BBC Craftivism coming to your tellybox
Can craft help change the world? Meet the crafters turning handmade art into action. Craftivism: Making a Difference is on BBC4 Feb 1st at 10pm.
Knit a Beard for Comic Relief
Three patterns for my Comic Relief Woolly Whiskers for the Big Comic Relief Crafternoon magazine, a very special edition of the lovely Mollie Makes, released on January 29th 2015.
Stitch New York: Bright lights, big book launch
Celebrating the 4th of July with fibre-based fireworks I’m having a little party and you’re all invited. Meet the Stitch New York knits!
Stitch New York’s little big city knits will be strutting their stitched stuff at the Royal Fesitval Hall on Thursday 4th of July.
Event: Aliens on the Overground (Camberwell Arts Festival)
Join the sneaky stitching graffiti knitter Deadly Knitshade on Friday June 21st at 8pm for a yarnstorming alien invasion of the London Overground.
London Tree Week: The Fluffy Forest Four
When the knitphone rang and the Greater London Authority asked me to show some trees a little woolly love for London Tree Week, part of the Mayor’s RE:LEAF initiative, how could I refuse?
Win a Personalised Purly Pigeon for Red Nose Day 2013
Want a purled pigeon to call your own? You can win the knitted pigeon of your dreams! WOO HOO!
And it’s all in aid of Red Nose Day and the infamous #twittermillions. Join us!
One for the hipsters: Snake-Ridden Snapper
When the fine folks at Lomography asked me to use my woolly magic to customise one of their fabulous new Lomography DIY Sardina cameras I shouted “HELL YES!” at them rather to loudly. The Snake-ridden Snapper was born…
Whodunnknit event: Meet the BT ArtBox Monster Maker
Wondering all about Muncher the BT ArtBox Monster? Monday July 9th at 7pm is your chance to meet the Monster Maker and ask anything you like. I’ll be on the Trafalgar Square Roundabout from 7pm and will be talking about our crafty creations and any fielding Monster Making questions you might like to ask.
Come and say hello and meet the Monster and maker. Go on
Meet the Knits: London Steampunk meets Stitch London
Join me, steampunk scribbler extraordinaire Gail Carriger, Plarchie the squid, Cooey the Pigeon (armed with her very own tiny and lethal parasol) for an evening of steampunky book signing and giant squid.
VIVA LA FREE KNITTERS REVOLUTION!
When I cast on a scarf in eye-gouging neon yarn at 6.10 on live BBC Breakfast TV I had absolutely no idea that those few garish stitches would be the start of a knitting revolution. But it seems the Scarf of Doom has become a symbol for Knitters’ Freedom.