Monday, August 13, 2007

Can you be arrested for public knitting, or, what is graffiti?

Since I've been writing a lot about graffiti, and a little about kntting, here's a great picture that oddly but wonderfully combines the two:
I found this via an hilariously named, LA-based site referred to me by a commenter, Knitta, please! That's some funny, and fun, stuff. Their gallery is filled with examples of creative, neat knitting products adorning public spaces.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

If this talented woman perpetrated this heinous knitting crime in the state of Texas, how quickly would she be incarcerated? Which overcrowded prison would she go to? Yes, I think it is pretty hysterically funny.

Gritsforbreakfast said...

I love the Kafkaesque notion that there might exist "knitting crimes," and wonder what other knitting-related offenses may be out there, looming.

Anonymous said...

Okay, I get it - it took reading it about four times. "Looming", looms, knitting, weaving. I thought there was a joke in there somewhere but I couldn't tell. I think that means it was a BAD joke. :-)

Thanks, Grits, I love that picture.

Anonymous said...

The world is a wonderful place. I saw a red "doggie sweater" on the hood ornament of a Jaguar in New Orleans in the late '70's.

How could this delightful idea possibly be a crime?

Have we really lost our compass to that degree? I sure hope not!

Anonymous said...

See also this Houston Press article on Knitta. Personally I get a kick out of their nicknames, "Loop Dogg" "The Notorious N.I.T." etc. :P

JT Barrie said...

Looks like she adopted a stray light pole. Some people just dote on pets way too much.