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| The police road test our bull-horned knit bombed bike |
Visitors to Derry Craft Village were awed and involved in an ‘extreme knitting' display by designer Edel MacBride and the Knitfield knitters, crocheters, artists & design students. Exhibits included arm knitting which grew in a Rapunzel like fashion in the end attracting two tall dark strangers who rolled it across the entire craft village. They hadn't arrived on white horses but on police push bikes.
A Knitfield rocking horse covered in knitting stood quietly by.
Edel knit material on 5ft long knitting needles, while Jill a foundation art student from North West College twirled massive crochet loops.
Maggy McCartney walked a tour highlighting the historic connections between Celtic history & Aran knit stitches, like the trinity stitch. No knit - fantastic event would be complete without a spinning wheel. Enter in Ruth McCartney of Inishowen who spun yarn on a drop spindle and generously taught others the skill. Knitters from Donegal & Derry joined in and ‘what are you doing?’ was the most popular question of the day. The audience offering suggestions as to what things would become – hammocks and houses even! A large bicycle covered in knit with bull horns on the front became the main photo op for visitors from Texas to Burnfoot.
Extreme knitting was an unlikely pastime for an afternoon during a heat wave, but it all added to the high spirits and novelty of taking the work outside.
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| Maggy McCartney crosses the Derry Craft Village square with the Knitfield knitted rocking horse |
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| William McCartney, Costello & Joseph Gillespie all sing for their supper at the Knitfield Knit Feis in Derry Craft Village 2013 (also Kevin not pictured who looked amazing in Aran knitwear) |
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| Arm Knitted fisher mans net being playfully investigated. |
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| Spinning a yarn or two, Ruth McCartney demonstrates Knitfield would love to hold the Knit Feis this July again at the Craft Village so please contact us if you are interested in being involved! email: knitfield1@gmail.com or any way you can reach us! |
