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Steriogram Vs Michel Gondry

How cool is this! Michel Gondry made the video for Kiwi band Steriograms's Walkie Talkie Man. It is full of yarn and knit - very lovely and oh so clever - we like!

The Earthman Project

The Earthman Project is a not-for-profit organisation based in Florida, USA that uses the powerful mediums of music, art and technology to inspire both kids and adults to protect our environment, teach the importance of conservation and promote the power of creative action.

Further Info:
The Earthman Project

How to Make a One Bobin Scarf

Garden Girl is such an inspiration - is there anything creative this women cannot do!
In this video (part of a series) we are shown how easy it is (relatively speaking) to spin a bobbin full of yarn from natural fibres. But, not content with sourcing natural fibres, presumably from her local shop or farm, the ever resourceful Garden Girl has literally fleeced some freshest of fresh angora from her bunny rabbit - wow!
Unlike commercial media that seems to thrive on making sustainability appear like a very nice but practically impossible to attain nirvana, Garden Girl's videos make us feel as though a simple, sustainable and beautifully creative life is readily available for us all. All it takes is a bit of learning and re-learning. Garden Girl helpfully provides us with easy to follow lessons.
Watch, rate, subscribe and be inspired!

Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood

Persepolis is a wonderful book by Marjane Satrapi about growing up in Iran and her family's experience of the Islamic Revolution. This is not the same telling that has been expounded by conventional media.

Marjane's story gives a fresh perspective on both Iranian daily life and the life-changing impact of huge cultural, political and religious change. Taking the form of a graphic novel the book, Persepolis imaginatively portrays these events from both an historical and the unique perspective of a child.

Visit Random House, Pantheon Graphic Novels for a taster of Persopolis and buy a copy here.

If you are a yarn artist in London pop along to Kniterati - I Knit's book group evening on 3rd March from 7pm where Perspeolis will be reviewed amidst the knitting and crochet.

From: Pantheon Graphic Novels
"Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country."

Further Info:
Persepolis / I Knit / Kniterati Facebook Event

Cockroaches On Trees

Here are two more gems from those clever Throb Goblins via Cantankerous Frank:


Further Info:
Throb Goblins / Cantankerous Frank

ArTea Application Extension

The deadline for application to be a part of ArTea Party Wandsworth next month has been extended until Saturday 7th February so there is still time to apply for a spot in our eco art & craft exhibition sale.

More info here