It knitting important?

Aldark · Post by **Aldark** » March 28th, 2006, 8:58 am

pberinstein wrote:One way we could do this is to each knit a square, then take a picture of it and join them all together in Photoshop.

Sick, huh?

Wow.... that's awful!

So would we need a QC (quilt coordinator) who would manage picture size, resolution, color vs b&w, etc....

My brother and I have been scoping out some silk screening hardware to work on an idea he has - maybe this could be another reason to do it.

pberinstein · Post by **pberinstein** » March 28th, 2006, 9:43 am

Well, I was half joking. The other way to do it is to have an afghan coordinator who will join all the physical pieces together.

Aldark · Post by **Aldark** » March 28th, 2006, 10:39 am

When I mentioned silk screening I was referring more to shirts and not a quilt... but an afghan coordinator.... sounds good on a resume I'm guessing.

pberinstein · Post by **pberinstein** » March 28th, 2006, 11:47 am

Oooooh. A t-shirt of the Librivox afghan. Cool!

Hugh, you're going to end up monetizing this thing eventually whether you like it or not.

Of course, we could make it a cooperative....

Aldark · Post by **Aldark** » March 28th, 2006, 11:54 am

pberinstein wrote:Oooooh. A t-shirt of the Librivox afghan. Cool!

HAHA.... We could do Afghan Wigs... oh wait... that's taken.

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » March 28th, 2006, 11:58 am

we had better leave off this line of discussion before one of us makes a joke that offends someone

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » March 28th, 2006, 12:08 pm

pberinstein wrote:Oooooh. A t-shirt of the Librivox afghan. Cool!

Ok... I couldn't resist:

Reminds me of the time I asked my friend who lived on a dairy farm if they had ever had any cows tipped... and she said: No, but we've had cows spray painted.

Oh, and yes, I did completely violate the copyright of that image... so, we can't put hiim on a t-shirt ... oh well

Post by **hugh** » March 28th, 2006, 12:08 pm

cafepress here we come. I'll wear that.

Aldark · Post by **Aldark** » March 28th, 2006, 12:23 pm

when I get home I'll post pictures... I can't upload to my site from here.

Darnit... I left the files at work... I'll upload tomorrow for the heck of it.

BremenThor · Post by **BremenThor** » March 29th, 2006, 12:13 am

you drifted off a little bit... didn't ya

perhaps we could send the knitting stuff from one user to another, so everyone is knitting a line or two and is sending it to another "victim"

Aldark · Post by **Aldark** » March 29th, 2006, 4:39 am

BremenThor wrote:you drifted off a little bit... didn't ya

perhaps we could send the knitting stuff from one user to another, so everyone is knitting a line or two and is sending it to another "victim"

Haha... I won't give up my address... unless someone wants a ball of yarn again

thistlechick · Post by **thistlechick** » March 29th, 2006, 7:41 am

BremenThor wrote:you drifted off a little bit... didn't ya

perhaps we could send the knitting stuff from one user to another, so everyone is knitting a line or two and is sending it to another "victim"

That is a very cool idea! Quilters actually do this ... they call it "Round Robin" ... one person makes a block and sends it to the next person who then adds a border or some other addition... and it gets sent around until it returns to the original person... and then they have an entire quilt top.

That would be a more realistic project since sewing and fabric creativity tend to come easier to people than learning to knit.... or we could simply do it with no rules and call it "Multimedia Art" ... we could have a theme (i.e. literature) and additions would only be guided by the theme.

Going back to the original question "Why is knitting so important here?" ... I think really what we are dealing with are a bunch of creative people who are driven to create... whether by knitting, or writing, or voicing, etc... a group art project would be a natural extension of this universal quality.

kri · Post by **kri** » March 29th, 2006, 7:43 am

That sounds like a cool idea

pberinstein · Post by **pberinstein** » March 29th, 2006, 8:39 am

I think as the project progressed from one person to another, it could start getting a bit heavy and unwieldy. It's great if you're number one or two on the list, but imagine being number 49 or 50!

purplecow · Post by **purplecow** » April 19th, 2006, 1:47 pm

I think that Librivox Sox would be cool, too. Hand-knitted socks with an earphone pattern on them? Or something like that?

Incidentally, I admire those of you who can knit while reading. I know how to knit, but I lack coordination and probably couldn't knit and read at the same time.

-Larisa