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.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/13/2007 11:49:00 AM

    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.

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  2. Gritsforbreakfast8/13/2007 03:58:00 PM

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

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  3. Anonymous8/13/2007 05:25:00 PM

    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.

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  4. Anonymous8/13/2007 06:04:00 PM

    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!

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  5. Anonymous8/13/2007 10:22:00 PM

    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

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  6. Anonymous8/14/2007 08:34:00 AM

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

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