Art of Knitting And Crochet

Posted by
Kelly Gilliam
Jun 18, 2006

I've been thinking a lot about knitting and crochet not just as the sweater, the socks, the slippers, or even the purse. I've been thinking about knitting and crochet as art.

Now I know if you go up to the classical painter or the sculptor and tell them that what you're doing is just as much art as what they're doing, you make get scoffed at (or on the other hand they may embrace the idea). I know a lot of people have trouble, however, looking at knitting and crochet as art, and it really got me wondering why?

Are we not constructing something with our hands? Are we not taking a raw material and making it into something with shape and form, one that elicits emotion? Are we not expressing our creativity though each stitch that we make?

So what makes what we do any different than the painter or the sculptor? In my mind only the media separates us, and in fact most knitters I know are painters, drawers, sculptors.

Here are a few links for you to see some wonderful knitting and crochet art out there, and maybe this will inspire you to make a little knitting or crochet art yourself.

Crochet - Patricia Waller (Germany)

International Free Form Crochet Guild

Knitta Crew - Graffiti with knitting