Guerilla Knitters....

I really like this.

I really like the idea of using a variety of different materials in the same way.

I was really excited and intresed in the work of the Guerilla Knitters. This made me see how much can be done with knitting. I like the mix of bright colours and the unusual places that they put their exhibitions.

Hanging the wool

I started to knit thicker and thinner pieces together. I then began to hang the wool from wire. This idea was inspired by Cornelia Parker, who hung her exibition from the celing.

Platting wool....

I really like this picture. I think its really simple.

Here I started to look a platting wool togerher. I think the mix of colours is really exciting next to the solid colour of the knitted pieces. Platting the wool together really allows me to experiment with different colours to see what works well together.

More knitting......

Now I started to mix different colours together. I think these photos turned out really well.

Knitting

I started to use a mix of two colours to experiment with the difference between that and the single coloured wool.

I found that as the knitting got longer the wool started to curl around on itself. I liked this effect as it reminded me of one of the floats at the carnival. I am now going to continue to experiment with knitting.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up"

Pable Picasso

I really like this quote and feel that when teaching I could discuss this quote with the children.

Starting to knit....(not very well)

Here is a photo of my first ever piece of knitting. This had to be unpicked alot by my mom to get rid of the holes a few times. I also kept adding more stitches on accident to the piece got wider.
From this point I am going to keep practicing knitting.