So before you can knit your first stitch you have to make a slip-knot and cast-on which simply means looping your yarn onto the needle so it’s ready to knit.

There are already tonnes of great videos out there to get started and here are just two of them explaining on youtube channel HowCast       (not only can you learn to knit but also what to do in a zombie attack – they’ve got it all covered):

Learn how to make a slip knot

Learn how to cast on

Okay, okay you’ve got your slip knit and cast on down now how to knit your first stitch check out the next video:

TIP: When starting out  bigger needles and yarn make it all the easier.  Its easier to see and not so fiddly as finer yarn and thinner needles.  Perhaps give it a go starting on 10mm needles with chunky yarn.

Five Big Knitters

The world of knitting has just got bigger. Check out these huge, big, enormous knits.

The opportunity to create large pieces either to wear, sit on or see from space through the use of large knitting needles has already been well utilised by these following knitters:

1. Christien Meindertsma & her urchin poufs

Christien Meinderstma is a Dutch a designer and hand knits her giant ‘urchin poufs’ on needles the size of broom handles.  The use of felted, vegetable dyed New Zealand wool gives these pieces their vibrant colours & sell for around £500.

2. Bauke Knottnerus & ‘Phat Knits’

Knitting large enough to sit on here the Netherlands based artist has woven a series of large scale objects which are soon to be on display from March 2013 in Mode Museum, Antwerp.

Knitting needles weren’t involved in these creations but to see how these pieces were created check out the making of his pieces in this video.

3. Yoko Gibraan & The Yokoo Dookie Chain Scarf

Accessory designer & Etsy seller Yoko makes these awesome chain scarves.  

4. Arm-knitting – Knitted Army

Andres Brena’s creations are knitted on his arms with scraps from the textile industry.  Read more about him here.

5. Vintage Knit patterns

Whilst knitwear designers and artists continue to push the boundaries of our conceptions and possibilities of knitting a delve into the past provides us with real treasures and often what are now seen as radical pieces of knitwear can be found already in the patterns of the past.

Check out this great website where vintage patterns can be paid for & downloaded Todays Treasures.

Rich Boy Sweater 

Big knits allow different textures to be really present and over-sized pieces can make real statements. Plus the miniaturised version of objects and over-sized  intrigues us. We see hundreds of objects every day, we log them, recognise them and have them as part of our general environment so when this is turned on it’s head and enlarged  or shrunk down it creates an excitement. A recognition of something very familiar but presented in a new light is a break from the norm.

Not only this, big knits are sexy with their thick, textured look and yes I feel excited about all the possibilities of the big knit.

My project this week is to knit a lamp on my Extreme Knitting course in London.

So here I’m collecting some inspiration for this one. I’ll be updating my progress through the week.

Come & be inspired!

1. Naomi Paul - GLÜCK

This is actually made using crochet techniques,  utilising yarns which are gathered  from the fashion industry that would have been otherwise thrown away allowing surplus materials to become something quite unique. Highlighting can we ever consider any material as surplus in this day and age?

The things I love about this design is the tightness of it and the widening of the base.  It could be recreated with a the insertion of a hoop into the bottom of the knitting perhaps?

2. Ose Design

These lamps are hand- knitted using natural yarn and a dip-dyed technique is used or other dying techniques.   Behind the designs there is a green ethos where the designer-maker Helen Taylor sources local materials and works with production locally aiming to provide a alternative to cotton and minimise impact on the environment.

I love the stretched knit over these lamps and the effect of the dye. The green ethos behind these lamps not only creates a feeling of care in the crafting of each piece and on a wider scale in their production – inspiring!

3. “Paper” Laterns – Ravelry Patterns

These knitted covers to fit over existing paper lights create a warmth of light. The pattern can be downloaded from the website.

When considering this as a lamp shade project it seems a useful option to be able to knit over an existing shape.

