Knit Anything!

Let it snow!

knitanything — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:05:54 +0000

Season’s Greetings!

It’s been snowing lots here so I present a suitably winter-themed challenge: Mount Everest! (plus a hiker – clearly man and mountain are not to scale!)

This was one of the suggestions from the Village Green event back in September, goes well with the snowy blog, eh?

‘Til the next time – Merry Christmas!!!

Handmade Fair, Leigh-on-sea

knitanything — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:59:48 +0000

The Knit Anything suggestion box made another appearance at Saturday’s Handmade Fair at Leigh Community Centre and yielded an interesting – if puzzling – set of results:

Spaceship necklace and earrings
Pizza necklace
Cow Zing
Rabbit Zing

These were suggested by children and despite some intense googling/head scratching today I’m no nearer an explanation to exactly what a ‘zing’ is! Any thoughts welcome….

Village Green 2010

knitanything — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:58:58 +0000

Stall at Village Green 2010

The Southend Fringe Festival stall at the Village Green event in Chalkwell Park was successful and the ‘knit anything’ suggestion box did yield some results!

Results of the Knit Anything Suggestion Box

Now, incase you can’t read that, the suggestions were:

Little Big Planet Sack Boys
A Full Tea Set
Everest
3D Picture
“That moment in Independence Day where the spaceship obliterates the White House.”

Looks like I’ll be renting Independence Day sometime soon, then!

Knit Anything at Village Green!

knitanything — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:13:15 +0000

If you are in the Westcliff-on-sea area on Saturday, September 25th, stop by the Village Green event in Chalkwell Park. Music, art, crafts and much more will take place in the park and Southend Fringe Festival will have a stall in the marketplace area where we will be promoting the 2011 festival and selling various handicrafts including jewellery, knitted and crocheted accessories, cards and much more! There will also be a box for you to post your suggestions for things to knit inside – results will appear on this blog!

Iggy Complete!

knitanything — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:38:20 +0000

[drum roll]… Here he is, the first completed creation: Iggy Pop!

Not sure his thumbs turned out too well though. (Thanks to Carol Meldrum’s Knitted Icons book for six pack embroidery inspiration!!)

Birth of Iggy!

knitanything — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:53:08 +0000

It’s been a while (largely due to the heatwave here) but at last work begins on the first suggestion! The alien-like blob to the right is actually the beginning of Iggy Pop.

Who will probably end up looking a bit cuddlier than the current incarnations found on the telly.

More pictures to come once he’s all done and I’ve worked out the best way to embroider a six pack and knit up some silver trousers…

(and please keep those suggestions coming!)

The Knit List

knitanything — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:11:16 +0000

To make things simple, here is the list containing all suggestions receieved so far:

Riot Grrrl (from Hayley)
Shub Niggurath (from Richard)
Iggy Pop (from Steve)
Tea Pot (from Emma)
A Knitted Map of Essex (from Stephen)
A Knitted Damon Albarn (from Stephen)
A Knitted Map of Essex’s New Political Status (from Stephen)
A Jelly (from Emma)
A Willow Tree (from Ruth)
Headphones (from Mike Fisher)
Little Big Planet Sack Boys
A Full Tea Set
Everest
3D Picture
“That moment in Independence Day where the spaceship obliterates the White House.”
Spaceship necklace and earrings
Pizza necklace
Cow Zing
Rabbit Zing

Click the links to see the finished objects.

Please keep the suggestions coming!

Time for tea!

knitanything — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:46:15 +0000

Emma suggests

A knitted teapot

Which has definitely given me food for thought!

More musical types

knitanything — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:44:43 +0000

A suitably punky suggestion from southendpunk: Iggy Pop!

The knit list begins…

knitanything — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:34:49 +0000

The first suggestion for a knitted item comes from DJ Moonlight, who requests:

A knitted riot girl!

Followed shortly by this one from Richard: Shub Niggurath (yes, I had to look that up too!)