March 15, 2004
Craft Rocks - London
FREE EVENTS:
The Knit Bar Grab a free ball of wool and needles and get clicking
V&A Knits Try fabulous crochet and knitting activities with Cast Off
Fast and Furious Test your skills against the worlds fastest knitter, Wendy Moorby
Knitting Circle Freestyle and human knitting with tunes and visuals from The Murri Folk Club DJs
Craft Crazy Join a craft inspired tour of the V&As collection Note: numbers are limited for these tours. Free tickets will be available to collect on the night from the Grand Entrance Information Desk.
Spinning Yarns Music by glamorous knitting DJs Poodle Rockers
TICKETED EVENTS:
HAT A special one-off performance, conceived by Simon Thackray, HAT is a performance of four stories about wool and knitting. Written and performed by poet Ian McMillan with music composed and performed by Billy Jenkins. Tickets 10/8
The Art of Knitting Talks by artist Freddie Robins and knitting historian Sheila Williams. Tickets 5/3 for each.
Date: Friday, 26 March 2004
time: 18.30 22.00
venue: V&A Museum
address: Cromwell Rd, South Kensington
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[Photo added 29/03/04. More photos available here courtesy of Matt and Yvonne.]
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What a brilliant evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People were knitting everywhere and all different ages, meet some really nice people. Thanks CAST OFF for bringing this all together!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: helen | March 26, 2004 11:18 PM
Sounds like an amazing event! Congratulations on making it happen. I'd love to do something like that here in Chicago, maybe with the Museum of Contemporary Art? Any advice would be appreciated!
Posted by: Brenda | March 27, 2004 03:38 PM
who is the fastest knitter
Posted by: cath Andeson | August 13, 2004 04:14 PM