4. Decorkuznetsov – Scarfty Lamp

If your jumper and desktop lamp had babies this would be it. Ukrainian design studio Decorkuznetsov make these lamps out of Peruvian wool and wonderfully quirky and yet somewhat friendly and comforting.  On their website they explain that the holes are for warming your hands or changing a bulb.  Perfect.

I do enjoy the quirkiness of these pieces which creates an individuality to each one and I’m drawn to the mixture of colours and textures.

5. Elizabeth Symington – Glass Cactus Light

Here Elizabeth Symington has inserted LEDS in knitted elastic using an array of colours and the pieces hung from a ceiling.

I’m feeling inspired by the hanging of lights from the ceiling in such a manner and like the use of elasticated knit which then provides its own shapes once the lights are put inside.  I like the idea of using a white yarn, rope, wire to create a more a sea-net  aesthetic.

6. Kwangho Lee – Furniture Designer

These lamps are by Korean furniture designer Kwangho Lee  who is said to have largely been inspired in his work from spending time at his grandmother’s house as a child and seeing his grandfather craft with various tools.

I’ve fallen in lamp love with these. I love the mixture of what appears industrial with the striking design. I have always been intrigued with the slight  un-ravelled look.  To me it  is always a reminder of the journey from start to finish of a material into a final object.

They can at times also assume an underwater quality where the movement of them becomes equally part of the aesthetic.

6. ”Sokkelampen” by Line Dyrholm – Knitted Lamps

These Sokkelampen is what it says on the tin a knitted sock onto a lamp and produced by the Danish industrial designer Line Dyrholm

If I’m right as well from the websites it goes for over £1000.  For my own project perhaps in bigger shape with the bulbous part appear more than once.  Also, maybe one flat colour I also like the idea of them hanging from the ceiling in an alien-esque manner.

8. Marianne Johnstad – The Jellyfish

Knit artist & designer Marianne Johnstad created this light pieces which resemble the ethereal beauty of jellyfish.

These are truly stunning and I really enjoy the layering of different materials creates a great effect.

9.Macrame Lamp in Berlin Street – Via Flickr User R.Egerris

Though not strictly knitting as this technique here is macrame, there is a possibility of re-creating a knitted version of this.  The chandelier effect is quite appealing and then the stiffness of the material appears to echo Kwangho Lee’s pieces

10. Poppy Lamp - Melanie Porter

Melanie Porter’s lamps are knitted with 100% merino wool and the base is a felted knit pattern then with a lovely textured knit lamp-shade. Colourful and cheery these make me feel like your front room has been yarn bombed.

To sum up, feeling rather inspired by these lamps here plus find more on my pinterest board Knitted Lamps.  

Stay tuned to see what happens next.

First Meet-Up Thursday 14th March at The Brighton’s Art Club

5.30pm – 7.oopm

Come and hang out and knit. Don’t know how to knit? I can help!

This evening is open to all and will run fortnightly the first one this week.

The circle will be free with only a £1 donation on the door for the use of the fantastic space

At the Brighton Arts Club those who haven’t had chance to visit yet there is a lovely vibe and if you so choose an open mic night starting once we finish!

Find us on facebook.

Watch this space for spring 2013…

Workshops planned for Spring/Summer 2013 at The Brighton Arts Club to include:

• Get Started: Learn to knit, purl, cast on, cast off & read patterns.

• Big Boy Needles: Whittling and sanding your very own pair of over-sized needles to then create big knits!

• Knit the Unexpected: Knitting with usual materials to create different textures, pieces and possibilities.

If interested in any of the above or if you have any questions then feel free to drop me a line: jodhid@live.com

Here are a few things I’ve made this week and past week

Big Chunky Pouf

I’ve knitted my very own Brighton Pouf!
Knitted it on my own big boy needles that I hand-made  it guzzled up plenty of yarn so much so that when I went back to the local charity shop to buy more they had run out of that colour. “Please sir have can I have some more?”  However, with the final piece I think  looks better in two colours.

