knit events in new york

these all take place at New York's Museum of Art & Design
40 west 53rd street

Air is fulid
4/19: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Janet Echelman, exhibiting artist at radical lace & subversive knitting, will discuss her transformation from a painter to a sculptor who makes the choreography of wind visible to the human eye, in works such as 'she changes', a 500-foot diameter, 150-foot tall knotted lace sculpture in Portugal. she'll show her newest works, including a 400-foot-long shadow drawing commission in Florida, and her winning design for the Hoboken 9-11 Memorial competition, a new free-standing island in the Hudson River. reception following.

Knit Night
5/17: 6:00 - 10:00 pm
In an event of knitting and crocheting projects for all levels of skill, the activities will include the Unraveling Gathering (old sweaters become new yarn), a Knitting Circle and personal projects. During the event, the museum will also be an official site for speed trials for The World's Fastest Knitter, and international competition sponsored by the Craft Yarn Council of America.

Performance by KNITTING NATION, Phase 4: "Pride"
6/16: 12:00 - 5:00 pm
KNITTING NATION, exhibition artist Liz Collins' ongoing and collaborative performance and site-specific installation, consisting of an army of uniformed machine knitters, stitchers, and manually operated knitting machines, will set up at MAD for an afternoon during which they will create a giant banner. KNITTING NATION explores aspects of textile and apparel manufacturing, laying bare the process of making knitted fabric and offering commentary on how humans interact with machines, global trade, fashion, and iconography. this phase of the project will examine the rainbow flag as a symbol of gay pride.