In the loop
Subtitle: knitting now
By: [edited by] Jessica Hemmings
Publisher: Black Dog; Black Dog Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781906155964
Subjects: Knitting; Social aspects; Stickning; Stricken; Textilkunst; Crafts; Sociala aspekter; Installation; History
Description: Knitting has really taken off in the contemporary craft scene. 'In the Loop' provides a complete review of knitting groups, discussing the international phenomenon of groups such as Stich and Bitch, as well as profiling the rise of so-called 'knit-lit'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking knitting. Twists, knots and holes : collecting, the gaze & knitting the impossible / Clio Padovani & Paul Whittaker ; The perfect / Freddie Robins ; Flying kits and knitting in public / Sabrina Gschwandtner ; Knitting has an image problems / Linda Newington; title: Narrative knits. 'The flow of action' : knitting, making and thinking / Mary M Brooks ; Spinning straw into gold : the 'new' woman in contemporary knit lit / Jo Turney ; Alter egos / Mark Newport ; Finding your way home / Jeanette Sendler ; Knitting in southern African fiction / Jessica Hemmings; title: Site and sight : activist knitting. Textiles and activism / Kirsty Robertson ; Quiet activism / Deirdre Nelson ; Knitting nation / Liz Collins ; Threat in the landscape? / Sophie Horton ; Encountering 'The body' : the separate-but-parallel (and non-mercenary) cults of craftivism and unsentimental wanton sexuality, post-2001 / Lycia Trouton ; Craft, queerness, and guerilla tactics : an extended maker's statement / Lacey Jane Roberts; title: Progress : looking back. Knitting technology comes full circle / Sandy Black ; Looking backwards to look forwards / Annie Shaw ; Keep & share / Amy Twigger Holroyd ; Tracking knitting and translating code / Rachel Beth Egenhoefer.