Chunky Necklace

Experimenting with unwanted white lycra vests I knitted this at a lovely friends one craftynoon.

Knitted Lamp

After much research I began my lamp on a hand-made loom and then…left it on the train. Alternative yarn bombing on a whole new level. Soo back to the drawing board on that one. I’ll dust myself off and start again.

Keep your eyes peeled for my online tutorials and a Brighton workshop coming soon for big Boy Knittng!

Knitting Circle

Thursday 28th March

at The Brighton’s Art Club

5.30pm – 7.oopm

Just £1

Come and hang out and knit. Don’t know how to knit? I can help!

This evening is open to all and will run fortnightly the first one this week.

The circle will be free with only a £1 donation on the door for the use of the fantastic space

At the Brighton Arts Club those who haven’t had chance to visit yet there is a lovely vibe and if you so choose an open mic night starting once we finish!

Find us on facebook.

The Extreme Knitting evening course has been running at the Mary Ward Centre in London by Erica Parrett.  With only one more session to go!

Every Monday I’ve been trundling up on the train to London from Brighton to this great course and have learnt a huge amount in our 10 weeks.

The course has been amazingly inspirational but what constitutes extreme knitting, one may ask?

Throughout the course we have been shown how knitting and techniques which can be utilised to create pieces which may not be necessarily a garment, but an art form, or a statement or an experiment.

It has been really liberating to become experimental with the way I knit as opposed to feeling obliged to complete a piece that  makes sense at the end of the process but perhaps will lead to other projects growing from that experience.

The final piece may be sculptural, colourful, bizarre or just comfy to sit on.  Within the course a large array of techniques have been taught from creating your own tools, circular knitting, fair isle, felting and knitting on looms all of which you are encouraged if you so wish to use in a project and of course can be applied to more conventional modes of knitting – the choice is yours.

The Mary Ward Centre itself is a lovely space and has a great atmosphere.  Plus, there is a fantastic cafe with a wide range of really interesting evening classes – I highly recommend it.  A lovely environment for learning.

For more information you can check out their website: www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Stay Tuned for ‘Things that I’ve Made’ & an more information of the tutor of this course!

More is More knitted tea cosy

On these grey spring days waiting for the sunshine to burst through and show us all the colours we’d forgotten through the winter, I’ve found myself really drawn to bright and vibrant colours.

Seeking them out, wearing them, painting my nails with them, knitting endless streams of colour. And then this was born.  It’s a nod to my dear friend’s belief that “More is more”.

Adorned with a knitted flower, border and feathers this wasn’t originally intended to be a tea cosy but a need to knit colours  drove me. Initially, with thoughts of perhaps I could force it on as a hat or half a top, wear the flower as a collar and I stretched and I pulled  then  I saw my leopard print teapot looking so naked on the shelf. A match made in heaven I think.

Casting off gender stereotypes

After setting up a knitting circle in Brighton I didn’t even consider that it may only be women interested. My skills are to be shared with anyone interested in learning the craft.

It has  surprised me to hear from male friends and men who have come to the knitting circle of the negativity received when they have shared their news about giving knitting a go.

Comments such as; “You must have too much time on your hands?”, “That’s a stupid idea, men don’t knit”, and even “What, are you gay?” have apparently been just some of them.

This is in a city that  prides its self on being alternative, liberal and creative.

I get it that most of us have memories of grandmothers, either ours or others, who knitted and therefore to many of us knitting is still associated with an era gone by of older women or traditionally (in our lifetime anyway) a women’s game.

Perhaps then because of this it comes as a surprise to hear that a craft that some believe to have died out with the tea-cosies of the past is still not only alive and well, but being practised by men.

Surprise, fine. But why the negativity, why the resistance, the reference to sexuality?

It is these presumptions I think we must work to be mindful of, are they really preconceptions that serve us well? Do they allow us to enjoy the life we lead or shut down possibilities and therefore for others too?

