Knitta, Please 20/03/2008
There’s a revolution underway. Its foot soldiers are mostly women, often armed with knitting needles. In Houston, a team of 11 women regularly ‘bombs’ the streets with knitted graffiti. A telephone pole cosy here, a door knob embellishment there—these women (mostly 30-something mums) are using their half-finished knitting projects to warm cold city streets, one car antenna at a time.
|  AboutKris Herbert is an award-winning freelance journalist with 20 years experience (she started writing for the local rag when she was 16 - you do the maths). Over the years, Kris has written about everything from hard science to soft toys. She's travelled to Antarctica, Alabama and many places beginning with other letters of the alphabet. Read by dateDecember 2011 Read by tagAll |
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