World Wide Knit in Public day June 11
Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 10:36AMFor all those knitters out there, I am sure you know but just a reminder that June 11 is World Wide Knit in Public day . I had assumed that knitters in Oz would be joining in on this but I could not see any information about it on the site. Did Aussie knitters not get their act together?
Why knit in public? In part it is to raise the visibility of knitting and the arts that are associated with women’s ‘craft’ practice. The term Guerilla Knitting has been coined for the practice of knitting in public which is done often in groups. The good old stitch and bitch has gone public as a form of activism. This takes knitting to a level where it becomes a politically engaged art form which for some, aims to highlight the social traditions around textiles, question the values associated with consumerism and is a way of building community. And you thought it was just a get together for a gossip!
Reader Comments (8)
Hello there !
My name is Valerie, and I work for Le Figaro Magazine, in France. I knit too and am very interested by the 11 of june event. Could you tell me where I could find informations : when it started and who launched it, what country, who, who, who ?????
Read you soon !
Valérie***
I have not heard anything about the event this year and I did a google search to find out if anything was happening but to no avail
Does anybody else know anything?
Knitters in Finland are also wondering what will be the date for KIP Day in 2006.
hello,
we are wondering here in Paris when is this year's KIP day. We are planning some meetings, especially one in Paris in the franco-american bookstore where our "café-tricot" takes place, and it would be great to know lots of people will knit in public to !
Marion - I don't know anything I am hoping that someone does - if you do leave a comment and let people know
http://www.wwkipday.com/
Here you will find some information, it's 2006 June 10th !
The site will grow in the next days (it is just the beginning to-day !)
Hope valérie and kristiina will get the info !
Ps valerie tu peux me contacter par le blog du café tricot Brentano's, cherche brentano's café-tricot par google.
A bientôt !
Any news for the WWKIPDay for France?
Thanks
Hi! I'm ther person who started WWKIP day, and I just wanted to let your readers know that we've got a bunch of volunteers. There's already 2 organizers in France, and I expect a couple more.
If there's any questions you have, please just ask.
Thank you,
Danielle