Knitta, Please! Website

We came across these images and figured with this being art month and all, maybe you would allow us to indulge in a killer art concept that may or may not have anything to do with interior design.

From THE BEST titled website we have ever heard, Knitta Please! is devoted to creating and capturing images of knitted tagging... as apposed to spray-painted tagging.

Imagine waking up one morning to see your car has been tagged, only instead of dripping messy paint, your hood ornament is all snuggly warm in a knit cozy. If that’s not changing the world for the better we don’t know what is. This just makes us smile and smile, and after all, isn't that what art should be all about? Where my Knittas at?!

Comments (11)

Awesome! I'm a knitter, so I can definitely relate! Last year I knitted a scarf that looks like the DNA double helix. If you want to see some really bizarre knitting, go to

http://www.strangebuttrewe.com/knitgi.htm :

You'll see the human digestive system: all knitted, :)

posted by Phyllis on 2006-01-11 12:42:19

The hood ornament is amazing, but not knitted by knitta please. Someone else knit that one. . . .

posted by janelle on 2006-01-11 13:12:58

This makes me so happy! Knitting as borderline criminality!

posted by Ruth on 2006-01-11 13:24:11

funny! I'd just stumbled onto this site a few minutes ago. I REALLY want to crocheted deer head
http://www.patriciawaller.com/images.html

posted by Rachael on 2006-01-11 14:08:19

who knew knitting could be so militant?! i'm all for it. wish i knew how to knit properly. even the knitting for dummies book confused me.

posted by dani on 2006-01-11 14:09:03

dani, I wanted to teach myself to knit and so I bought "Knitting for Dummies" and "Kids Knitting". I couldn't figure it out. Finally a co-worker taught me how to cast on and the knit stitch. With that information, plus the videos at www.knittinghelp.com , I'm doing great now!

posted by Evelyn on 2006-01-11 14:57:07

Does anyone know anything about that knitted hood ornament sweater? I thought I saw something about it the other day as I surfed the web, but I cannot seem to retrace my steps. Grr.

posted by Jennifer on 2006-01-11 15:22:21

Seriously. I would learn to knit just to make those hood ornaments.

posted by Doug on 2006-01-12 11:04:44

Someone above mentioned knitting deer heads. I thought I'd gush over another Houston artist that does, indeed, crochet entire deer heads, among other things, and they are absolutely amazing. Check her out!

http://homepage.mac.com/esbradford

L, AKrylik

posted by AKrylik on 2006-02-09 16:24:21

Also, very worthy of note, there also seem to be a bunch of folks out here knitting for trees, and tree trunks.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotogrotto/71566432

http://www.leatherwoodonline.com/arts/2004/hugs/index.htm

http://www.arts.wisc.edu/artsinstitute/air/morton/samples.html

and last but not least, actually the first one I found:
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2005/06/stumped.html

Enjoy! Elise

posted by Elise Huffman on 2006-03-20 09:20:20

A few years back, Ian Phillips at Pas De Chance (small indie press from Toronto) published a mock '50s crafts booklet called "Tombstone Cozies". I recommend you track it down because it is pee-your-pants funny.

posted by Michelangelo on 2006-05-02 11:59:30