KNITKNIT ISSUE #4

October 2004

Knitted boots by Tina Marrin; Photo by Jeaneen Lund

"Party With Houseplants" by Megan Whitmarsh

Detail of dress by Ninh Wysocan

Issue #4 is sold out.

Lise Hosein on the craftwork of Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai

Photos of the KnitKnit Sundown Salon event in Los Angeles by Jeaneen Lund

Logoknitter testimonial by Cat Mazza

"LoVid Videowear: If We're Going to Work Here, We Might As Well Make Ourselves at Home" article by Tanya Bezreh

Instructions for knitting a geodesic hat by Lisa Anne Auerbach

"Megan Whitmarsh: the Beauty of Amateur Gesture" by David Basken

Kate Scott on Canada's Westside Stitches Couture Club

"High School Boys Who Knit" article by Emily Drury

Tim Brown's interview with Taylor Painter-Wolfe of the Ssion

"Knitting Pattern Transcription Using Repeating Number Sequences" by Staceyjoy Elkin

Alice Wu on her first (and last) knitting lesson

Drawings by Christopher Ryan Ross

Images of special knitted items made by Lisa Bennett and Ninh Wysocan

Review by Scott Bodenner of the "Talking Quilts" show at the American Folk Art Museum.

KnitKnit 4 was designed by Kevin O'Neill.

5.5" x 8.5"; color offset (in machine knit covers made by Liz Collins in an edition of 300); 30 pages. The first 300 issues come with a special cover made by knitwear designer Liz Collins. Printed in an edition of 1000.

KnitKnit 4 was made possible by yarn stores PurlSoho and Wildfiber.

Issue #4 Events:

Political Textiles
October 15 - 18, 2004

ThreeWalls
119 North Peoria Street
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 432-3972

Exhibition, with knitting and stitching circles.
View press release
View the Chicago Reader's feature article about the event

Cram Sessions: 02 Dark Matter
November 3 - November 29, 2004

Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218

Organized by Chris Gilbert, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art

PrintROOM
April 2 - 17, 2005

Witte de With
Center for Contemporary Art
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

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