Gavstrik – Nordic knitting symposium was held in the town of Borgarnes in West Iceland this week. I drove up there yesterday and gave a presentation about yarn graffiti for 100+ knitters. I really enjoyed it and I hope that I have inspired some knitters to yarnstorm.
Here I am, talking about my thesis in folklore: Yarn and the city: Craft in street art.
And of course I couldn’t leave a knitting conference where I talked about yarn graffiti without leaving a little demonstration…
For the first time in my yarnstorming career I was busted in action and photographed….