[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-stitch-a-squid":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The whole Fleece Station studio showed up yesterday evening to London's Natural History Museum for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stitchldn.com/squid.html\">Stitch a Squid\u003C/a>, to watch our fab studio mate \u003Cb>Lauren O'Farrell\u003C/b> (aka deadlyknitshade) and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stitchldn.com/index.html\">Stitch London\u003C/a> work magic (or, should I say, science) in the huge central atrium. The museum stayed open all night, with the squids being part of its \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/thedeep/index.html\">Deep Sea exhibition\u003C/a>. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knitasquid4-25b514ce46.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis is the squid we've been watching Lauren make for the last couple weeks! It's made out of 1000 metres of recycled orange Sainsbury's bags. I was only able to contribute about six bags to the venture but, hey, every bit counts... (That's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.peterstanbury.com\">Peter Stanbury\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulgravett.com\">Paul Gravett\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.littlewhitebird.com\">Ellen Lindner\u003C/a> peeking over the giant squid corpse.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knitasquid2-9ecae02407.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more More pics under the cut!-->\\r\nThe museum had commissioned a few other knitted specimens, too.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knitasquid3-ff13b15b58.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIf people knew anything about knitting, Lauren's instructions on the tables made stitching little squids fairly straightforward (said people who know how to knit).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knitasquid1-ed7e50a30d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStitch London had quite a few designated volunteer teachers at the different tables. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/knitasquid5-f892218a9e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAlways lots of intriguing things going on with Stitch London, do \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stitchldn.com/join.html\">sign up for their newsletter\u003C/a> if you're interested in jumping aboard! It's a great way to meet people and make cool stuff.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://boingboing.net/2010/08/26/its-stitch-a-squid-t.html\">Stitch-a-Squid link on BoingBoing\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> Paul Gravett brought along a new book he's been sent, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Koko Be Good\u003C/i>\u003C/b> by American artist \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jenwang.net/blog/\">Jen Wang\u003C/a>. It looks gorgeous, I totally have to go get myself a copy and explore her blog. She's \u003Ca href=\"http://mao.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">mao\u003C/a> on LiveJournal.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kokobegood-cce45ab88e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd hey, \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.com/2010/08/clinging-to-coat-tails.html\">Philip Reeve included me on his blog today\u003C/a>!! I'm too chuffed for words. :D","2010-08-28T22:14:00.000Z","stitch-a-squid",[],"stitch a squid",1776628718630]