http://www.knitthecity.com Your friendly neighbourhood graffiti knitters Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berlin-the-movie http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:22 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1768 In these dark and dismal times of civil unrest, crashing stockmarkets and tins of baked beans that cost an arm and a leg, the world really is in need of a bit of handmade magic. Back in March we travelled all the way to Berlin to release some of our woolly mischief overseas. Pariser Platz [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/30/berlin-the-movie/feed/ 0 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/22/handmade-heroes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=handmade-heroes http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/22/handmade-heroes/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:44:47 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1723 when the Knit Signal shone on the skies above Soho, the KTC Yarn Corps: Deadly Knitshade, Shorn-a the Dead, The Fastener and Lady Loop, leapt into the Knitmobile and faster than a stitched speeding bullet hotfooted it our book launch.]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/22/handmade-heroes/feed/ 1 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/14/tate_britain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tate_britain http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/14/tate_britain/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:54:50 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1693 What happens when one of London’s most famous art museums invites two of London’s most infamous sneaky stitchers through the doors and lets them bring the yarnstorm with them? Simple really. We took the art world and our world of woolly mischief and squished them together. Deadly Knitshade and The Fastener yarnstormed Tate Britain in [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/14/tate_britain/feed/ 0 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/05/london-book-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=london-book-launch http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/05/london-book-launch/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:57:38 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1643 SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! It's alive! Alive we tell you! ALIVE!!! After months of waiting while the German edition of Knit the City stomped its way across Europe, a new yarnstorming wonder of wool and words is hatched in English at last. Woo hoo!]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/09/05/london-book-launch/feed/ 0 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/30/woolly-currywurst/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woolly-currywurst http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/30/woolly-currywurst/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:30:13 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://www.knitthecity.com/?p=1590 The last installment of our Berlin Book Launch: So far our book launch had included floating fairytale Brothers Grimm and ‘I heart Berlin’ bears, flying frog princes, and skybound riverside squid. All of them had enjoyed a bit of the book-launch limelight. It was almost time to pack up our yarn and go home. But [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/30/woolly-currywurst/feed/ 2 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/15/yarnstorm-the-fifteenth-tree-of-tintenfisch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yarnstorm-the-fifteenth-tree-of-tintenfisch http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/15/yarnstorm-the-fifteenth-tree-of-tintenfisch/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:47 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1081 What’s a graffiti knitting book launch celebration without a swarm of skybound squid (or Tintenfisch as squid are called in Germany)?]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/08/15/yarnstorm-the-fifteenth-tree-of-tintenfisch/feed/ 0 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/07/04/baby-yarnstormers-and-graffiti-knitting-artists-in-residence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baby-yarnstormers-and-graffiti-knitting-artists-in-residence http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/07/04/baby-yarnstormers-and-graffiti-knitting-artists-in-residence/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:53:06 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1068 Things have been a bit quiet on the Knit the City front as our Yarn Corps are busy, busy, busy. Fear not! We’ll be back soon but in the meantime both Deadly Knitshade and The Fastener have been busy. Check out Baby Button’s debut yarnstorm here. And you can follow Deadly Knitshade‘s adventures in solo [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/07/04/baby-yarnstormers-and-graffiti-knitting-artists-in-residence/feed/ 2 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/04/27/behind-the-hubbub-of-hearts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behind-the-hubbub-of-hearts http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/04/27/behind-the-hubbub-of-hearts/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:17:23 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1056 Royal Wedding bells are clanging so loud across the UK that most of us can barely hear ourselves knit. Love the Royal madness or loathe it there is no escape, and back in February we gave our own woolly Royal wave to the big event and wrote London a handmade love letter, with our Hubbub [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/04/27/behind-the-hubbub-of-hearts/feed/ 0 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/10/bear-lin-luftballoons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bear-lin-luftballoons http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/10/bear-lin-luftballoons/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:36:39 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1019 Once upon a time there were four sneaky stitchers who lived in a secret wool-lined Bunker in the heart of the ancient city of London. There they knit and crocheted and made magic with their needles which they sent out into the world to seek its fortune.]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/10/bear-lin-luftballoons/feed/ 5 http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/01/achtung-yarnstorming-berlin-for-our-brand-new-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=achtung-yarnstorming-berlin-for-our-brand-new-book http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/01/achtung-yarnstorming-berlin-for-our-brand-new-book/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:34:11 +0000 Deadly Knitshade http://knitthecity.com/?p=1013 Want to wander through Knit the City’s woolly world while you’re still in your PJs, on the commute to the office, under zombie attack, or when you’re meant to be working, but can’t get online? Fear not! Knit the City has been squashed into a handy thing they call a book just for you. SQUEEEEEEEEE! [...]]]> http://www.knitthecity.com/2011/03/01/achtung-yarnstorming-berlin-for-our-brand-new-book/feed/ 3