Happy New Year to all of you knitters out there! We are officially accepting submissions for Volume Three of Storied Stitches! Your imagination is the limit. Anything to do with knitting will be considered. Be political, be edgy, be yourself. We would love to see inspiration pictures, free patterns, illustrations, comics knitting tips, poems, pictures, drawings, blurbs, stories or anything you can think of. The only parameters are that it must make sense in a 5.5” x 8.5” printed format and should be one or two pages. We would be willing to consider longer submissions, just contact us first. Comment or DM us for questions. Email final submission to [email protected]. Include your name and IG url or blog url so you can receive credit for your work. Deadline for submissions of this issue is Monday January 29th.

You are also all invited to submit your own original content for the next issue. Email your pictures, patterns, illustrations, comics, writing, etc to [email protected] by January 22nd.

"Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting" examines the work of a diverse group of contemporary artists who have reformed knitting and lacemaking by experimenting with innovative techniques and materials.The works, which were largely created for an exhibition of the same name at New York's Museum of Arts & Design, engage with a wide range of cultural, social and political issues. In particular, many of the pieces stress the significance of handwork as a symbol of community and communication. The works also epitomise a crucial change in the visual arts; inspiring, provocative, and radical they challenge our assumptions of art, craft, and design, in turn making their classification extremely difficult.The artists, who originate from seven different countries, use a wide range of materials to create knotted or linked structures. In addition to traditional fibres including cotton, wool, silk, and polyester, they work with rubber, glass, wire, and fibre optics. The works also take on a wide range of forms including freestanding sculptures, architectural interventions, sound and video works, and performance art. Beautifully illustrated and written by the Chief Curator of the Museum of Arts and Design, this publication is a celebration of the intelligence, visual acuity and skill that these artistshave combined to create things of such aesthetic value.David Revere McFadden is the Chief Curator at the Museum of Arts & Design, New York.

From Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting