http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sayeg Posts tagged with 'sayeg' at MetaFilter. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:04:50 -0800 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:04:50 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/93185/Kitsch%2Dstitch <a href="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html">Urban knitting</a>, guerilla knitting, textile street art, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing">yarn bombing</a>. Whatever you choose to call it, this artform takes everyday objects of the city&#0160;— such as trees, lampposts, street signs, bike racks — and wraps them up in colorful knit cozies. You'll find these wonderful oddities all over the world, from <a href="http://www.boweryboogie.com/2010/04/yarn-bicycle-on-rivington.html">Manhattan</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVvC037SuLQ">Sydney</a> to Edinburgh to <a href="http://crochetguevara.com/">Philadelphia</a> to Oakland to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseinprogress/4730203510/">Chicago</a> to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jared404/4708191437/">Bisbane</a> and back to <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6r1k1VIAIao/S7VRz8aYTGI/AAAAAAAAARQ/3HQGEVZR8to/s1600/crocheted_windows_please_reduce.jpg">Manhattan</a> again. People have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1551522551/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">written books</a> about it. It has inspired an <a href="http://knithacker.com/2010/02/12/vodafone-ireland-gives-a-nod-to-guerilla-knitters/">Irish cellphone commercial</a>. Metafilter's own <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/95835">ErikaB</a> made a <a href="http://redshirtknitting.com/?page_id=1538">tree sweater</a> that was featured on <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/50771/The-treesweater">Metafilter</a> and on the front cover of Seattle's <em>The Stranger</em>. Magda Sayeg's blog <a href="http://knittaporfavor.wordpress.com/">Knitta Please</a> is a showcase for some of her delightful projects, including a <a href="http://knittaporfavor.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/photo-4.jpg">Smart car</a>, <a href="http://knittaporfavor.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/jos.jpg">coffee shop sign</a>, and <a href="http://knittaporfavor.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dsc_04891.jpg">crutches</a>. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/78516/Silly-String">Also, previously.</a>) Thank you to all the contributors in my <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/157632/Knitted-street-art">AskMe thread</a> on this fascinating subject. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.93185 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:04:50 -0800 art askme city global graffiti guerillaart knittaplease knitting philadelphia sayeg street thestreets urban vodafone yarn yarnbombing Blazecock Pileon