Purl Interrupted

Still in London. It seems that despite all my best intentions to get in, get out, and get back on the road, I am going to be in London for a bit longer than I planned. The apes, the tigers, the Great Wall, and Grand Canyon will have to wait a bit longer.

So despite the whinging and whining of my backpack and boots (quiet in there!) I thought I better make myself comfortable in my city.

Comfortable comes in the form of finding my constantly moving littlest hobo of a brain something to do. So I looked at what I had to hand, I looked at the city I have always been in all kinds of love with, and I decided the best plan would be to combine the two.

From the ashes of the campfires of my past travels a woolly phoenix of sneaky stitchery has arisen.

Folks, meet Deadly Knitshade, stalking the city with her sticks and string her mission is quite simply to get through the day without wrapping something random in her striped stitching. She fails. You can follow her on Whodunnknit if you dare.

Natural History Museum: The whale is displeased...

Covent Garden: Got the blues

Derby Cathedral: Holy knitted lamppost cosy, Batman

Deadly Knitshade has also gathered a small army. The Knit the City Yarn Corps seem to be causing all kinds of yarn-flavoured chaos too. This time on a slightly bigger scale. You can casually stalk them at Knit the City.

A Covent Garden barrier gets yarnstormed

Cor blimey, guv. Me dog and bone's all knitted.

So while I charge up my backpack and boots for another round of finding myself while losing myself in the great wild beyond, at least I have something to occupy my time. And I’ll continue to ferret out brilliant bits of London here on Purl Interrupted.

Idle hands are the devil’s workshop apparently. I wonder where he plugs in the power tools…?

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Posted in Crochet, Knitting, London, Once in a Lifetime Stuff | Tagged covent garden, derby, graffiti, knit, knit graffiti, Knitting, London, natural history museum, parliament square, yarn, yarnbomb, yarnstorm | 12 Comments

12 Responses

1. on July 14, 2009 at 11:28 CarmenM

   Go forth and multiply the knit, lady!

   
   
2. on August 13, 2009 at 01:13 shuna fish lydon

   i don’t know you but i heart you.

   
   
3. on August 24, 2009 at 22:50 grrl+dog

   I cant wait to stalk you, and what cool shots as well. So how much yarn do you fir in that back pack?

   
   
4. on August 24, 2009 at 22:54 Deadly Knitshade

   Hello! Thanks very much. Stalk away. I love your stuff. I’ve been stalking you for ages.

   
   
5. on August 24, 2009 at 22:54 Deadly Knitshade

   Why thank you. *blushes* Random virtual confession of hearting are the best.

   
   
6. on September 22, 2009 at 12:29 mariea

   not heard of this before can i join, i am in Lincoln

   
   
7. on September 24, 2009 at 22:49 Deadly Knitshade

   Hi. You can begin graffiting whenever you like. You don’t need to join anything. Just get out there and do it.

   Check out Knit the City for inspiration.

   
   
8. on October 2, 2009 at 17:55 Shelley

   I can’t tell you how much i LOVE this. Fantastic!

   
   
9. on October 2, 2009 at 18:02 Deadly Knitshade

   Awwww shucks. *blushes*

   
   
10. on February 5, 2010 at 05:14 Busted

    LMAO! Damn I wish we had something like this in Virginia. That’s just a fantstic idea! Love your blog btw.

    
    
11. on April 15, 2010 at 09:58 jfb57

    These are fab! Have you ever thought of entering @tara_cain Gallery?

    
    
12. on July 8, 2010 at 12:01 tim

    Hi Lauren, my name’s tim and I’m working on the ‘Campaign for Wool,’ an initiative to try and raise wool’s profile. We are going to go live with our wool blog soon and would like to link to fun stuff like this. Also we might be looking for yarnbombers… is this something you’d like to be a part of? Give us a shout!