- Ooooh how artfag
The third released knit followed a day of excessive spending and cake-eating with friends in the goth town of Camden. Blinded by the sugar and the adrenalin (caused by the emptying of my bank account 24 hours after it was filled) I totally forgot to leave a little knitty present for the colourful (well monochrome) folk of London’s best shopping area and had to wrack my intoxicated brain for a ‘next best’ option.
The calling card
The opportunity arose when I came across illegal gambling ‘booths’ made of easily packed-up cardboard boxes on the Hungerford Bridge, exploiting the tourists. Boosted by the fact that people were doing things more wrong than me in the immediate vicinity, I set about being an ‘artfag’ and released the third knit. It was a risky business: one false move and the beautiful purple eyelash adornment would end up floating down the Thames (the Thames Estuary is in need of beautifying, so maybe I should’ve just dropped it!!). The Pimpernel would not have tolerated such butterfingeredness!
The knit fits in beautifully with its surroundings
The crowds of foreign tourists went wild, and I was papped endlessly. I fear that my identity will be revealed, but with the aid of my trusty stash of Rescue Remedy, I’ll continue to make this city a more knitty, and purple, place!!
3 Comments
June 1, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I take my knitted hat off to you, fellow yarnstormer, this one has more London icons in it than the start of Eastenders.
July 21, 2009 at 8:19 pm
This looks lovely on the bridge with the river & London Eye in the background. Can I ask a technical type question? How do you fasten the knitting? Velcro? Plastic ties? Or do you sew in place? I can’t work it out.
Valerie
July 21, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Thanks Valerie
I’ll say this very quietly, as I’m letting you into a closely guarded secret…*I use cable ties*