MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR READERS... WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.

FROM RACHAEL & SARAH

Midwinter Monday

Rags Magazine via an ambitious project collapsing.

At 17:47 GMT Winter Solstice occurs; when we will sail towards the sun once more.

WI Books Limited 1979

Fleece; quality of different parts.

Improvised drop spindle; potato and skewer.

Two types of spinning wheel.

Dyeing at home.

Vegetable dyed hanks over weaving frame.

>>Yarn Forward<<

An incredible sixty strips have been added to the Yarn Forward project at Manchester Craft and Design Centre with contributions from as far afield as Atlanta and Little Rock, Arkansas!

For the full lowdown please visit the Yarn Forward blog.

http://artyarn-yarnforward.blogspot.com/

Magic Mushrooms by Delia from Didsbury.

Spot the wooly veg...

http://wintergardentrail.co.uk/

We have some exiting event info for you in our neighboring city Sheffield where artists Bob Levene is the Artist in Residence at GROW Sheffield.

If you are free on 12th December between 1-4pm go and check out The Imagined Winter Trail were you will see amongst lot of other very cool things, a trail of knitted vegetables.

Grow Sheffields Artist in Residence, Bob Levene has worked in collaboration with some of the local residents & growers to create interventions, installations and diplays or to simply open their gardens to the public for one afternoon only. For more information on the residency go toGrow A-I-R and for more information about the event click on The Work.

The Imagined Winter Garden Trail is a chance to see the gardens and growing spaces of Sharrow in a new light, it will play with and awaken you to the unused or neglected spaces in our neighbourhood, sharing the visions, achievements and memories of some of Sharrows Growers.

Oh the note of wooly veg, crochet artist, and good friend of Artyarn, THAT ROGER! has been busy at work over the past few months making his very own selection of crocheted vegetables,,, you can check out more of him crochet hand work here..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatroger/

All images by That Roger

New year, New programme of courses @ The Ministry of Craft

The new program of craft courses for 2010 is now available from The Ministry Of Craft. All courses are now on sale - so if getting creative is one of your New Year’s resolutions, then there are plenty of courses for you to choose from!

Artyarn's Rachael Elwell brings you three knitting and crochet courses in 2010 starting from February through until the end of March.

Knit 123...

Back by popular demand is Knit 123 - a great introduction course for those of you who want to learn a host of different knitting techniques. If getting things done quickly is your style, try Learn to Knit and walk away at the end of the session with a funky chunky purse.

Learn To Crochet...

Crochet is fast catching up to knitting in popularity and couldn’t be simpler, so come along and learn the basics on our beginners crochet course - Learn to crochet and finish the course creating a beautiful flower brooch.

Learn To Knit A Tea Cosy...

If you’re moving up the knitting ladder we’ve designed a follow on course for confident beginners and intermediates - Learn to knit a tea cosy - incorporates clever ways of making the most of basic knitting stitches.

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW @ WWW.THEMINISTRYOFCRAFT.CO.UK

France Lumière

France Lumière [Attributed to] The Lumière brothers knitting 1907

Luminous Lint via Uncertain Times

Fluid Sculpture by Charlie Bucket

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Subversive Yarn...

We'd like to remind you of our social networking site for all artists using yarn as their primary medium. Share your pictures and texts on the Subversive Yarn network with over 150 like minded artists.

You can also post your projects here, share exhibition info, add your links and list your knitting groups in the various directories on the forum.

Connect with like minded creatives and get some inspiration for your projects in the community..

http://subversiveyarn.ning.com/

www.artyarn.org

Please visit the Artyarn website, we have given the site a bit of a facelift and will soon be adding more links and activities in the new year.

If you would like to be linked from our website please e-mail us at artyarn@hotmail.com with your links.

www.artyarn.org

Arty Knitting..

Whilst on a residency at Artists Unlimited in Bielefeld, Germany, Artyarn's Rachael Elwell has been invited to make some small pieces of work for the annual christmas fundraiser 'WeihnArt 09' which will be taking place on the 4th December 09 at the Artists Unlimited Gallery.

Keeping things all warm and wolly for the winter season, she is creating a small series of knitted and crocheted canvases. Here is the first one complete, made using the mosaic knitting technique.

Follow Rachael Elwell's Artists Unlimited project blog here:

http://postcardsfrombielefeld.blogspot.com/

Siobhán Hapaska

No one to knit sweaters for (2006)

Looped linear thinking pac thing (2006)

artnet / camden arts centre

Diving into Textiles

Diving into Textiles: via the luxurious Little Lamb blog.

Alicja Wasielewska

Morph Chandelier by Alicja Wasielewska

Crocheted Fibre Optic material

Purlpuri Knits

Purlpuri Knits

"Purlpuri blog is mainly about art projects I am getting around to. At the moment I am very interested and inspired all the crazy things people knit and crochet. I am also interested in interdisciplinary practices, when people mix up with different mediums and try out new materials and ways to make things. This blog is to interact and communicate with people with similar interests and getting other artists involved." (Valpuri Vihriala)

Purlpuri Knits is a new blog by visual artist Valpuri Vihriala - Follow her work as she completes her final year on the Interactive Arts Degree at manchester Metropolitan University, primarily working with knitting and crochet as an artistic medium.

Mark Thomas joins the guerilla knitters...

Mark Thomas helps to give the Curlicue a colourful new look. Photograph: Joe McGory

For the braver or sillier souls among us, darkness provides the perfect cover for a little mischief, as Mark Thomas finds out: The Observer, Sunday 1st November 2009

"London is perfect at 3am...All I have for company is an urge to whistle As Time Goes By, a young woman called Perri and a bag full of knitting. And if you're wondering why I'm here, then that makes two of us. All I know is I am about to desecrate a public work of art."

Read the full article HERE...

Men Who Knit

MEN WHO KNIT,

Promoting the inspiring art of knitting amongst men

Men Who Knit
http://www.menwhoknit.com
A free, friendly community site for men who knit comprised of blogs, discussion forums, and other useful knitting resources.

It Snows with Knitting!

Knitters Needed

New Youth Theatre production calls for knitters and thier needles!

The Dukes Senior Youth Theatre production of “It Snows” will be told to a sensational, contemporary backdrop made entirely of wool.

With risk and experimentation at the heart of the rehearsal process, we are looking for a whole range of knitters across Lancaster, Kendal and beyond to put needle to needle, and to imagine, design and….knit.

We’re looking for 4 -5 days of your voluntary time between October and February…This will be a truly unique, highly original and fun process to be part of, and we’d love to hear from you. Please email: itsnowswithknitting@hotmail.co.uk or call 01524 598521.

www.dukes-lancaster.org/news

The Dukes Theatre, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE

Box Office: 01524 598500