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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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Things are coming together with the controller – last night and this morning I knitted the four big grey buttons on the top of the controller and the two moving knobbles, operated by the thumbs. I have attached all but one of the knobbles and so far it’s looking really good. I’ve also painted the poles which will go around the plinth and done the finger knitting in dark red wool which will hang between them. I just hope that when I go to screw the hooks into the poles later that I don’t ruin the paintwork.
I’m just about to start making a blog with all the patterns on, finally! Having knitted those extra little pieces for the controller this morning, that should be all the knitting bits done now and so they should be complete patterns. It’s more than likely going to take much longer than I’ve anticipated so just keep your eyes on it. The address will be; http://www.knit-what-i-want-patterns.blogspot.com
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