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January 27, 2007
Cranes not war: knitnotwar 1,0o0, an art installation project of peace
I got this email from one of out Secret Agents, knitmonkey, and decided to showcase this great project to you, dear reader....
Hello glittrgirl,
hope this finds you doing beautifully well.
i wanted to point you in the direction of an interesting project that is going on in Portland Oregon. The person is using knit & felted origami style cranes for a peace project.
I just read about it last night and have committed to donating 10 cranes. I've already knit & felted one and have knit another 2 this morning. It's like a dream project for the origami/knitting/peace geek that i am :) and uses up bits of leftover worsted in the process.
I wanted to post it on a public knitting bulletin board, but feared peace would equal politics...i'm really tired of being an american for peace means you don't care about the humans involved --and honestly i absolutely hate attempting to discuss politics in any manner so didn't want to start a snowball rolling.
best to you, knitmonkey
So why not knit and felt a few cranes yourself??
knitnotwar 1,0o0—a display of a thousand knitted cranes, involves a large number of artists, crafters, knitters and others in a large scale, community based, public art installation-- celebrating the quiet logic of peace. More than a hundred artists will knit one thousand origami style cranes, to be displayed late 2007 in Portland, Oregon.
The pattern is available to download as a PDF, and you have to commit to take part by 1 March. Actual deadline for submission of cranes is 1 May 2007. They need 1000.
Go on. Do it. Now.
Posted by glittrgirl at January 27, 2007 6:48 PM
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