Yoko Oshio dropped in to the Renwick to add her "purls" of wisdom to Mark Newport's art piece.
Yoko Oshio is just a knitting newbie but that didn’t stop her from sitting down to knit and purl at the Renwick Gallery’s first Sit ‘n’ Knit. As part of American Art’s Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 knitting volunteers, both experienced and not, will help complete a project started by artist Mark Newport over the next two months. So far, the piece is free form, yet Eye Level's investigative team has discovered that certain knitters have already added some humanoid parts to the piece. It should be interesting to see what takes shape by the end of October.
Never tried your hand at this craft? We provide instructions! Not manly enough for you guys? Well, Newport has dispelled that myth and knitwear designer and instructor Olga Buraya-Kefelian, who's hosting this sit-in, says that many men knit. Guys, you have no excuse.
Staged Stories continues until January 3 at the Renwick Gallery which is located at 17th and Pennsylvania, across from the White House. Our Sit 'n' Knit will be on the first and third Tuesdays and the second and fourth Sundays of September, October, and November.
