Want to participate in Own our own time IV?

If you are interested in participating in Own our own time IV October 10 at the Textile Museum in Borås, Sweden, sign up through the website www.textilmuseet.se . There is room for 83 knitters. Welcome!

Preparations, Own our own time IV

Preparing for Own our own time IV. 
This time in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Helena Lundqvist. 
This performance is shown at the Textile Museum of Borås October 10 with support from 
Regionteater/ dans i Väst http://www.regionteatervast.se/rtvdans/

Own our own time IV, Textile Museum Borås, Sweden

Own our own time IV will be performed at the Textile Museum Borås, Sweden 
October 10, 2015 http://textilmuseet.se/. 
More info on the blog soon.

Green for GO! In Whalsay, Shetland

In the context of the various knittingperformances the participants also answer two questions. 

The answers from Paris and Own our own time III 2014, you can read here:

:http://knittingincircle.blogspot.se/2014/08/when-do-you-own-your-own-time-paris-2014.html

Through Amanda Pottinger in Whalsay the same questions were asked to the young participants 
in Whalsay, Shetland. Here are their interesting answers:

When do you Own your Own Time?

When reading or knitting....Knit, watch TV, surf the net, practice piano, listen to music...
When I’m swimming or knitting...Play on the X-box...Knitting, playing netball or hockey...
At night when I sit down with my knitting, the repetition and relaxation cannot be replicated!...
Sport, reading and playing outside...When I’m planning my next piece of knitting....
When I walk, swim, knit or garden...When sitting with a good book or knitting...
When spending time with family on outdoor trips around Shetlands coastline...
When I have the sitting room to myself, the TV to myself and my knitting.

What does the colour green mean to you?
Grass, lovely clean and fresh...Grass, trees, hills, leaves of flowers...
Whalsay, spring, summer, flowers, lambs and sheep...Grass....Summer flowers...
Springtime, daffodils, hill walks and peerie lambs...GO!...The first sign of grass and plants in spring...
Grass, Spring, Summer...Nature, particularly trees, variety of shades.... Spring...Springtime..
Freshly mown grass means spring has come and we have summer to look forward to....
Green means life, new growth.

photos: Amanda Pottinger, Ivan Reid and Vinciane Verguethen 

Da Bonnie Isle Circle by The Whalsay School and 'Tak Your Sock' knitting groups, Whalsay, Shetland.

Some more amazing images from Da Bonnie Isle Circle. Photos by Ivan Reid. 

Amanda Pottinger who is one of the organizers in Shetlands is sharing this story from Whalsay: 
"The knitting took place before the Secondary school and we had our teas in the Heritage Centre what 
used to be the farmers house. The secondary school is part of a wonderful example of Georgian style 
architecture built for the Laird in the early 1800's. The granite used to build the complex was rowed 
across to Whalsay from mainland Shetland and had to be transported up to the school from the pier. 
They employed forced labour for construction and the buildingstill cost £30,000. All the ruined 
buildings you see in Ivans photo were part of the complex, either farmers house, a mill, the midden
court where they kept the anilmals etc. It is a fascinating area withso much history.  It is also ironic that 
so much pleasure is had at school or in the Heritage centre where the Laird once had complete rule!! 
The Bruce family were ruthless Lairds (landlords) and many families were exploited and struggled to 
make ends meet during thisperiod. Any who disobeyed the Laird got exiled out of Whalsay.  The
last Laird died in 1944 and the building stood empty until 1963 when the local council took and 
refurbished the building into our school."

Da Bonnie Isle Circle by The Whalsay bairns, Shetland

After a busy winter, handknitting their own individual pieces in Fair Isle and other
stiches in green and other coloured Shetland yarns; the young Whalsay bairns’
knitting group, ‘Tak Your Sock’, are joining a series of international performances
of knitting circles, by performing Da Bonnie Isle Circle on 12th June at Whalsay
Secondary School from 2.30pm. Their green circle represents Spring, their community, 
and their own knittingculture and will be performed on other occasions.

The yarns for Da Bonnie Isle Circle are sponsored by both of Shetland’s yarn
suppliers: Jamiesons of Shetland, yarn spinners in Sandness; and Jamieson &
Smith, Shetland Wool Brokers in Lerwick. The needles by Shetland Arts, 2014.

Whalsay School Knitting Club Shetland

August 1, 2013, 83 people saved a shared hour outside the Textile museum in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. The performance Own our own time II was a part of the Textilefestival ”In the Loop 3.5”. The green yarn that got to represent Shetland was kindly donated to the project by Jamieson and Smith Yarn Factory.

The yarn left over after the knittingperformance was inherited by the Whalsay Bairnes who have created beautiful knittings in green. In early June, the Whaisley Bairnes will start their own green knitting circle and save time on the Island Whalsay in Shetland. Good luck Whalsay School Knitting Club with your event!

Visit Nordic Textile Art Web Gallery

NTA Nordic Textile Art is a network for Nordic Textile Artists.

Kerstin Lindstrom's work is now showned on NTA WebGallery.
Welcome to visit the website. http://ntagallery.nordictextileart.net/exhibition-4/

Festival in the Hague, Netherlands

The 21 September a new knittingcircle started.

It was a part of the festival ”Peace in the park” in the Hague in the Netherlands.

Mieke Klaver shared this images.

http://www.peaceinthepark.eu/english/programme/

UPLIFT I in Umeå European Capital of Culture 2014

 

UPLIFT I in Umeå, The European Capital of Culture 24 August 2014.

took place in Glashuset in Umeå town square

http://umea2014.se/sv/engagera-dig/glashuset/ and added new laps tothe ongoing project. A visit to the neighboring County Västerbotten where the Uplift also affects the landscape.

Johan Lindegård played during the performance.
An arrangement by Ångermanlands and Medelpads Handicraft Associations.

http://www.hemslojden.org/forening/angermanlands-hemslojdsforening/

http://www.hemslojden.org/forening/medelpads-hemslojd/