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Temperature Textiles Translate Climate Crisis Data into Colorful, Graphic Knits
All images © Raw Color Creating tangible records of weather patterns has been a long-running practice for crafters and designers interested in visually documenting the effects of the climate crisis...
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Knit Coral Suits and Vibrant Marine Creatures Spring From Mulyana’s Whimsical...
All images © Mulyana, courtesy of Sapar Contemporary, shared with permission In Mulyana’s Fragile Ecologies, two figures cloaked in coral and algae tower over beds of fiber-based sea creatures. The...
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Interview: A Conversation with The Tempestry Project Delves Into the...
Yosemite National Park, 1916 on left, through 2016 on right, Tempestries by Niki Tucci, photo by Stephanie Panlasigui Even in the wake of major weather events like the unprecedented flooding that...
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Colorfully Cast Hands in Carol Milne’s Knitted Glass Sculptures Won’t Drop a...
“Metamorphosis.” Images © Carol Milne, shared with permission While they might seem like gibberish to the non-knitter, abbreviations like “Sl1P” or “K2tog”— “slip next stitch purlwise” or “knit 2...
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Ýrúrarí’s Knit and Felted Characters Are Cheeky Additions to Mended Garments
All images © Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, shared with permission Ýr Jóhannsdóttir moves through the world with a second set of eyes—and teeth and brows. The Icelandic artist, who works as Ýrúrarí, has spent the...
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Kendall Ross Gets Personal with Her Colorful Sweaters Embedded with Stories
“I would never wear this in public” (2022), hand-knit with wool the artist hand-dyed for Factory Obscura in Oklahoma City. All images © Kendall Ross, shared with permission Creating pieces that are...
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‘Visible Mending’ Weaves Tales of Emotional Repair, One Stitch at a Time
“I think people, they need something that’s for them, just to concentrate on,” says the voiceover in the opening scene of the short documentary “Visible Mending,” published recently as part of the...
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Picking Up Pixels: Rüdiger Schlömer Designs Typefaces for Knitting
All images © Rüdiger Schlömer, shared with permission Rather than build the letter “A” or “R” through digital layers, Rüdiger Schlömer constructs the alphabet, numbers, and basic symbols stitch by...
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Althea Crome’s Miniature Sweaters Test the Limits of Traditional Knitting
“Nativity II.” All images © Althea Crome, shared with permission Have you ever sent a knit sweater through a dryer cycle and returned to find it a fraction of the size it once was? Well, think even...
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Ýr Jóhannsdóttir On Her Playful Approach to Design and How Mending Will Shape...
We dive into the story behind the playful, quirky knits of Ýr Jóhannsdóttir. Working under the name Ýrúrarí, the Iceland-based designer received considerable attention last year for her cheeky,...
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