistics
No car, me in and outrageous out fit and two mannequin with there dresses!

Fun and frolic's, I'll do my best.

Plastic Ducks

Yet more
And more, protect plastic duck a little light entertainment.

VHS dress finally gets her pockets that fit...............
Just in time, late night last night so she can make her 1st entrance
(public appearance) to Stockholm today between three and four, near the Culture houses main exit.(Kulturhuset )

Stockholms Kulturefestival 2009

This is me! my I knit Sweden
The sea urchin I did not make but I love it, works well with the Swedish flag Colours.
http://www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se/
Helen from Sticka (Balls)
http://www.sticka.org/
The rainbow Pom pom's, Monet and I made for a knit lab project
(Lots of knitting associations, all working together)
Graffiti on the signs on the rails, every where (A decorated Sergal) a collaboration of Swedish knitter(crocheters)

Lets say international knitters and crocheters too!;-)
Promoting knitting, pick up the sticks...............lift up the hooks

A whole lot of K,I,P (ing)

Busy Stockholm

We are set up here, under the walk way between the two sides of the Culture house.
(Kulturehuset)

Doubling up my projects on my trip home a little more knitted poem

Buzzy Bee

This week I have been busy! (mostley making)

Double ended hooks

New! not seen before......
Knit story
I found a really cheap place to stock up on my acrylic wool in the UK.
A sewing machine fixing shop, opp Primark (make it easy)

We chatted about Stockholm, I guess he wondered why 10 balls all bright colour balls of acrylic.

Then I saw that he had a little collection on needles for a £1(the usual sort)

On asking if he had any crcohet hooks, as this trip to UK I forgotten to pack
my knit fix bag.

I had a 25! and a 8 variety, not. Mind you any hooks better than none.

He replied "no" to crochet hook request, I thought id look anyway, for my knitting needle collection I can always find more space , Just one more set.......

Shining from the bottom of the pot a gold doubled ended crochet hook!
Around a size 3 and 3.5.

I joked with him not knowing his stock, and he gave it to me, yes told me to pop it in my bag a kind knit gesture.

A hook for Free........now that's a story worth sharing.

A hook or a screw

A charity shop purchase and I think that it could have possibly been hand made.

Extremely tarnished so it spent a night in the brown sauce
(English bad habit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Sauce
(The sauce acidic, I think that's the science part)

I'm a Marmite girl.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

The screw looking part, I think the term is bevelled
(I may have heard Rich mention this term)

But any how, home made = made with love.
A rare one to my collection.

I knit a poem

http://outcastartists.blogspot.com/

Mentioned by Alabama, I have gotten involved with this project. Funny thing the Rebecka that's running the project is Swedish it turns out with our e mails of correspondence.
Small world, from Smaland.
My progress has not yet begun as I need to purchase some wool(Real wool).
(no acrylics here please)Today's job;-)

I'm Crocheting a blank square so it couldn't be easier.

Pink yarn and beads

The pink and beads a long scarf type of project that can be wrapped around some thing in the city.
http://kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se/2009/?LANG=EN

A new Stockholm project that hopefully I'm involved with.

Helen and her blog
http://tricot-ting.blogspot.com/

Basically a bit of knitted Graffiti, on a big scale.

knit and crochet, getting people involved showing what can be done all things yarn related.
I think that it's covering as much of Sergal concentrate area (chequer board part) as can be done.
Helens words, to make the town as knitted as possible.
More mention in swedish on blog below
http://avigmaskan.blogspot.com

Ikea bag of knitted and crocheted things, that I have pre made. I can donate to pretty the city with graffiti.

Bug dress

WIP

Progress so far...........
I'm currently on my third video cog, so it is a pretty cost effective you get a lot
on a roll.