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Picture This: Knit One, Purl Two
September 1, 2009
Yoko Oshio dropped in to the Renwick to add her "purls" of wisdom to Mark Newport's art piece.
Yoko Oshio is just a knitting newbie but that didn’t stop her from sitting down to knit and purl at the Renwick Gallery’s first Sit ‘n’ Knit. As part of American Art’s Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 knitting volunteers, both experienced and not, will help complete a project started by artist Mark Newport over the next two months. So far, the piece is free form, yet Eye Level's investigative team has discovered that certain knitters have already added some humanoid parts to the piece. It should be interesting to see what takes shape by the end of October.
Never tried your hand at this craft? We provide instructions! Not manly enough for you guys? Well, Newport has dispelled that myth and knitwear designer and instructor Olga Buraya-Kefelian, who's hosting this sit-in, says that many men knit. Guys, you have no excuse.
Staged Stories continues until January 3 at the Renwick Gallery which is located at 17th and Pennsylvania, across from the White House. Our Sit 'n' Knit will be on the first and third Tuesdays and the second and fourth Sundays of September, October, and November.
Posted by Jeff on September 1, 2009 in Picture This
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I love Eye Level! What a creative way to instill an appreciation of American art.
Posted by: Elizabeth C. Punsalan | Sep 2, 2009
I agree with Elizabeth, this reminds me of back in the days when I used to do this, it was a lot of fun and I encourage everyone to do it.
Posted by: Chance | Sep 5, 2009
My eight year old daughter just taught me how to knit. I think the people who figured out how to do this craft over the ages were geniuses - - it's magic!
Posted by: Michael Edson | Sep 15, 2009
When my wife was pregnant with our first son, she took up knitting as a way to relieve stress. She knit a beautiful sweater for him and I was quite impressed considering she was a newbie. I recommend this to anyone as a relaxing hobby that is a lot of fun.
Posted by: Acai | Sep 27, 2009
This is a great blog. My wife is really into knitting, I need to tell her about this project.
Posted by: Boca Raton | Dec 20, 2009
I had to chuckle at the "not manly enough" part, as I was raise by the women in my family and as a boy growing up, my Aunt taught me how to knit. I couldn't create anything more elaborate than a scarf and some mittens, but it was still enjoyable to me. This post brought back some great memories of those days...
Posted by: Canadian Musician | Dec 26, 2009
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