Some historians have documented how knitting was originally men’s work (like so many crafts were), and still is in some countries. It was the fishing men who made and cast fishing nets, shepherds while they tended their flock would knit and sailors out at sea on long voyages would purl away on the oceans.

Amongst the villages it became a folk craft and originally it was only the men who could join knitting craft guilds.

Fishing nets

Crafting has been with us since people made and picked up their first tools.  It’s part of our rich history of life and will always continue to be as we are all creative. Therefore, why does the gender of the hands which hold the tools matter?

Why can’t men knit or craft or sew just in that women can build, paint,  garden and grow as an individuals?  As a young girl I always enjoyed playing football and remember a  boyfriend at 21 telling me “Girls don’t play football”. I found  this laughable after already playing for 15 years. I answered  ”Why not? Do I not have legs like you?”

We are here in 2013 and we need to now root out old ideas and beliefs that stop us growing and nurturing creativity in ourselves and others.

As for the argument “You must have too much time on your hands.” We don’t.  No body does that’s why creativity should be enjoyed in any way which we feel.

So, next time a friend, male or female, shares that they are taking up a craft you may had previously believed to be gender-specific rather than commenting simply try listening, not to old ideas but to your friend.

Wanna know more? Check out these links:

History of Knitting

House of Humble Blog – Ruben is a male knitter with an article On Being a Man who Knits

Yarn Boy - A great blog by Jesse Loesberg,  male knitter and designer with interesting  article on The Original Yarn Boys.

>>Interview with Anto Christ, crochet artist<<

Photo by Hugo Rouke

Anto Christ was born in Malta and raised in Sydney, Australia. She  now lives in Berlin with her creative partner Casio Ono both work in the medium of crochet.

Anto began her creative journey through painting and would paint an underwater world which she explains as a: “fluorescent seascape of millions of creatures re -evolving to make entirely new creatures to occupy the new earth.”

From studying at and graduating from the College of Fine Arts, Sydney Anto had a desire to combine her paintings with her obsession of self-adornment.

This infatuation of self-adornment and the belief she is a canvas herself led her to return to the skills of crochet her mother had taught her at 8-years-old.

It was with this basic knowledge and the idea of experimentation to see what would happen with which she created her first crochet creature.

So it was to be, from wall-adorned to wearable art Anto was also impressed and inspired by The Icelandic Love Corporation and their creation for Bjork fascinated by “the consistency of vibrant colour and texture effect they got from the wool.”

Find out more in the interview with the colourful and inspiring crochet artist below.

‘Apollo’ by Anto Christ, 2012.

——–Question & Answers——-

Photo by Christopher James

The best thing about crochet…

The best thing about crochet is you can really experiment and go, “what happens if I decide to change direction, or multiply my stitches”, and its fine if you make mistakes because you just un-stitch and it and do it again.

Excites me…

The thing that excites me about crochet is all the textures and skins I have been able to create by experimenting.   I feel its still such an unexplored artwork and you can really push yourself with the structures and shapes you can create. Not to mention all the colours you can get.

Obsessed by…

I am obsessed with colour to say the least. I believe colour resonates and awakens the soul.

It really inspires other to create and inspires me in everyday life. I am very picky with my colour combinations and get attracted to cretin colours and wear them to death. At the moment I’m fascinated with fluro-orange and turquoise.

Photo by Hugo Rourke

Inspired by…

I draw most of my inspiration from the incredible structures in nature. I am inspired by plants, insects, birds, lizards, and sea creatures.   There’s an abundance of inspiration in nature.

I also do a lot of research and reading of myths, legion and the secret world of the occult, including far-out stories of lost history.

Currently I am…

I am working on three creatures to re- tell the story of Adam and eve.   But This time Adam is a hermaphrodite plant-being who first detaches himself from the world and walks around freely and then gives birth the Eve.

The creatures are going to be first green and then transitioning into a fluro-pink, to signify Adam’s skin turning from green to pink when the sun in birthed.

