Introduction

Hello! Firstly, thanks for looking at this page and please read on! My name is Kimberley Elderton and I'm an artist working with knitting. I also work with video and the internet to document my work which has so far consisted mainly of socially engaged performance pieces (see my website for more details: www.uwic.ac.uk/csad/timebased/ - click on students then my name). This new project is a little different. I am still fascinated by knitting and I realised at the beginning of this year that I'm going to need to tighten my purse strings a little as three years of student life has taken it's toll on the bank balance! So I decided that I would have to knit everything that I want instead. Obviously the irony is that the things I knit are useless in terms of function. The process also brings up all sorts of issues: independence, self sufficiency, greed, consumerism, patience, appreciation of time, appreciation of skill - and loads more which will hopefully be discussed in the postings as the blog grows. I hope all of you enjoy learning about and contributing to this project.

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

The Playstation has a finished jumper! All the knitting for the console is finished and it's all sewn together and fitted round the frame. Lots of people have been asking if I'm going to make a controller which I hadn't considered but it seems a popular and logical idea so I think I will. It will also be a very tactile object, because of what it is and because of the medium of knitting so I'm going to consider allowing touch - it's a tricky issue because I was precious about the other items so did not want touch but because I don't actually want a PS3, should I be so precious? On the other hand, disallowing touch on such a tactile object may reinforce the barrier between what we want and what we can have.
My very kind brother is gong to send me lots of pictures from all different angles of the controller and the button details which I still have to embroider onto the console - pretty excited to have actually finished knitting the console mind you :)

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