Article 19

Image above and copy below from Amnesty International NZs website


Collaborating with a group of amazing New Zealand artists, Amnesty is proud to bring you an incredible event and the opportunity to bid on the pieces. The exhibition features works from renowned artists such as Nigel Brown, Otis Frizell, Misery, TrustMe from Cut Collective, Cinzah Merkens, Tanya Blong and many more.

All proceeds go towards ensuring Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand can continue its work defending and promoting human rights both worldwide, in our region and here in New Zealand.

The theme ‘ARTicle 19’ stems directly from the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights article, ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of expression’. Proceeds raised from Amnesty’s exhibition will go to priority campaigns like Myanmar where the government regularly violates the human rights of peaceful critics in a myriad of ways, including torture, imprisonment and death.

Amnesty invites you to bid on the artwork in the week leading up to the event, or come along on the night to view and bid in person.

The event will be held 7 July 2010 at Shed 10 from 7-10pm.

Shed 10 is located at 90 Wellesley St
(Entrance 77 Cook St) in Auckland City.

C’mon folks, place a bid!

Click here to go to the website

It’s her song

I have finished my piece of art for Amnesty’s fund raising art auction.
It’s made of wool with a frame of novelty yarn and it has seed beads knitted into it.
It measures 40cm x 30cm.

This piece will be for sale at an on-line auction for Amnesty. The money will
(among other things) be used against domestic violence, hence the message.

Unfortunately I don’t have the details for the auction yet, so stay tuned.

Sneak peak

My piece of art for Amnesty International is slowly coming together.
Here is a sneak peak.

Knit for human rights

I have received an email from Amnesty International. They asked if I would like to donate
a piece of knitted art to their fund raising art auction in Auckland in late June.

All proceeds will go towards continuing Amnesty International’s important work in
the Pacific on issues such as gun violence, domestic violence and the situation in Fiji.

Of course I will donate a piece!

Will you place a bid?

Stay tuned

Love in Whangamata

I have had a fab weekend in Whangamata and I left some love behind.

This is the third piece I have left in Coromandel.
I wonder if the ones in Coromandel Town and Whitianga are still there?
If you have seen them, please let me know!

The love of it

There is a very cool UK website called theloveofit.
They write about fun things in life and they have a new article about yarnbombing.
Sandie, who wrote it, and I emailed a bit and, yep, Knitty Graffity is there!

Read the article here

her magazine

The latest issue of her magazine is out and it has a cool article about
knitted graffiti, vegan yarns, knitting on the internet etc.

Read the article here

Recycled graffiti

The pieces I had returned to me from the recent

knitty happening are way too pretty to lie around my lounge.
So tonight I put them up in public again.

I picked a spot where lots of kids (and parents) pass by
when they walk to school. I hope they will enjoy them!

Recycled graffiti – I like it!

Not a very good photo, I know, I will take a new one in daylight!

I also (for the first time!) removed one of my old pieces.

I decided it was time to go to wool heaven...
It’s been there for 10 months – not bad!

Knitters – I hope you’re happy with the new location?
The poles are 17cmx37cm if you feel like adding another piece!

Woolly advertising

A friend of mine asked me if I could help her “do a fence”.
Need I say that she was part of the heartening in Parnell?

They are having a big garage sale at the school and didn’t want just
an ordinary sign. So we made a woolly sign instead!
(And, yes, she asked for permission.)

(Garage sale! Sat 24 April 8am)

Looks pretty cool, doesn’t it?!

Welcome to the fair

Last weekend was the big annual school fair at our school.

I wanted people to feel welcome so I knitted a colorful piece
full of green and blue beads.


The school fair is over but the woolly tag is still there,
welcoming the kids to school.