So I have to make 3 I think. I work with my creative partner Casio Ono but he usually works on his own creatures and I on mine. I am a pretty fast crocheter but it still takes me forever to make an entire creature. There’s one jacket that I’ve made which took me a year and a half to finish and weighs eight- kilos.

Lengthy Process…

Crochet takes forever if you are doing it all on your own like Casio and I.  But its very meditative and you can do it anywhere.  At parties , on the bus, or just watching t.v.  I’ve gotten to a point now where I can crochet and read a book at the same time.

Outfit by Casio Ono
Photo by Hugo Rouke

Frustrated by…

It is frustrating having a vision of something and it taking forever to come to life. I get more ideas then I can possibly create them.  Its also really expensive to buy all the wool and I find it difficult to get any funding for what I’m doing so I  just pay for all the wool by working shitty jobs.   My hands also get very sore. But I don’t care because I love the outcome.

I admire…

Peoples work I admire are Leigh Bowery, Rubbish Fairy, Justin Shoulder, The Kingpins, Muffinhead Daehniffum, Nick Cave, Emma Bell just to name a few.

Advice to anyone who wants to be more adventurous  rebellious or expressive with their yarn…

My advice to anyone who wants to be more expressive or adventurous in creating is just don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

When you are not afraid to make mistakes you can free yourself to experiment and create things you may have not seen before. And its extremely important to create a new culture instead of regurgitating and copying the same stuff over and over and over again until it gets diluted into a grey.

Try to aim for something you haven’t seen yet and you can’t go wrong. Also, I always say to myself where there a will there’s a way.

Believe in your imagination and instinct.

Wanna know more? Check out:

Anto Christ’s website: http://www.antochrist.com

Yarn-bombing the Mary Ward Centre, London.

Alas! The final session of the 12-week Extreme Knitting course at the Mary Ward Centre ran last week.

But not before our class made a mark on the centre through the medium of yarn-bombing.

Door knobs, bannister covers and post-warmers where attached all round the centre.  Some of the ladies on the course created some fantastic colourful pieces on our giant needles we had hand-made during the course.

Me yarn-bombing.

One knitter, Linda knitted tonnes of fabulous door knob covers which, when in a pile together looked like a collection of under-water, woolly, sea-creatures.  Just waiting and ready to latch onto the shiny handles around the centre.

Erica Parrett our tutor also showed us how to paint onto knitwear, felt with needles and create our pieces from drawing on to graph paper.

Erica has been a fantastic tutor and taught us so much, ever patient and encouraging. It will be shame to not trundle up to London for the Extreme Knitting course any more.

Knitting on a cloud.
My first ever drawing to knitted piece.

For more information on The Mary Ward Centre London go to: http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Labia Magnificent

I’ve been knitting vulva’s for the Minge Fringe in Brighton.  The pattern for these beauties is below so you can knit your very own.

It has been so interesting to work on these pieces the conversations that unfold.  From sharing about one’s own labia, to vajazzling, labiaplasty, sex eduction and the terrible act of female genital mutilation, which continues around the world.

It is important to talk openly about these issues as it can be steps towards awareness of the social and cultural  pressures that exist  surrounding womens’ beautiful parts.

More vagina talk I say!                                                                        

Look out for the Knitting Vulva Circle in May 2013, Brighton.

VULVA KNITTING PATTERN HERE

Labia terrific

If you’re Brighton-based then come along to the fortnightly knitting circle!

Who says men can’t knit? Last night, with the exception of me, we had an all male-knitting group! Super good fun and nice to give the old stereotype that only women knit a good old boot up the bum and sending on its way.

This scarf is more than my first scarf could have ever dreamed of being!

You can keep up to date with our Facebook Page.

Creature from the deep.

Intrigued by changing the shape of knitted pieces and using the skills I got from my extreme knitting course here I look at how to change the texture of a knitted piece.

