[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-she-dunnknit-knit-the-city-goes-live":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hurrah! \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.knitthecity.com/\">Knit the City\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font> launched last night in a spray of yarn, cake and sparkles, and now is set to take over the world! Giant squid wrestler, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com/\">Deadly Knitshade\u003C/a> (whom I suspect might be my studio mate \u003Cb>Lauren O'Farrell\u003C/b>), launched her book chronicling the yarnbombing shenanigans that she and her knitting buddies get up to in London. Great photos, funny captions and right in the back, some simple creature knitting patterns. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_1-9bd0939d1b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com/2011/02/11/plarchie/\">Plarchie\u003C/a> the giant squid (who even has his \u003Ca href=\"http://plarchie.tumblr.com/\">own blog\u003C/a>) got his own window display from the gang at Gosh! London comics shop, who hosted the party. Here are Fleece Station studio friends \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexmilway.com/\">Alex Milway\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.katielee.co.uk/\">Katie Lee\u003C/a> cowering in fear behind him. They were both eaten shortly after this photo was taken. ...And here's the lovely book! It's surrounded by woolly friends, including one of Alex's Mousehunter mice and our studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>'s Derek the Sheep.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_13-d955bfa853.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLots of strange little creatures popped up everywhere during the evening! I took a sip of bubbly and the Moomin's Little My sprang up in front of Ian Culbard's \u003Ci>At the Mountains of Madness\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_5-a1d600d342.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a little video I made of the launch speeches:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1075\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/BKIT61sYvuI\">\u003Ci>YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's Deadlyknitshade herself, just before everyone arrived, trying to coax the little critters to hang around for the party.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_2-216e4bd249.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's \u003Ca href=\"http://makeanddowithperri.wordpress.com/\">Perri Lewis\u003C/a>, sticking last-minute stars on to Wonder Woman's bum. (You can see \u003Ca href=\"http://makeanddowithperri.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/tonights-knit-the-city-book-launch/\">Perri's blog post about the evening here\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Lots more pics under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_4-94af818172.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/\">Gosh! London\u003C/a> was such a fab venue for the party, our studio - \u003Ca href=\"http://fleecestation.co.uk/\">The Fleece Station\u003C/a> - has long been combining knitting and comics, so it felt just right. Here's owner \u003Cb>Josh Palmano\u003C/b> overseeing the pre-launch ruckus.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_7-52e89bab2b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGary's sister, \u003Cb>Susannah Northfield\u003C/b> (pouring champers here) made the most amazing Knit-the-City-themed cakes. Gary's dad helped her bring them over, a real family affair.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_18-6d759fe7d6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey looked fabulous displayed on Gosh's table made out of a sign for the Central Line. Look, there's Plarchie! And phonebox tea cosy cupcakes! There was even a map on the cake from the \u003Ci>Knit the City\u003C/i> endpapers, which were drawn by The Fleece Station's own Gary.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_8-88a14b1774.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhoo hoo! *Snoopy dance* (Deadly K does a lot of Snoopy dancing \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/deadlyknitshade\">on Twitter\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_11-078b8c90ea.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_16-311deaf767.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSuper-glam Noëlle Davies-Brock, illustrator of Andy Stanton's picture book \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mummyreviews.com/wp/2011/05/here-comes-the-poo-bus-by-andy-stanton/\">Here Comes the Poo Bus!\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_20-c291d3152f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAsk these lovely folk for the real family secrets about Deadly Knitshade, they'll know all the best gossip.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_23-00814873d8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe love Gosh! Here are some of the lovely team, including \u003Cb>Casper Palmano\u003C/b>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.barnabyrichards.co.uk/Barnaby_Richards/BARNABY.html\">Barnaby Richards\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.juliascheele.co.uk/\">Julia Scheele\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_10-d405033d58.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nRock legend \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Members\">Nick Tesco\u003C/a> and indie comics star \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fabtoons.com/\">Francesca Cassavetti\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_21-69dd47aabb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThat lovely lady in the middle is our fab studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://littlewhitebird.com\">Ellen Linder\u003C/a> and we are both proud to be included in \u003Ci>Knit the City\u003C/i>'s acknowledgements: \u003Ci>Sarah and Ellen (of Fleece Station fame) for bubble tea, brilliance and bad singing as I worked\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_29-b38607fc2c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Noelle, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.milkkitten.com/\">Tanya Meditzky\u003C/a>, Ellen, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.spiteyourface.com/\">Tony Mines\u003C/a>, Stephen Betts of Comix Influx\u003C/a>, Barnaby\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nHere are \u003Cb>Richard Hayes\u003C/b> and actor \u003Ca href=\"http://julie-ross.com\">Julie Ross\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_24-8e74f0af9d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHey, Julie's doing a play that sounds fab, \u003Ci>Don't Ask the Lady...!\u003C/i> on \u003Cb>Sun, 30 Oct\u003C/b> at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, in East London - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.allstarproductions.co.uk/#/whats-on/4520296589\">see here for details\u003C/a>. Here's the flier:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.allstarproductions.co.uk/#/whats-on/4520296589\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/julie_ross-c9c512c8df.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nGrabbing Gary's dad for a quick squeeze...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_27-eba3e88789.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd look, there's my Vern (of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/vernlettuce-book.php\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a>) doing a little dance in front of the new book! Everyone go out and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.knitthecity.com/book/\">get your copy now\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.knitthecity.com/book/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knit_the_city_12-5a65162b04.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2011-09-17T09:50:00.000Z","she-dunnknit-knit-the-city-goes-live",[],"she dunnknit! 'knit the city' goes live...",1776628720701]