knitting

Strike-ridden Thursday news.

Planets, Bunsen burners, and Patrick Moore…knitted.

Weekly listing of events for people with curious minds.

The mayoral rivals, made from yarn.

Stitch London was five years old yesterday and celebrated with a massive knitty birthday party at the Royal Festival Hall.

This audio has expired. For episode pictures and other Londonist Out Loud material please see here. While the cold weather makes us dig out our woollies, N Quentin Woolf talks to Hackney knitwear designer, maker and tutor Gosia Dzik-Holden, unravelling the tradition of knitting, analysing …

Ken Livingstone may have banned pigeons from their ancestral home of Trafalgar Square, but the occasional avian rebel still intrudes. Last night a whole flock invaded. Members of Stitch London (formerly Stitch and Bitch) inundated the Square with tens of hand-made birds, reclaiming the space …

The crafting scene in London is more vibrant than ever, with groups and projects popping up all over the city to cater to the crafters desire for fun events be they over cakes or cocktails. We caught up with one of the “feisty but friendly” …

Writing poetry is a craft, a intricate working through of words, metre, timbre, tone, vision and feeling; your tools pen and paper, brain and voice. A smattering of talent can help. But not everyone’s cut out for poetic greatness so the Poetry Society had a …

Photo of Knitting Knitwit by Matt From London Are you a speedy knitter? Would you like your woollen creations to take centre stage in a one-night only special feature at the National Theatre? Then get your needles out and cast on because performer Matthew Robins …