Felting is the process which happens when the natural wool fibres bind together through heat, water and friction.

It can be achieved through hand-felting in hot, soapy water rubbing the knitting together or thrown in a hot wash in your washing machine.

Take note it is the natural fibre, wool, which felts.   However, this becoming more difficult to purchase at your local yarn shop.  Most yarns are now part wool mix or no wool and simply acrylic.  So do look out on the labels for wool content.

For example, the yarn I used was 50% wool and the rest acrylic.I was hoping for a part felt but no such luck.

However, I was still able to achieve the shapes I was hoping for.

TUTORIAL HERE:

What you need:

Yarn: Ideally, 100% wool or play around with other high percentage wool yarns.

As mentioned mine was 50% wool, it didn’t felt but it still created the shape.

(You could always search out old wool jumpers from charity shops).

Hot, soapy water or a washing machine.

Some shapes to tie into the fabric.  I used plastic eggs from the Pound Store.

Elastic bands to tie in the shapes.

Plastic Eggs

Then…

Knit a piece in any stitch you chose.

Once you have knitted a piece you can begin to tie in your shapes.  I secured the eggs with the elastic bands.

Plastic eggs tied into knitted piece.

Quite an interesting effect as it is.

Then you want to wash it.  Pop in the washing machine at around 60C.

As another option, fill up a sink with soapy hot water and rub it in the water.  Scrubbing to create friction and cooling it in cold water.  If there is not as much wool content or it is a yarn which won’t felt easily popping it in the washing machine could prove easier.

Remove and let it dry and then remove your shapes.

Texture and Knitting

You can see from the picture that the piece itself has not felted (the stitches of the knitting would have matted together).

However it has created the shapes with the knitting.

It is then up to you what you wish to do with your fun experimental piece of knitting wear it, hang it, add it to other pieces.

Bubbles of Knit

Do get in touch if you have created anything similar.

I would love to see other peoples’ projects!

We are now listed on the Stitch and Bitch website for our knitting circle in Brighton! Check it out here.

Stitch and Bitch is a great website which allows you to search or add your own stitching group all over the world.  They also do some great books which are worth checking out.

Have a look at their website: http://stitchnbitch.org

From bold and beautiful to big and chunky.  These knitwear designers create and inspire.

1. Sister by Sibling

Rolling in is Sister the female label to Sibling. Shown at London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013.

This is only the second season show for the new Sister label.  Sibling the menswear label was launched in 2008 in London by Joe Bates, Sid Bryan and Cozette McCreery, each of the of them  honing their skills with top designers and going on to create these amazing designs.

Sister  Spring/Summer 2013-14   Vogue

Their previous Autumn/Winter 2013-14 show had big knits and over-sized scarfs and berets strutting down the catwalk.

Sibling Autumn/Winter 2013/14 Vogue

The textures when presented on such a big scale feel like we’re holding a magnify glass to the pieces wrapped around the model, popping out at us for us to see.  The textures look so inviting at this size that you just want to reach out and touch it.

To read more about them visit: www.vogue.co.uk/brand/sister-by-sibling

2. Sandra Backlund

A Swedish designer who created her own label in the same year of graduating from Beckhams College of Design in 2004.  Her pieces are  sculptural and pretty awe-inspiring.

Sandra Backlund by Peter Farago: See Website

For more information check out an interview with Foward Council: http://forwardcouncil.com/p/80/sandra-backlund-interview

3. Rebel Yuths

Nigerian born and living in Italy, Damier Johnson is said to have no formal qualifications in textiles or fashion. The technicolour pieces are bold and fun.

Rebel Yuth. From: website.

As noted in his interview with him, London knitwear designer, Carlo Volpi states: “ I personally find it so inspiring to see someone like Damier producing this kind of work in Italy, I am sure that it is not only impossible to get any kind of support from the government over there, but his aesthetic is the polar opposite of what most Italians like, so the name Rebel Yuths couldn’t seem more appropriate!”

To read Carlo Volpi’s interview with Rebel Yuths visit: http://www.knittingindustry.com/knitted-accessories/rebel-rebel/

4.Antje Pugnat

On Antje’s website it explains how she graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Fashion Design in Knitwear in 2005 and one year later in Berlin she launched her own fashion label.

Caprea by Antje Pugnat.
From: website.

Antje Pugnat

The sculptured shoulders on the jumpers and the fitted designs do well to turn the idea of wooly jumpers having to big and loose on its head. The headwear is beautiful and evokes feeling of traditional costumes from far off lands with a wink of the futuristic all at the same time.

For more check out Antje Pugnat’s website: http://pugnat.com

5. Yulie Urano

American-Japanese knit wear creator Yulie explains how she looks at the influence of her dual heritage and its efffect on her art.

She explains on the website Behance: “ My lineage is the base of my identity, just as interlacing structures are the base of my work”.

A fibre artist who machine knits yarn into bigger pieces and then uses her hands to create large knitted pieces as seen below.

Yulie Urano

Dress by Yulie Urano

Want more? Check out Yulie’s website and blog:

http://yulieurano.com/

http://www.scallopscallop.blogspot.co.uk/

So that wrap ups the five designers who inspire! Of course there are more, who inspires you? Please do share…

Come along to Brighton Museum’s ‘Provocatively Late’ evening on Thursday 17th October.  

The Knit List will be running a yarn-bombing workshop in the midst of all the fun at Provocatively Late.

Provocatively Late is part of the Brighton Museum’s late evenings happening alongside their exhibitions.  This month sees ‘Subversive Design‘ hitting the museum. Described as:

“From high fashion to high street consumerism, cheeky ceramics to controversial chairs, provocative lamps to ‘rubbish’ jewellery, this major exhibition subverts your preconceptions and challenges your relationship with objects you use on a daily basis.”

There will be performance, music, alternative gallery tours and of course crafts.

The Knit List will be providing materials to help you leave your woolly mark on the museum space.  Yarn-bombing is seen as a way to alter public space, to colour unloved or clinical areas or simply place a hidden spot of colour to make a passer-by smile.

It doesn’t matter if you have never knitted before or you knit everyday – the workshop is open to all.

Plus, if you don’t fancy knitting you can always watch and have a cocktail.

Let’s make it colourful!

For more information check out:

FACEBOOK PAGE – PROVOCATIVELY LATE HERE

VISIT THEIR WEBSITE HERE

Subversive Design

12 October 2013 to 9 March 2014 
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 

Admission payable, members free

Opening this week Subversive Design at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery will be showing a wide range of work from boundary pushing, dare-devil designers and makers such as;  Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen,  Leigh Bowery, Studio Job, Philippe Starck, Grayson Perry, Richard Slee and Campana Brothers.

In their words the exhibition will be:

From high fashion to high street consumerism, cheeky ceramics to controversial chairs, provocative lamps to ‘rubbish’ jewellery, this major exhibition subverts your preconceptions and challenges your relationship with objects you use on a daily basis.

Subversive Design explores how designers, makers and manufacturers react to the world around them, playing with form, function and materials to create objects that provoke and amuse. For over 200 years craft and design have been used to engage and challenge political and social issues in both obvious and more hidden ways.

Alongside this the museum will be running a series of museum late evenings and workshops which are definitely worth checking out:

Subversive Design events

• Provocatively Late – 17 October
• Wear if you dare! – 16 November
• An insight into Subversive Design – 30 November

And of course I encourage you to come and get subversive with the Knit List with our yarn-bombing workshop at Provocatively Late – 17th October.

We came. We yarn-bombed and we left.

The Knit List had a great fun night at Provocatively Late at the Brighton Museum running a yarn-bombing workshop.

As part of their exhibition Subversive Design which is running until March 2014.

Check it out there are some fantastic and interesting pieces included in the show.